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1. CDC Vital Signs
   • Healthcare Associated Infections - Clostridium difficile
     1. *Clinical practice guidelines for Clostridium difficile infection in adults: 2010 update by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)
        Cohen SH, Gerding DN, Johnson S, Kelly CP, Loo VG, McDonald LC, Pepin J, et al.
        Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010 May;31(5):431-55.
        
     2. Mandatory MRSA & MSSA bacteraemia, and Clostridium difficile infection data (up to July - September 2011)
        Health Protection Agency.
        Q Epi Comment. 2012 .
        
     3. Short- and long-term attributable costs of Clostridium difficile-associated disease in nonsurgical inpatients
        Dubberke ER, Reske KA, Olsen MA, McDonald LC, Fraser VJ.
        Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Feb 15;46(4):497-504.
        
     4. Clostridium difficile infections (CDI) in hospital stays, 2009
        Lucado J, Gould C, Elixhauser A.
        HCUP Statistical Brief no. 124. 2012 Jan .
        
     5. Clostridium difficile infection in Ohio hospitals and nursing homes during 2006
        Campbell RJ, Giljahn L, Machesky K, Cibulskas-White K, Lane LM, Porter K, Paulson JO, et al.
        Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Jun;30(6):526-33.
        
     6. Recommendations for surveillance of Clostridium difficile-associated disease
        McDonald LC, Coignard B, Dubberke E, Song X, Horan T, Kutty PK.
        Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2007 Feb;28(2):140-5.
        
     7. Using electronic health information to risk-stratify rates of Clostridium difficile infection in US hospitals
        Zilberberg MD, Tabak YP, Sievert DM, Derby KG, Johannes RS, Sun X, McDonald LC.
        Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2011 Jul;32(7):649-55.
        
     8. Time interval of increased risk for Clostridium difficile infection after exposure to antibiotics
        Hensgens MP, Goorhuis A, Dekkers OM, Kuijper EJ.
        J Antimicrob Chemother. 2012 Mar;67(3):742-8.
        
     9. An epidemic, toxin gene-variant strain of Clostridium difficile
        McDonald LC, Killgore GE, Thompson A, Owens RC, Kazakova SV, Sambol SP, Johnson S, et al.
        N Engl J Med. 2005 Dec 8;353(23):2433-41.
        
   
   
2. CDC Authored Publications
   The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions
     10. Prevalence of obesity and trends in the distribution of body mass index among US adults, 1999-2010
         Flegal KM, Carroll MD, Kit BK, Ogden CL.
         JAMA. 2012 Feb 1;307(5):491-7.
         
     11. Actions to control high blood pressure among hypertensive adults in Texas counties along the Mexico border: Texas BRFSS, 2007
         Ayala C, Fang J, Escobedo L, Pan S, Balcazar HG, Wang G, Merritt R.
         Public Health Rep. 2012 Mar-Apr;127(2):173-85.
         
   • Communicable Diseases
     12. Participant satisfaction with group and individual components of Adolescent Impact: a secondary prevention intervention for HIV-positive youth
         LaGrange RD, Abramowitz S, Koenig LJ, Barnes W, Conner L, Moschel D.
         AIDS Care. 2012 ;24(1):119-28.
         
     13. Female genital tract shedding of CXCR4-tropic HIV-1 is associated with a majority population of CXCR4-tropic HIV-1 in blood and declining CD4+ cell counts
         Haaland R, Sullivan S, Evans-Strickfaden T, Lennox J, Hart C.
         AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2012 Feb 28.
         
     14. Antivirals for treatment of influenza: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies
         Hsu J, Santesso N, Mustafa R, Brozek J, Chen YL, Hopkins JP, Cheung A, Hovhannisyan G, Ivanova L, Flottorp SA, Saeterdal I, Wong AD, Tian J, Uyeki TM, Akl EA, Alonso-Coello P, Smaill F, Schunemann HJ.
         Ann Intern Med. 2012 Feb 27.
         
     15. Estimating age-specific influenza-related hospitalization rates during the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in Davidson Co, TN
         Jules A, Grijalva CG, Zhu Y, Talbot KH, Williams JV, Dupont WD, Edwards KM, Schaffner W, Shay DK, Griffin MR.
         Influenza Other Respi Viruses. 2012 Feb 23.
         
     16. The Program Science initiative: improving the planning, implementation and evaluation of HIV/STI prevention programmes
         Aral SO, Blanchard JF.
         Sex Transm Infect. 2012 Feb 22.
         
   • Disease Reservoirs and Vectors
     17. A distinct lineage of influenza A virus from bats
         Tong S, Li Y, Rivailler P, Conrardy C, Castillo DA, Chen LM, Recuenco S, Ellison JA, Davis CT, York IA, Turmelle AS, Moran D, Rogers S, Shi M, Tao Y, Weil MR, Tang K, Rowe LA, Sammons S, Xu X, Frace M, Lindblade KA, Cox NJ, Anderson LJ, Rupprecht CE, Donis RO.
         Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Feb 27.
         
   • Entomology
     18. Saliva, salivary gland, and hemolymph collection from Ixodes scapularis ticks
         Patton TG, Dietrich G, Brandt K, Dolan MC, Piesman J, Gilmore RD.
         J Vis Exp. 2012 (60).
         
