1. Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas
   Subject matter experts decide what topic to feature, and articles are selected from the last 3 to 6 months of published literature. Key topic coincides monthly with other CDC products (e.g. Vital Signs).
   • Maternal and Child Health
     1. A statewide initiative to reduce inappropriate scheduled births at 36(0/7)-38(6/7) weeks' gestation
        Donovan EF, Lannon C, Bailit J, Rose B, Iams JD, Byczkowski T, Ohio Perinatal Quality Collaborative Writing Committee.
        Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Mar;202(3):243 e1-8.
        
     2. Infant morbidity and mortality attributable to prenatal smoking in the U.S
        Dietz PM, England LJ, Shapiro-Mendoza CK, Tong VT, Farr SL, Callaghan WM.
        Am J Prev Med. 2010 Jul;39(1):45-52.
        
     3. Perinatal regionalization for very low-birth-weight and very preterm infants: a meta-analysis
        Lasswell SM, Barfield WD, Rochat RW, Blackmon L.
        JAMA. 2010 Sep 1;304(9):992-1000.
        
     4. Behind international rankings of infant mortality: how the United States compares with Europe
        MacDorman MF, Mathews TJ.
        NCHS Data Brief. 2009 Nov(23):1-8.
        
     5. Understanding racial and ethnic disparities in U.S. infant mortality rates
        MacDorman MF, Mathews TJ.
        NCHS Data Brief. 2011 Sep(74):1-8.
        
     6. Disparities in perinatal medicine: preterm birth, stillbirth, and infant mortality
        Spong CY, Iams J, Goldenberg R, Hauck FR, Willinger M.
        Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Apr;117(4):948-55.
        
     7. Sudden infant death syndrome: an update
        Moon RY, Fu L.
        Pediatr Rev. 2012 Jul;33(7):314-20.
        
     8. The contribution of preterm birth to infant mortality rates in the United States
        Callaghan WM, MacDorman MF, Rasmussen SA, Qin C, Lackritz EM.
        Pediatrics. 2006 Oct;118(4):1566-73.
        
     9. SIDS and other sleep-related infant deaths: expansion of recommendations for a safe infant sleeping environment
        Moon R, Task Force on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
        Pediatrics. 2011 Nov;128(5):1030-9.
        
     10. Levels of neonatal care
         Committee on Fetus and Newborn.
         Pediatrics. 2012 Sep;130(3):587-97.
         
     11. US infant mortality trends attributable to accidental suffocation and strangulation in bed from 1984 through 2004: are rates increasing?
         Shapiro-Mendoza CK, Kimball M, Tomashek KM, Anderson RN, Blanding S.
         Pediatrics. 2009 Feb;123(2):533-9.
         
     12. Race and ethnic disparities in fetal mortality, preterm birth, and infant mortality in the United States: an overview
         MacDorman MF.
         Semin Perinatol. 2011 Aug;35(4):200-8.
         
   
   
2. CDC Authored Articles
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions
     13. Tackling the global diabetes burden: will screening help?
         Engelgau MM, Gregg EW.
         Lancet. 2012 Oct 3.
         
     14. Chronic medical conditions as risk factors for herpes zoster
         Joesoef RM, Harpaz R, Leung J, Bialek SR.
         Mayo Clin Proc. 2012 Oct;87(10):961-7.
         
     15. Parkinson's disease among American Indians and Alaska Natives: a nationwide prevalence study
         Gordon PH, Mehal JM, Holman RC, Rowland AS, Cheek JE.
         Mov Disord. 2012 Sep 15;27(11):1456-9.
         
     16. Population-based study of risk factors for coronary heart disease among HIV-infected persons
         Oh JY, Greene K, He H, Schafer S, Hedberg K.
         Open AIDS J. 2012 ;6:177-80.
         
   • Communicable Diseases
     17. Constant transmission properties of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in 5 countries
         Diack AB, Ritchie D, Bishop M, Pinion V, Brandel JP, Haik S, Tagliavini F, Van Duijn C, Belay ED, Gambetti P, Schonberger LB, Piccardo P, Will RG, Manson JC.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2012 Oct;18(10):1574-9.
         
     18. Hand, foot, and mouth disease caused by Coxsackievirus A6
         Flett K, Youngster I, Huang J, McAdam A, Sandora TJ, Rennick M, Smole S, Rogers SL, Nix WA, Oberste MS, Gellis S, Ahmed AA.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2012 Oct;18(10):1702-4.
         
