1. Top Ten Articles of the Week
   Selected weekly by a senior CDC scientist from the standard sections listed below.
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions
     • Trends in antihypertensive medication use and blood pressure control among United States adults with hypertension: the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2001 to 2010
       Gu Q, Burt VL, Dillon CF, Yoon S.
       Circulation. 2012 Oct 23;126(17):2105-14.
       
   • Communicable Diseases
     • Transmission of hepatitis B virus associated with assisted monitoring of blood glucose at an assisted living facility in New York State
       Schaffzin JK, Southwick KL, Clement EJ, Konings F, Ganova-Raeva L, Xia G, Khudyakov Y, Johnson GS.
       Am J Infect Control. 2012 Oct;40(8):726-31.
       
     • Effectiveness of a school district closure for pandemic influenza A (H1N1) on acute respiratory illnesses in the community: a natural experiment
       Copeland DL, Basurto-Davila R, Chung W, Kurian A, Fishbein DB, Szymanowski P, Zipprich J, Lipman H, Cetron MS, Meltzer MI, Averhoff F.
       Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Oct 19.
       
     • An online randomized controlled trial evaluating HIV prevention digital media interventions for men who have sex with men
       Hirshfield S, Chiasson MA, Joseph H, Scheinmann R, Johnson WD, Remien RH, Shaw FS, Emmons R, Yu G, Margolis AD.
       PLoS One. 2012 ;7(10):e46252.
       
   • Community Health Services
     • "Research participants want to feel they are better off than they were before research was introduced to them": engaging Cameroonian rural plantation populations in HIV research
       Kiawi E, McLellan-Lemal E, Mosoko J, Chillag K, Raghunathan PL.
       BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2012 ;12:8.
       
   • Epidemiology and Surveillance
     • Epidemiologic and laboratory features of a large outbreak of pertussis-like illnesses associated with co-circulating Bordetella holmesii and Bordetella pertussis -- Ohio, 2010-2011
       Rodgers L, Martin SW, Cohn A, Budd J, Marcon M, Terranella A, Mandal S, Salamon D, Leber A, Tondella ML, Tatti K, Spicer K, Emanuel A, Koch E, McGlone L, Pawloski L, Lemaile-Williams M, Tucker N, Iyer R, Clark TA, Diorio M.
       Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Oct 19.
       
   • Health Communication and Education
     • Stand-alone mass media campaigns to increase physical activity: a Community Guide updated review
       Brown DR, Soares J, Epping JM, Lankford TJ, Wallace JS, Hopkins D, Buchanan LR, Orleans CT, Community Preventive Services Task Force.
       Am J Prev Med. 2012 Nov;43(5):551-61.
       
     • Text4baby: development and implementation of a national text messaging health information service
       Whittaker R, Matoff-Stepp S, Meehan J, Kendrick J, Jordan E, Stange P, Cash A, Meyer P, Baitty J, Johnson P, Ratzan S, Rhee K.
       Am J Public Health. 2012 Oct 18.
       
   • Injury and Violence
     • Parental characteristics associated with bullying perpetration in US children aged 10 to 17 years
       Shetgiri R, Lin H, Avila RM, Flores G.
       Am J Public Health. 2012 Oct 18.
       
   • Laboratory Sciences
     • Capturing the reaction pathway in near-atomic-resolution crystal structures of HIV-1 protease
       Shen CH, Tie Y, Yu X, Wang YF, Kovalevsky AY, Harrison RW, Weber IT.
       Biochemistry. 2012 Oct 2;51(39):7726-32.
       
   
   
