Before launching into this week's featured articles. Science Clips pauses to offer thanks to our staff and contributing subject matter experts. We begin with a topic that echoes more recent natural disasters; E Choudhary et al report on needs assessment made using the CASPER methodology following the 2009 tsunami in American Samoa. Public response to the 2009 influenza A H1N1 pandemic, a potential infectious disease disaster, is described by GK SteelFisher and colleagues using poll results from five countries. Preparations for holiday travel should not ignore disease prevention considerations; RC Laroque and collaborators find evidence of many missed opportunities for vaccination among travelers visiting friends and relatives abroad. Foreign-born persons may also have higher risks for tuberculosis; analysis of surveillance data from domestic and global systems, led by AB Taylor, finds that the U.S. national surveillance system may be the best source of data on TB drug resistance among foreign-born individuals.

Healthcare settings can be a focus for prevention but can also harbor public health risk factors. An analysis from the National Healthcare Safety network authored by SN Hocevar et al finds that neonates who weighed 750 g or less had the highest incidence of device-associated infections (DAI), and that overall DAI infection rates did not differ by type of hospital. Further on in the lifespan, use of prescription opiates more often than prescribed, or obtained through non-prescription sources, were found to be risk factors for opioid-related death by WA Lanier and co-authors. Preventive and treatment interventions delivered in healthcare settings can have individual and societal benefits; data from five states compiled by SE Powell and colleagues may show early impact of human papillomavirus vaccination in decreasing vaccine-type precancerous cervical lesions. Costs of HIV treatment on a per-patient basis decline as sites become more experienced and treat more patients, according to NA Menzies and collaborators, who looked at data from more than 50 clinic sites in six countries.

The ability to take action to improve health can occur in the home, as well as where healthcare is delivered. Information from the PRAMS system published in CDC's own Preventing Chronic Disease journal by an FA Gibbs-led group shows that the prevalence of smoke-free home rules approaches 95%, with generally increasing trends. From the National Center for Health Statistics Data Brief, we have an analysis of calories consumed from alcoholic beverages, which may be an underappreciated contributor to excess caloric intake.

John Iskander

Editor, Science Clips

1. Top Ten Articles of the Week
   Selected weekly by a senior CDC scientist from the standard sections listed below.
   • Communicable Diseases
     • Prevalence of anti-tuberculosis drug resistance in foreign-born tuberculosis cases in the U.S. and in their countries of origin
       Taylor AB, Kurbatova EV, Cegielski JP.
       PLoS One. 2012 ;7(11):e49355.
       
   • Disaster Control and Emergency Services
     • Public health needs assessments of Tutuila Island, American Samoa, after the 2009 tsunami
       Choudhary E, Chen TH, Martin C, Vagi S, Roth J, Keim M, Noe R, Ponausuia SE, Lemusu S, Bayleyegn T, Wolkin A.
       Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2012 Oct;6(3):209-16.
       
   • Global Health
     • Pre-travel health care of immigrants returning home to visit friends and relatives
       Larocque RC, Deshpande BR, Rao SR, Brunette GW, Sotir MJ, Jentes ES, Ryan ET.
       Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2012 Nov 13.
       
   • Health Behavior and Risk
     • Public response to the 2009 influenza A H1N1 pandemic: a polling study in five countries
       SteelFisher GK, Blendon RJ, Ward JR, Rapoport R, Kahn EB, Kohl KS.
       Lancet Infect Dis. 2012 Nov;12(11):845-50.
       
     • Risk factors for prescription opioid-related death, Utah, 2008-2009
       Lanier WA, Johnson EM, Rolfs RT, Friedrichs MD, Grey TC.
       Pain Med. 2012 Nov 8.
       
   • Healthcare Associated Infections
     • Device-associated infections among neonatal intensive care unit patients: incidence and associated pathogens reported to the National Healthcare Safety Network, 2006-2008
       Hocevar SN, Edwards JR, Horan TC, Morrell GC, Iwamoto M, Lessa FC.
       Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2012 Dec;33(12):1200-6.
       
   • Healthcare Economics
     • The determinants of HIV treatment costs in resource limited settings
       Menzies NA, Berruti AA, Blandford JM.
       PLoS One. 2012 ;7(11):e48726.
       