     19. Tuberculosis among healthcare workers, United States, 1995-2007
         Lambert LA, Pratt RH, Armstrong LR, Haddad MB.
         Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2012 Nov;33(11):1126-32.
         
     20. So many questions, so little time
         Donis RO, Cox NJ.
         J Infect Dis. 2012 Oct 4.
         
     21. Human papillomavirus genotypes in high grade cervical lesions in the United States
         Hariri S, Unger ER, Powell SE, Bauer HM, Bennett NM, Bloch KC, Niccolai LM, Schafer S, Steinau M, Markowitz LE.
         J Infect Dis. 2012 Oct 8.
         
     22. Use of and adherence to antiretroviral therapy in a large U.S. sample of HIV-infected adults in care, 2007-2008
         Beer L, Heffelfinger J, Frazier E, Mattson C, Roter B, Barash E, Buskin S, Rime T, Valverde E.
         Open AIDS J. 2012 ;6:213-23.
         
     23. Using HIV surveillance data to monitor missed opportunities for linkage and engagement in HIV medical care
         Bertolli J, Shouse RL, Beer L, Valverde E, Fagan J, Jenness SM, Wogayehu A, Johnson C, Neaigus A, Hillman D, Courogen M, Brady KA, Bolden B.
         Open AIDS J. 2012 ;6:131-41.
         
     24. Assessing the assumptions of respondent-driven sampling in the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System among injecting drug users
         Lansky A, Drake A, Wejnert C, Pham H, Cribbin M, Heckathorn DD.
         Open AIDS J. 2012 ;6:77-82.
         
   • Disaster Control and Emergency Services
     25. National surveillance for radiological exposures and intentional potassium iodide and iodine product ingestions in the United States associated with the 2011 Japan radiological incident
         Law RK, Schier JG, Martin CA, Olivares DE, Thomas RG, Bronstein AC, Chang AS.
         Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2012 Oct 8.
         
   • Disease Reservoirs and Vectors
     26. Rickettsia parkeri and Candidatus Rickettsia andeanae in Gulf Coast ticks, Mississippi, USA
         Ferrari FA, Goddard J, Paddock CD, Varela-Stokes AS.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2012 Oct;18(10):1705-7.
         
     27. Anthroponotic enteric parasites in monkeys in public park, China
         Ye J, Xiao L, Ma J, Guo M, Liu L, Feng Y.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2012 Oct;18(10):1640-3.
         
     28. Seasonal pulses of Marburg virus circulation in juvenile Rousettus aegyptiacus bats coincide with periods of increased risk of human infection
         Amman BR, Carroll SA, Reed ZD, Sealy TK, Balinandi S, Swanepoel R, Kemp A, Erickson BR, Comer JA, Campbell S, Cannon DL, Khristova ML, Atimnedi P, Paddock CD, Kent Crockett RJ, Flietstra TD, Warfield KL, Unfer R, Katongole-Mbidde E, Downing R, Tappero JW, Zaki SR, Rollin PE, Ksiazek TG, Nichol ST, Towner JS.
         PLoS Pathog. 2012 Oct;8(10):e1002877.
         
   • Environmental Health
     29. Analysis of selected maternal exposures and non-syndromic atrioventricular septal defects in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study, 1997-2005
         Patel SS, Burns TL, Botto LD, Riehle-Colarusso TJ, Lin AE, Shaw GM, Romitti PA.
         Am J Med Genet A. 2012 Oct;158A(10):2447-2455.
         
     30. Climbing the evidentiary hierarchy for environmental infection control
         McDonald LC, Arduino M.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Oct 5.
         
     31. Preventing maritime transfer of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae
         Cohen NJ, Slaten DD, Marano N, Tappero JW, Wellman M, Albert RJ, Hill VR, Espey D, Handzel T, Henry A, Tauxe RV.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2012 Oct;18(10):1680-2.
         
     32. Risk reduction assessment of waterborne Salmonella and Vibrio by a chlorine contact disinfectant point-of-use device
         Coulliette AD, Enger KS, Weir MH, Rose JB.
         Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2012 Oct 4.
         