2. CDC Authored Publications
   The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.
   Articles published in the past 6-8 weeks authored by CDC or ATSDR staff.
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions
     1. C-reactive protein, fibrinogen, and cardiovascular disease prediction
        Kaptoge S, Di Angelantonio E, Pennells L, Wood AM, White IR, Gao P, Walker M, Thompson A, Sarwar N, Caslake M, Butterworth AS, Amouyel P, Assmann G, Bakker SJ, Barr EL, Barrett-Connor E, Benjamin EJ, Bjorkelund C, Brenner H, Brunner E, Clarke R, Cooper JA, Cremer P, Cushman M, Dagenais GR, D'Agostino RB, Dankner R, Davey-Smith G, Deeg D, Dekker JM, Engstrom G, Folsom AR, Fowkes FG, Gallacher J, Gaziano JM, Giampaoli S, Gillum RF, Hofman A, Howard BV, Ingelsson E, Iso H, Jorgensen T, Kiechl S, Kitamura A, Kiyohara Y, Koenig W, Kromhout D, Kuller LH, Lawlor DA, Meade TW, Nissinen A, Nordestgaard BG, Onat A, Panagiotakos DB, Psaty BM, Rodriguez B, Rosengren A, Salomaa V, Kauhanen J, Salonen JT, Shaffer JA, Shea S, Ford I, Stehouwer CD, Strandberg TE, Tipping RW, Tosetto A, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Wennberg P, Westendorp RG, Whincup PH, Wilhelmsen L, Woodward M, Lowe GD, Wareham NJ, Khaw KT, Sattar N, Packard CJ, Gudnason V, Ridker PM, Pepys MB, Thompson SG, Danesh J.
        N Engl J Med. 2012 Oct 4;367(14):1310-20.
        
     2. Cervical carcinoma rates among young females in the United States
        Benard VB, Watson M, Castle PE, Saraiya M.
        Obstet Gynecol. 2012 Nov;120(5):1117-23.
        
     3. Impact of geographic density of eye care professionals on eye care among adults with diabetes
        Chou CF, Zhang X, Crews JE, Barker LE, Lee PP, Saaddine JB.
        Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2012 Oct 22.
        
   • Communicable Diseases
     4. Brucellosis among hospitalized febrile patients in northern Tanzania
        Bouley AJ, Biggs HM, Stoddard RA, Morrissey AB, Bartlett JA, Afwamba IA, Maro VP, Kinabo GD, Saganda W, Cleaveland S, Crump JA.
        Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2012 Oct 22.
        
     5. Estimated incidence of influenza-virus-associated severe pneumonia in children in El Salvador, 2008-2010
        Clara W, Armero J, Rodriguez D, de Lozano C, Bonilla L, Minaya P, Chacon R, Jara J, Blanco N, Widdowson MA, Bresee J, Xu X, Klimov A, Azziz-Baumgartner E, Linares-Perez N.
        Bull World Health Organ. 2012 October;90(10):756-763.
        
     6. Rotavirus mortality in India: estimates based on a nationally representative survey of diarrhoeal deaths
        Morris SK, Awasthi S, Khera A, Bassani DG, Kang G, Parashar UD, Kumar R, Shet A, Glass RI, Jha P.
        Bull World Health Organ. 2012 October;90(10):720-727.
        
     7. Factors associated with survival among adults with HIV-associated TB in Guangxi, China: a retrospective cohort study
        Zhang Y, Sun K, Yu L, Tang Z, Huang S, Meng Z, Zheng Y, Wen Y, Zhu H, Chen RY, Varma JK, Zhang F.
        Future Virol. 2012 September;7(9):933-942.
        
     8. A large, population-based study of 2009 pandemic influenza A virus subtype H1N1 infection diagnosis during pregnancy and outcomes for mothers and neonates
        Hansen C, Desai S, Bredfeldt C, Cheetham C, Gallagher M, Li DK, Raebel MA, Riedlinger K, Shay DK, Thompson M, Davis RL.
        J Infect Dis. 2012 Oct;206(8):1260-8.
        
     9. Roundtable postherpetic neuralgia-what, why, how long, and what's next?
        Harpaz R, Nagel MA, Schmader K, Tyring SK, Yawn BP.
        Popul Health Manag. 2012 Oct 22.
        
   • Community Health Services
     10. Eliminating tuberculosis one neighborhood at a time
         Cegielski JP, Griffith DE, McGaha PK, Wolfgang M, Robinson CB, Clark PA, Hassell WL, Robison VA, Walker KP, Wallace C.
         Am J Public Health. 2012 Oct 18.
         
     11. Community health workers experiences and perspectives on mass drug administration for Schistosomiasis control in western Kenya: the SCORE project
         Omedo MO, Matey EJ, Awiti A, Ogutu M, Alaii J, Karanja DM, Montgomery SP, Secor WE, Mwinzi PN.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2012 Oct 22.
         
   • Disease Reservoirs and Vectors
     12. Characterization of Culex pipiens complex (Diptera: Culicidae) populations in Colorado, USA using microsatellites
         Kothera L, Godsey MS, Doyle MS, Savage HM.
         PLoS One. 2012 ;7(10):e47602.
         