   • Immunity and Immunization
     • Impact of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination on HPV 16/18-related prevalence in precancerous cervical lesions
       Powell SE, Hariri S, Steinau M, Bauer HM, Bennett NM, Bloch KC, Niccolai LM, Schafer S, Unger ER, Markowitz LE.
       Vaccine. 2012 Nov 5.
       
   • Maternal and Child Health
     • Smoke-free-home rules among women with infants, 2004-2008
       Gibbs FA, Tong VT, Farr SL, Dietz PM, Babb S.
       Prev Chronic Dis. 2012 Nov;9:E164.
       
   • Nutritional Sciences
     • Calories consumed from alcoholic beverages by U.S. adults, 2007-2010
       Nielsen S, Kit B, Fakhouri T, Ogden C.
       NCHS Data Brief. 2012 Nov(110).
       
   
   
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. Known glioma risk loci are associated with glioma with a family history of brain tumours - a case-control gene association study
        Melin B, Dahlin AM, Andersson U, Wang Z, Henriksson R, Hallmans G, Bondy ML, Johansen C, Feychting M, Ahlbom A, Kitahara CM, Wang SS, Ruder AM, Carreon T, Butler MA, Inskip PD, Purdue M, Hsing AW, Mechanic L, Gillanders E, Yeager M, Linet M, Chanock SJ, Hartge P, Rajaraman P.
        Int J Cancer. 2012 Nov 1.
        
   • Communicable Diseases
     2. Epidemiology of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in the United States, 1993-2008
        Shah NS, Cavanaugh JS, Pratt R, Cain KP, Wells C, Laserson K, Nelson L.
        Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2012 Sep;16(9):1234-40.
        
     3. Varicella zoster virus vasculopathy: a treatable form of rapidly progressive multi-infarct dementia after 2 years' duration
        Silver B, Nagel MA, Mahalingam R, Cohrs R, Schmid DS, Gilden D.
        J Neurol Sci. 2012 Dec 15;323(1-2):245-7.
        
     4. Using routinely reported tuberculosis genotyping and surveillance data to predict tuberculosis outbreaks
        Althomsons SP, Kammerer JS, Shang N, Navin TR.
        PLoS One. 2012 ;7(11):e48754.
        
     5. Incidence and epidemiology of hospitalized influenza cases in rural Thailand during the influenza A (H1N1)pdm09 pandemic, 2009-2010
        Baggett HC, Chittaganpitch M, Thamthitiwat S, Prapasiri P, Naorat S, Sawatwong P, Ditsungnoen D, Olsen SJ, Simmerman JM, Srisaengchai P, Chantra S, Peruski LF, Sawanpanyalert P, Maloney SA, Akarasewi P.
        PLoS One. 2012 ;7(11):e48609.
        
   • Community Health Services
     6. Successful clinical outcomes following decentralization of tertiary paediatric HIV care to a community-based paediatric antiretroviral treatment network, Chiangrai, Thailand, 2002 to 2008
        Hansudewechakul R, Naiwatanakul T, Katana A, Faikratok W, Lolekha R, Thainuea V, McConnell MS.
        J Int AIDS Soc. 2012 ;15(2):17358.
        
   • Disease Reservoirs and Vectors
     7. West Nile virus ecology in a tropical ecosystem in Guatemala
        Morales-Betoulle ME, Komar N, Panella N, Alvarez D, Lopez MR, Betoulle JL, Sosa SM, Muller ML, Kilpatrick AM, Lanciotti RS, Johnson BW, Powers AM, Cordon-Rosales C.
        Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2012 Nov 13.
        
     8. North American birds as potential amplifying hosts of Japanese encephalitis virus
        Nemeth N, Bosco-Lauth A, Oesterle P, Kohler D, Bowen R.
        Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2012 Oct;87(4):760-7.
        
     9. Poultry rearing and slaughtering practices in rural Egypt: an exploration of risk factors for H5N1 virus human transmission
        Lohiniva AL, Dueger E, Talaat M, Refaey S, Zaki A, Chisholm Horton K, Kandeel A.
        Influenza Other Respi Viruses. 2012 Nov 12.
        