     33. The food-water nexus: irrigation water quality, risks to food safety, and the need for a systems-based preventive approach
         Gelting RJ, Baloch MA.
         J Environ Health. 2012 ;75(3):40-41.
         
     34. From conversation to action: implementation of the National Conversation on Public Health and Chemical Exposures
         Nielsen JA.
         J Environ Health. 2012 ;75(3):38-39.
         
     35. Consumption of pesticide-treated wheat seed by a rural population in Malawi
         Schier JG, Sejvar JJ, Lutterloh E, Likaka A, Katsoudas E, Karaseva YD, Tippett Barr B, Redwood Y, Monroe S.
         J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2012 Oct 10.
         
   • Epidemiology and Surveillance
     36. Time-series analyses of count data to estimate the burden of seasonal infectious diseases
         Thompson WW, Ridenhour BL, Barile JP, Shay DK.
         Epidemiology. 2012 Nov;23(6):839-42.
         
     37. Prostate cancer screening practices of African-American and non-African-American US primary care physicians: a cross-sectional survey
         Richards TB, Rim SH, Hall IJ, Richardson LC, Ross LE.
         Int J Gen Med. 2012 ;5:775-80.
         
     38. Chest radiography for tuberculosis screening is back on the agenda [Editorial]
         Iademarco MF, O'Grady J, Lonnroth K.
         Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2012 Nov;16(11):1421-2.
         
     39. Piloting a system for behavioral surveillance among heterosexuals at increased risk of HIV in the United States
         DiNenno EA, Oster AM, Sionean C, Denning P, Lansky A.
         Open AIDS J. 2012 ;6:169-76.
         
     40. Enhanced collection of laboratory data in HIV surveillance smong 5 states with confidential name-based HIV infection reporting, 2005-2006
         Gray KM, Kajese T, Crandell-Alden E, Anderson BJ, Wendell D, Crutchfield A, Jackson T, Hall HI.
         Open AIDS J. 2012 ;6:90-7.
         
     41. Internet-based methods may reach higher-risk men who have sex with men not reached through venue-based sampling
         Sanchez T, Smith A, Denson D, Dinenno E, Lansky A.
         Open AIDS J. 2012 ;6:83-9.
         
     42. A national case-control study identifies human socio-economic status and activities as risk factors for tick-borne encephalitis in Poland
         Stefanoff P, Rosinska M, Samuels S, White DJ, Morse DL, Randolph SE.
         PLoS One. 2012 ;7(9):e45511.
         
   • Food Safety
     43. Multistate outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections associated with in-store sampling of an aged raw-milk Gouda cheese, 2010
         McCollum JT, Williams NJ, Beam SW, Cosgrove S, Ettestad PJ, Ghosh TS, Kimura AC, Nguyen L, Stroika SG, Vogt RL, Watkins AK, Weiss JR, Williams IT, Cronquist A.
         J Food Prot. 2012 Oct;75(10):1759-65.
         
   • Genetics and Genomics
     44. Genetic diversity among Clostridium botulinum strains harboring bont/A2 and bont/A3 genes
         Luquez C, Raphael BH, Joseph LA, Meno SR, Fernandez RA, Maslanka SE.
         Appl Environ Microbiol. 2012 Oct 5.
         
   • Health Behavior and Risk
     45. Risk behaviors and STI prevalence among people with HIV in El Salvador
         Paz-Bailey G, Shah N, Creswell J, Guardado M, Nieto A, Estrada M, Cedillos R, Pascale J, Monterroso E.
         Open AIDS J. 2012 ;6:205-12.
         
   • Immunity and Immunization
     46. Adverse events following a third dose of measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine in a mumps outbreak
         Abedi GR, Mutuc JD, Lawler J, Leroy ZC, Hudson JM, Blog DS, Schulte CR, Rausch-Phung E, Ogbuanu IU, Gallagher K, Kutty PK.
         Vaccine. 2012 Oct 3.
         
     47. Immunogenicity and safety of a new meningococcal A conjugate vaccine in Indian children aged 2-10 years: a phase II/III double-blind randomized controlled trial
         Hirve S, Bavdekar A, Pandit A, Juvekar S, Patil M, Preziosi MP, Tang Y, Marchetti E, Martellet L, Findlow H, Elie C, Parulekar V, Plikaytis B, Borrow R, Carlone G, Kulkarni PS, Goel A, Suresh K, Beri S, Kapre S, Jadhav S, Preaud JM, Viviani S, Laforce FM.
         Vaccine. 2012 Oct 5;30(45):6456-60.
         