   • Epidemiology and Surveillance
     13. The burden and severity of illness due to 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) in a large US city during the late summer and early fall of 2009
         Doshi SS, Stauffer KE, Fiebelkorn AP, Lafond KE, Davidson HA, Apostolou A, Taylor TH, Smith W, Karcz AN, Watson JR, Openo KP, Brooks JG, Zheteyeva Y, Schrag SJ, Fry AM.
         Am J Epidemiol. 2012 Sep 15;176(6):519-26.
         
     14. Understanding and interpreting the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: key questions and answers
         McCaig LF, Burt CW.
         Ann Emerg Med. 2012 Oct 17.
         
     15. Developing a web-based HIV behavioral surveillance pilot project among men who have sex with men
         Sanchez T, Smith A, Denson D, Dinenno E, Lansky A.
         Open AIDS J. 2012 ;6:224-31.
         
   • Food Safety
     16. National outbreak of type A foodborne botulism associated with a widely distributed commercially canned hot dog chili sauce
         Juliao PC, Maslanka S, Dykes J, Gaul L, Bagdure S, Granzow-Kibiger L, Salehi E, Zink D, Neligan RP, Barton-Behravesh C, Luquez C, Biggerstaff M, Lynch M, Olson C, Williams I, Barzilay EJ.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Oct 24.
         
   • Health Behavior and Risk
     17. High HIV incidence and prevalence and associated factors among young MSM in 21 USA cities, 2008
         Balaji AB, Bowles KE, Le BC, Paz-Bailey G, Oster AM.
         AIDS. 2012 Oct 17.
         
   • Health Disparities
     18. Racial disparity in U.S. diagnoses of acquired immune deficiency syndrome, 2000-2009
         An Q, Prejean J, Hall HI.
         Am J Prev Med. 2012 Nov;43(5):461-6.
         
     19. Linear and non-linear associations of gonorrhea diagnosis rates with social determinants of health
         Moonesinghe R, Fleming E, Truman BI, Dean HD.
         Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2012 September;9(9):3149-3165.
         
   • Healthcare Associated Infections
     20. Hospitalizations and mortality associated with norovirus outbreaks in nursing homes, 2009-2010
         Trivedi TK, Desalvo T, Lee L, Palumbo A, Moll M, Curns A, Hall AJ, Patel M, Parashar UD, Lopman BA.
         JAMA. 2012 Oct 18:1-8.
         
   • Healthcare Economics
     21. Melanoma treatment costs: a systematic review of the literature, 1990-2011
         Guy GP, Ekwueme DU, Tangka FK, Richardson LC.
         Am J Prev Med. 2012 Nov;43(5):537-45.
         
   • Immunity and Immunization
     22. Varicella vaccine uptake in Shandong Province, China
         Xu A, Xu Q, Fang X, Bialek S, Wang C.
         Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2012 Sep 1;8(9).
         
     23. Symptomatic infection and detection of vaccine and vaccine-reassortant rotavirus strains in 5 children: a case series
         Boom JA, Sahni LC, Payne DC, Gautam R, Lyde F, Mijatovic-Rustempasic S, Bowen MD, Tate JE, Rench MA, Gentsch JR, Parashar UD, Baker CJ.
         J Infect Dis. 2012 Oct;206(8):1275-9.
         
     24. Pneumococcal carriage and invasive disease in children before introduction of the 13-valent conjugate vaccine: comparison with the pre-7-valent conjugate vaccine era
         Sharma D, Baughman W, Holst A, Thomas S, Jackson D, Carvalho MD, Beall B, Satola S, Jerris R, Jain S, Farley MM, Nuorti JP.
         Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2012 Oct 17.
         
     25. Decline in gastroenteritis-related triage calls after rotavirus vaccine licensure
         Williams DJ, Edwards KM, Payne DC, Manning J, Parashar UD, Lopman BA.
         Pediatrics. 2012 Oct;130(4):e872-8.
         
   • Injury and Violence
     26. Risky play and children's safety: balancing priorities for optimal child development
         Brussoni M, Olsen LL, Pike I, Sleet DA.
         Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2012 September;9(9):3134-3148.
         