     10. Multidisciplinary approach to epizootiology and pathogenesis of bat rabies viruses in the United States
         Ellison JA, Johnson SR, Kuzmina N, Gilbert A, Carson WC, Vercauteren KC, Rupprecht CE.
         Zoonoses Public Health. 2012 Nov 9.
         
   • Drug Safety
     11. Use of topiramate in pregnancy and risk of oral clefts
         Margulis AV, Mitchell AA, Gilboa SM, Werler MM, Mittleman MA, Glynn RJ, Hernandez-Diaz S.
         Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2012 Nov;207(5):405 e1-7.
         
   • Genetics and Genomics
     12. Genome-wide association study of glioma and meta-analysis
         Rajaraman P, Melin BS, Wang Z, McKean-Cowdin R, Michaud DS, Wang SS, Bondy M, Houlston R, Jenkins RB, Wrensch M, Yeager M, Ahlbom A, Albanes D, Andersson U, Freeman LE, Buring JE, Butler MA, Braganza M, Carreon T, Feychting M, Fleming SJ, Gapstur SM, Gaziano JM, Giles GG, Hallmans G, Henriksson R, Hoffman-Bolton J, Inskip PD, Johansen C, Kitahara CM, Lathrop M, Liu C, Le Marchand L, Linet MS, Lonn S, Peters U, Purdue MP, Rothman N, Ruder AM, Sanson M, Sesso HD, Severi G, Shu XO, Simon M, Stampfer M, Stevens VL, Visvanathan K, White E, Wolk A, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A, Zheng W, Decker P, Enciso-Mora V, Fridley B, Gao YT, Kosel M, Lachance DH, Lau C, Rice T, Swerdlow A, Wiemels JL, Wiencke JK, Shete S, Xiang YB, Xiao Y, Hoover RN, Fraumeni JF, Chatterjee N, Hartge P, Chanock SJ.
         Hum Genet. 2012 Dec;131(12):1877-88.
         
   • Immunity and Immunization
     13. The genetic match between vaccine strains and circulating seasonal influenza A viruses in Vietnam, 2001-2009
         Vuong CD, Hoang PM, Nguyen HL, Nguyen HT, Nguyen TC, Le TT, Dennis DT, Kapella BK, Kile JC, Le MQ.
         Influenza Other Respi Viruses. 2012 Nov 8.
         
   • Injury and Violence
     14. Moving forward by looking back: reflecting on a decade of CDC's work in sexual violence prevention, 2000-2010
         Degue S, Simon TR, Basile KC, Yee SL, Lang K, Spivak H.
         J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2012 Nov 9.
         
   • Laboratory Sciences
     15. A natural vanishing act: the enzyme-catalyzed degradation of carbon nanomaterials
         Kotchey GP, Hasan SA, Kapralov AA, Ha SH, Kim K, Shvedova AA, Kagan VE, Star A.
         Acc Chem Res. 2012 Oct 16;45(10):1770-81.
         
     16. Identification of Legionella in the environment
         Kozak NA, Lucas CE, Winchell JM.
         Methods Mol Biol. 2013 ;954:3-25.
         
     17. Redox regulation by nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2: gatekeeping for the basal and diabetes-induced expression of thioredoxin-interacting protein
         He X, Ma Q.
         Mol Pharmacol. 2012 Nov;82(5):887-97.
         
     18. Assuring the quality of next-generation sequencing in clinical laboratory practice
         Gargis AS, Kalman L, Berry MW, Bick DP, Dimmock DP, Hambuch T, Lu F, Lyon E, Voelkerding KV, Zehnbauer BA, Agarwala R, Bennett SF, Chen B, Chin EL, Compton JG, Das S, Farkas DH, Ferber MJ, Funke BH, Furtado MR, Ganova-Raeva LM, Geigenmuller U, Gunselman SJ, Hegde MR, Johnson PL, Kasarskis A, Kulkarni S, Lenk T, Liu CS, Manion M, Manolio TA, Mardis ER, Merker JD, Rajeevan MS, Reese MG, Rehm HL, Simen BB, Yeakley JM, Zook JM, Lubin IM.
         Nat Biotechnol. 2012 Nov;30(11):1033-6.
         