     48. WHO recommendations for the viruses to be used in the 2012 Southern Hemisphere influenza vaccine: epidemiology, antigenic and genetic characteristics of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09, A(H3N2) and B influenza viruses collected from February to September 2011
         Klimov AI, Garten R, Russell C, Barr IG, Besselaar TG, Daniels R, Engelhardt OG, Grohmann G, Itamura S, Kelso A, McCauley J, Odagiri T, Smith D, Tashiro M, Xu X, Webby R, Wang D, Ye Z, Yuelong S, Zhang W, Cox N.
         Vaccine. 2012 Oct 5;30(45):6461-71.
         
   • Laboratory Sciences
     49. Endolysins of Bacillus anthracis bacteriophages recognize unique carbohydrate epitopes of vegetative cell wall polysaccharides with high affinity and selectivity
         Mo KF, Li X, Li H, Low LY, Quinn CP, Boons GJ.
         J Am Chem Soc. 2012 Sep 19;134(37):15556-62.
         
     50. Characterization of Corynebacterium species in macaques
         Venezia J, Cassiday PK, Marini RP, Shen Z, Buckley EM, Peters Y, Taylor N, Dewhirst FE, Tondella ML, Fox JG.
         J Med Microbiol. 2012 Oct;61(Pt 10):1401-8.
         
     51. Brain organochlorines and Lewy pathology: the Honolulu-Asia Aging Study
         Ross GW, Duda JE, Abbott RD, Pellizzari E, Petrovitch H, Miller DB, O'Callaghan JP, Tanner CM, Noorigian JV, Masaki K, Launer L, White LR.
         Mov Disord. 2012 Sep 15;27(11):1418-24.
         
   • Maternal and Child Health
     52. Cytokines and posthemorrhagic ventricular dilation in premature infants
         Ambalavanan N, Carlo WA, McDonald SA, Das A, Schendel DE, Thorsen P, Hougaard DM, Skogstrand K, Higgins RD.
         Am J Perinatol. 2012 Oct;29(9):731-740.
         
     53. Legacy for Children
         Perou R, Elliott MN, Visser SN, Claussen AH, Scott KG, Beckwith LH, Howard J, Katz LF, Smith C.
         BMC Public Health. 2012 Aug 23;12(1):691.
         
     54. Severe maternal morbidity among delivery and postpartum hospitalizations in the United States
         Callaghan WM, Creanga AA, Kuklina EV.
         Obstet Gynecol. 2012 Oct 5.
         
   • Nutritional Sciences
     55. Let's move salad bars to schools: a public-private partnership to increase student fruit and vegetable consumption
         Harris DM, Seymour J, Grummer-Strawn L, Cooper A, Collins B, DiSogra L, Marshall A, Evans N.
         Child Obes. 2012 Aug;8(4):294-7.
         
     56. Food insecurity is associated with obesity among US adults in 12 states
         Pan L, Sherry B, Njai R, Blanck HM.
         J Acad Nutr Diet. 2012 Sep;112(9):1403-9.
         
     57. Factors associated with low water intake among US high school students-National Youth Physical Activity and Nutrition Study, 2010
         Park S, Blanck HM, Sherry B, Brener N, O'Toole T.
         J Acad Nutr Diet. 2012 Sep;112(9):1421-7.
         
   • Occupational Safety and Health
     58. Toward developing a new occupational exposure metric approach for characterization of diesel aerosols
         Cauda EG, Ku BK, Miller AL, Barone TL.
         Aerosol Sci Technol. 2012 01 Dec;46(12):1370-1381.
         
     59. Workplace safety equals patient safety
         Spratt D, Cowles CE, Berguer R, Dennis V, Waters TR, Rodriguez M, Spry C, Groah L.
         AORN J. 2012 Sep;96(3):235-44.
         
     60. Associations of long-term shift work with waking salivary cortisol concentration and patterns among police officers
         Fekedulegn D, Burchfiel CM, Violanti JM, Hartley TA, Charles LE, Andrew ME, Miller DB.
         Ind Health. 2012 Oct 8.
         
     61. Needlestick injuries among employees at a nationwide retail pharmacy chain, 2000-2011
         de Perio MA.
         Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2012 Nov;33(11):1156-8.
         