   • Laboratory Sciences
     27. A high-throughput diagnostic method for measuring human exposure to organophosphorus nerve agents
         Knaack JS, Zhou Y, Abney CW, Jacob JT, Prezioso SM, Hardy K, Lemire SW, Thomas J, Johnson RC.
         Anal Chem. 2012 Oct 19.
         
     28. pSK41-like plasmid is necessary for Inc18-like vanA plasmid transfer from Enterococcus faecalis to Staphylococcus aureus in vitro
         Zhu W, Clark N, Patel JB.
         Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2012 Oct 22.
         
     29. Genotoxicity and carcinogenicity of cobalt-, nickel- and copper-based nanoparticles (Review)
         Magaye R, Zhao JS, Bowman L, Ding M.
         Exp Ther Med. 2012 Oct;4(4):551-561.
         
     30. Development and validation of a PulseNet standardized protocol for subtyping isolates of Cronobacter species
         Brengi SP, O'Brien SB, Pichel M, Iversen C, Arduino M, Binsztein N, Jensen B, Pagotto F, Ribot EM, Stephan R, Cernela N, Cooper K, Fanning S.
         Foodborne Pathog Dis. 2012 Sep;9(9):861-7.
         
     31. Molecular surveillance of Cryptosporidium spp., Giardia duodenalis, and Enterocytozoon bieneusi by genotyping and subtyping parasites in wastewater
         Li N, Xiao L, Wang L, Zhao S, Zhao X, Duan L, Guo M, Liu L, Feng Y.
         PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2012 Sep;6(9):e1809.
         
   • Maternal and Child Health
     32. Estimating the burden of maternal and neonatal deaths associated with jaundice in Bangladesh: possible role of hepatitis E infection
         Gurley ES, Halder AK, Streatfield PK, Sazzad HM, Nurul Huda TM, Hossain MJ, Luby SP.
         Am J Public Health. 2012 Oct 18.
         
     33. Pregnancy termination following prenatal diagnosis of anencephaly or spina bifida: a systematic review of the literature
         Johnson CY, Honein MA, Dana Flanders W, Howards PP, Oakley GP, Rasmussen SA.
         Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2012 Oct 25.
         
     34. Assessment and management of inguinal hernia in infants
         Wang KS, Papile LA, Baley JE, Benitz W, Cummings J, Carlo WA, Kumar P, Polin RA, Tan RC, Watterberg KL, Barfield WD, Macones G, Jefferies AL, Mainous RO, Raju TN, Couto J, Brandt ML, Shamberger RC, Caty MG, Heiss KF, Holcomb IW, Meyers RL, Moss RL, Rescorla FJ, Thorne V.
         Pediatrics. 2012 October;130(4):768-773.
         
   • Occupational Safety and Health
     35. Leukemia among male construction workers in California, 1988-2007
         Luckhaupt SE, Deapen D, Cress R, Schumacher P, Shen R, Calvert GM.
         Leuk Lymphoma. 2012 Nov;53(11):2228-36.
         
   • Parasitic Diseases
     36. Acute Chagas disease in a returning traveler
         Carter YL, Juliano JJ, Montgomery SP, Qvarnstrom Y.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2012 Oct 22.
         
   • Public Health Leadership and Management
     37. Training of home health aides and nurse aides: findings from national data
         Sengupta M, Ejaz FK, Harris-Kojetin LD.
         Gerontol Geriatr Educ. 2012 Oct;33(4):383-401.
         
   • Reproductive Health
     38. Hormonal contraceptive use and female-to-male HIV transmission: a systematic review of the epidemiologic evidence
         Polis CB, Phillips SJ, Curtis KM.
         AIDS. 2012 Oct 17.
         
     39. Evidence-based guidance on selected practice recommendations for contraceptive use: identification of research gaps
         Folger SG, Jamieson DJ, Godfrey EM, Zapata LB, Curtis KM.
         Contraception. 2012 Oct 18.
         
     40. Effect of missed combined hormonal contraceptives on contraceptive effectiveness: a systematic review
         Zapata LB, Steenland MW, Brahmi D, Marchbanks PA, Curtis KM.
         Contraception. 2012 Oct 18.
         
     41. Peripartum cardiomyopathy: population-based birth prevalence and 7-year mortality
         Harper MA, Meyer RE, Berg CJ.
         Obstet Gynecol. 2012 Nov;120(5):1013-9.
         