     19. Sensitive and specific peak detection for SELDI-TOF mass spectrometry using a wavelet/neural-network based approach
         Emanuele VA, Panicker G, Gurbaxani BM, Lin JM, Unger ER.
         PLoS One. 2012 ;7(11):e48103.
         
     20. Immunization with adenoviral-vectored tick salivary gland proteins (SALPs) in a murine model of Lyme borreliosis
         Ullmann AJ, Dolan MC, Sackal CA, Fikrig E, Piesman J, Zeidner NS.
         Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2012 Oct 5.
         
   • Maternal and Child Health
     21. Health care needs of children with Tourette syndrome
         Bitsko RH, Danielson M, King M, Visser SN, Scahill L, Perou R.
         J Child Neurol. 2012 Nov 8.
         
   • Occupational Safety and Health
     22. Chronic beryllium disease, HLA-DPB1, and the DP peptide binding groove
         Silveira LJ, McCanlies EC, Fingerlin TE, Van Dyke MV, Mroz MM, Strand M, Fontenot AP, Bowerman N, Dabelea DM, Schuler CR, Weston A, Maier LA.
         J Immunol. 2012 Oct 15;189(8):4014-23.
         
   • Parasitic Diseases
     23. Epidemiology of Enterocytozoon bieneusi infection in humans
         Matos O, Lobo ML, Xiao L.
         J Parasitol Res. 2012 ;2012:981424.
         
   • Physical Activity
     24. Reproductive hormones and interleukin-6 in serious leisure male athletes
         Fitzgerald LZ, Robbins WA, Kesner JS, Xun L.
         Eur J Appl Physiol. 2012 Nov;112(11):3765-73.
         
   • Public Health Leadership and Management
     25. A tool for enhancing strategic health planning: a modeled use of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health
         Sinclair LB, Fox MH, Betts DR.
         Int J Health Plann Manage. 2012 Nov 12.
         
   • Social and Behavioral Sciences
     26. A multidimensional framework for the meanings of the sexual double standard and its application for the sexual health of young Black women in the U.S
         Fasula AM, Carry M, Miller KS.
         J Sex Res. 2012 Nov 13.
         
   • Substance Use and Abuse
     27. Smoking in movies: a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention core surveillance indicator
         McAfee T, Tynan M.
         Prev Chronic Dis. 2012 Nov;9:E162.
         
   
   
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).
   • Maternal and Child Health - Autistic Disorders
     28. Early intensive behavioral intervention (EIBI) for young children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD)
         Reichow B, Barton EE, Boyd BA, Hume K.
         Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2012 ;10:CD009260.
         
     29. Early behavioral intervention is associated with normalized brain activity in young children with autism
         Dawson G, Jones EJ, Merkle K, Venema K, Lowy R, Faja S, Kamara D, et al.
         J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2012 Nov;51(11):1150-9.
         
     30. Brief report: Stony Brook guidelines on the ethics of the care of people with autism and their families
         Post SG, Pomeroy J, Keirns CC, Cover VI, Dorn ML, Boroson L, Boroson F, et al.
         J Autism Dev Disord. 2012 Oct 20.
         
     31. The association between mental health, stress, and coping supports in mothers of children with autism spectrum disorders
         Zablotsky B, Bradshaw CP, Stuart EA.
         J Autism Dev Disord. 2012 Oct 26.
         
     32. Determinants of appointment absenteeism at an outpatient pediatric autism clinic
         Kalb LG, Freedman B, Foster C, Menon D, Landa R, Kishfy L, Law P.
         J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2012 Nov;33(9):685-97.
         
     33. Cognition in males and females with autism: similarities and differences
         Lai MC, Lombardo MV, Ruigrok AN, Chakrabarti B, Wheelwright SJ, Auyeung B, Allison C, et al.
         PLoS One. 2012 ;7(10):e47198.
         
   
   
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
     34. Comprehensive smoke-free laws - 50 largest U.S. cities, 2000 and 2012
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2012 Nov 16;61(45):914-917.
         
     35. Increasing prevalence of diagnosed diabetes - United States and Puerto Rico, 1995-2010
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2012 Nov 16;61(45):918-921.
         
     36. Vital Signs: racial disparities in breast cancer severity - United States, 2005-2009
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2012 Nov 16;61(45):922-926.
         
   
   

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