     62. A critical evaluation of material safety data sheets (MSDSs) for engineered nanomaterials
         Eastlake A, Hodson L, Geraci C, Crawford C.
         J Chem Health Saf. 2012 ;19(5):1-8.
         
     63. Employer perceptions of stress and resilience intervention
         Spangler NW, Koesten J, Fox MH, Radel J.
         J Occup Environ Med. 2012 Oct 8.
         
   • Public Health Law
     64. Tattooing regulations in U.S. states, 2011
         Carlson VP, Lehman EJ, Armstrong M.
         J Environ Health. 2012 ;75(3):30-37.
         
   • Reproductive Health
     65. Adaptation of the World Health Organization's Selected Practice Recommendations for Contraceptive Use for the United States
         Curtis KM, Tepper NK, Jamieson DJ, Marchbanks PA.
         Contraception. 2012 Oct 4.
         
     66. Treatment of unscheduled bleeding in women using extended- or continuous-use combined hormonal contraception: a systematic review
         Godfrey EM, Whiteman MK, Curtis KM.
         Contraception. 2012 Oct 5.
         
     67. How does the number of oral contraceptive pill packs dispensed or prescribed affect continuation and other measures of consistent and correct use? A systematic review
         Steenland MW, Rodriguez MI, Marchbanks PA, Curtis KM.
         Contraception. 2012 Oct 4.
         
     68. Use of a checklist to rule out pregnancy: a systematic review
         Tepper NK, Marchbanks PA, Curtis KM.
         Contraception. 2012 Oct 4.
         
     69. Retention of intrauterine devices in women who acquire pelvic inflammatory disease: a systematic review
         Tepper NK, Steenland MW, Gaffield ME, Marchbanks PA, Curtis KM.
         Contraception. 2012 Oct 4.
         
     70. Hemoglobin measurement prior to initiating copper intrauterine devices: a systematic review
         Tepper NK, Steenland MW, Marchbanks PA, Curtis KM.
         Contraception. 2012 Oct 4.
         
     71. Laboratory screening prior to initiating contraception: a systematic review
         Tepper NK, Steenland MW, Marchbanks PA, Curtis KM.
         Contraception. 2012 Oct 4.
         
     72. Patient understanding of oral contraceptive pill instructions related to missed pills: a systematic review
         Zapata LB, Steenland MW, Brahmi D, Marchbanks PA, Curtis KM.
         Contraception. 2012 Oct 4.
         
   • Statistics as Topic
     73. Estimation with vanishing baseline risk
         Park RM.
         Epidemiology. 2012 Nov;23(6):937-8.
         
   • Zoonoses
     74. Complete genome sequence of Ikoma lyssavirus
         Marston DA, Ellis RJ, Horton DL, Kuzmin IV, Wise EL, McElhinney LM, Banyard AC, Ngeleja C, Keyyu J, Cleaveland S, Lembo T, Rupprecht CE, Fooks AR.
         J Virol. 2012 Sep;86(18):10242-3.
         
   
   
3. Public Health Articles Noted in the Media
   Articles about important public health topics that have been mentioned in the press.
   • MMWR in the Media
     75. Geographic differences in HIV infection among Hispanics or Latinos - 46 states and Puerto Rico, 2010
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2012 Oct 12;61(40):805-10.
         
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions
     76. Age at stroke: temporal trends in stroke incidence in a large, biracial population
         Kissela BM, Khoury JC, Alwell K, Moomaw CJ, Woo D, Adeoye O, Flaherty ML, Khatri P, Ferioli S, De Los Rios La Rosa F, Broderick JP, Kleindorfer DO.
         Neurology. 2012 Oct 10.
         
   • Nutritional Sciences
     77. Consumption of diet drinks in the United States, 2009-2010
         Fakhouri TH, Kit BK, Ogden CL.
         NCHS Data Brief. 2012 Oct(109):1-7.
         
   • Vital Statistics
     78. Births: preliminary data for 2011
         Hamilton BE, Martin JA, Ventura SJ.
         Natl Vital Stat Rep. 2012 Oct 3;61(5):1-29.
         
     79. Deaths: preliminary data for 2011
         Hoyert D, Xu J.
         Natl Vital Stat Rep. 2012 Oct 10;61(6):1-64.
         
   
   

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