   • Zoonoses
     42. Naturally acquired picornavirus infections in nonhuman primates at the Dhaka Zoo
         Oberste MS, Feeroz MM, Maher K, Nix WA, Engel GA, Begum S, Hasan KM, Oh G, Pallansch MA, Jones-Engel L.
         J Virol. 2012 Oct 24.
         
     43. Characterizing the picornavirus landscape among synanthropic nonhuman primates in Bangladesh, 2007-2008
         Oberste MS, Feeroz MM, Maher K, Nix WA, Engel GA, Hasan KM, Begum S, Oh G, Chowdhury AH, Pallansch MA, Jones-Engel L.
         J Virol. 2012 Oct 24.
         
     44. Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in Santa Cruz, Bolivia: outbreak investigation and antibody prevalence study
         Montgomery JM, Blair PJ, Carroll DS, Mills JN, Gianella A, Iihoshi N, Briggiler AM, Felices V, Salazar M, Olson JG, Glabman RA, Bausch DG.
         PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2012 Oct;6(10):e1840.
         
     45. Distinct and overlapping roles of Nipah virus P gene products in modulating the human endothelial cell antiviral response
         Lo MK, Peeples ME, Bellini WJ, Nichol ST, Rota PA, Spiropoulou CF.
         PLoS One. 2012 ;7(10):e47790.
         
   
   
3. 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).
   • Health Communication and Education
     46. Role of video games in improving health-related outcomes: a systematic review
         Primack BA, Carroll MV, McNamara M, Klem ML, King B, Rich M, Chan CW, Nayak S.
         Am J Prev Med. 2012 Jun;42(6):630-8.
         
     47. Can Twitter predict disease outbreaks?
         St Louis C, Zorlu G.
         BMJ. 2012 ;344:e2353.
         
     48. Inquiring minds acquiring wellness: uses of online and offline sources for health information
         Dobransky K, Hargittai E.
         Health Commun. 2012 ;27(4):331-43.
         
     49. Numbers can be worth a thousand pictures: individual differences in understanding graphical and numerical representations of health-related information
         Gaissmaier W, Wegwarth O, Skopec D, Muller AS, Broschinski S, Politi MC.
         Health Psychol. 2012 May;31(3):286-96.
         
     50. Media literacy interventions: a meta-analytic review
         Jeong SH, Cho H, Hwang Y.
         J Commun. 2012 Jun 1;62(3):454-472.
         
     51. Use of online health information resources by American Indians and Alaska Natives
         Geana MV, Daley CM, Nazir N, Cully L, Etheridge J, Bledowski C, Choi WS, Greiner KA.
         J Health Commun. 2012 Aug;17(7):820-35.
         
     52. Health communication, genetic determinism, and perceived control: the roles of beliefs about susceptibility and severity versus disease essentialism
         Parrott R, Kahl ML, Ndiaye K, Traeder T.
         J Health Commun. 2012 Aug;17(7):762-78.
         
     53. Media lab uses videos, comics, and more to help people understand health issues
         Hampton T.
         JAMA. 2012 Apr 25;307(16):1679-80.
         
     54. Health and illness in a connected world: how might sharing experiences on the Internet affect people's health?
         Ziebland S, Wyke S.
         Milbank Q. 2012 Jun;90(2):219-49.
         
     55. Behaviour change communication targeting four health behaviours in developing countries: a review of change techniques
         Briscoe C, Aboud F.
         Soc Sci Med. 2012 Aug;75(4):612-21.
         
   
   
4. Public Health Articles Noted in the Media
   Articles about important public health topics that have been mentioned in the press.
   • MMWR in the Media
     56. Progress toward poliomyelitis eradication - Chad, January 2011- August 2012
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2012 Oct 26;61(42):858-62.
         
   • Communicable Diseases
     57. The influence of sex, race/ethnicity, and educational attainment on human immunodeficiency virus death rates among adults, 1993-2007
         Simard EP, Fransua M, Naishadham D, Jemal A.
         Arch Intern Med. 2012 Oct 8:1-8.
         
   • Healthcare Associated Infections
     58. Hospitalizations and mortality associated with norovirus outbreaks in nursing homes, 2009-2010
         Trivedi TK, Desalvo T, Lee L, Palumbo A, Moll M, Curns A, Hall AJ, Patel M, Parashar UD, Lopman BA.
         JAMA. 2012 Oct 18:1-8.
         
   
   

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