   • Epidemiology and Surveillance
     19. Predicting US- and state-level cancer counts for the current calendar year: Part II: evaluation of spatiotemporal projection methods for incidence
         Zhu L, Pickle LW, Ghosh K, Naishadham D, Portier K, Chen HS, Kim HJ, Zou Z, Cucinelli J, Kohler B, Edwards BK, King J, Feuer EJ, Jemal A.
         Cancer. 2012 Feb 15;118(4):1100-9.
         
     20. Reduction in cadmium exposure in the United States population, 1988-2008: the contribution of declining smoking rates
         Tellez-Plaza M, Navas-Acien A, Caldwell KL, Menke A, Muntner P, Guallar E.
         Environ Health Perspect. 2012 Feb;120(2):204-9.
         
   • Food Safety
     21. Foodborne outbreaks of shigellosis in the USA, 1998-2008
         Nygren BL, Schilling KA, Blanton EM, Silk BJ, Cole DJ, Mintz ED.
         Epidemiol Infect. 2012 Feb 24:1-9.
         
   • Genetics and Genomics
     22. Atypical Listeria monocytogenes serotype 4b strains harboring a lineage II-specific gene cassette
         Lee S, Ward TJ, Graves LM, Wolf LA, Sperry K, Siletzky RM, Kathariou S.
         Appl Environ Microbiol. 2012 Feb;78(3):660-7.
         
   • Global Health
     23. Global TravEpiNet: A national consortium of clinics providing care to international travelers--analysis of demographic characteristics, travel destinations, and pretravel healthcare of high-risk US international travelers, 2009-2011
         LaRocque RC, Rao SR, Lee J, Ansdell V, Yates JA, Schwartz BS, Knouse M, Cahill J, Hagmann S, Vinetz J, Connor BA, Goad JA, Oladele A, Alvarez S, Stauffer W, Walker P, Kozarsky P, Franco-Paredes C, Dismukes R, Rosen J, Hynes NA, Jacquerioz F, McLellan S, Hale D, Sofarelli T, Schoenfeld D, Marano N, Brunette G, Jentes ES, Yanni E, Sotir MJ, Ryan ET, Global TravEpiNet Consortium.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Feb;54(4):455-462.
         
   • Health Behavior and Risk
     24. A randomized trial of a behavioral intervention for black MSM: the DiSH study
         Koblin BA, Bonner S, Powell B, Metralexis P, Egan JE, Patterson J, Xu G, Hoover DR, Goodman K, Chin J, Tieu HV, Spikes P.
         AIDS. 2012 Feb 20;26(4):483-8.
         
     25. Correlates of bisexual behaviors among men who have sex with men in El Salvador
         Kim EJ, Creswell J, Guardado ME, Shah N, Kim AA, Nieto AI, de Maria Hernandez-Ayala F, Monterroso E, Paz-Bailey G.
         AIDS Behav. 2012 Feb 24.
         
     26. Associations between adverse childhood experiences, psychological distress, and adult alcohol problems
         Strine TW, Dube SR, Edwards VJ, Prehn AW, Rasmussen S, Wagenfeld M, Dhingra S, Croft JB.
         Am J Health Behav. 2012 Mar;36(3):408-23.
         
     27. Regular use of a home blood pressure monitor by hypertensive adults - HealthStyles, 2005 and 2008
         Ayala C, Tong X, Keenan NL.
         J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2012 Mar;14(3):172-7.
         
     28. The association of depression, risky sexual behaviours and herpes simplex virus type 2 in adults in NHANES, 2005-2008
         Pratt LA, Xu F, McQuillan GM, Robitz R.
         Sex Transm Infect. 2012 Feb;88(1):40-4.
         
   • Healthcare Economics
     29. Integrated HIV testing, malaria, and diarrhea prevention campaign in Kenya: modeled health impact and cost-effectiveness
         Kahn JG, Muraguri N, Harris B, Lugada E, Clasen T, Grabowsky M, Mermin J, Shariff S.
         PLoS One. 2012 ;7(2):e31316.
         
   • Immunity and Immunization
     30. Persistence of hepatitis A vaccine induced seropositivity in infants and young children by maternal antibody status: 10-year follow-up
         Sharapov UM, Bulkow LR, Negus SE, Spradling PR, Homan C, Drobeniuc J, Bruce M, Kamili S, Hu DJ, McMahon BJ.
         Hepatology. 2012 Feb 28.
         
     31. Support for seasonal influenza vaccination requirements among US healthcare personnel
         Maurer J, Harris KM, Black CL, Euler GL.
         Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2012 Mar;33(3):213-21.
         
     32. Novel genetic variation identified at fixed loci in ORF62 of the Oka varicella vaccine and in a case of vaccine-associated herpes zoster
         Quinlivan ML, Jensen NJ, Radford KW, Schmid DS.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Feb 29.
         
     33. Building on success--potential to improve coverage of multiple health interventions through integrated delivery with routine childhood vaccination
         Anand A, Luman ET, O'Connor PM.
         J Infect Dis. 2012 Mar;205 Suppl 1:S28-39.
         
     34. Impact of integration of hygiene kit distribution with routine immunizations on infant vaccine coverage and water treatment and handwashing practices of Kenyan mothers
         Briere EC, Ryman TK, Cartwright E, Russo ET, Wannemuehler KA, Nygren BL, Kola S, Sadumah I, Ochieng C, Watkins ML, Quick R.
         J Infect Dis. 2012 Mar;205 Suppl 1:S56-64.
         
     35. Building on success: should other health services be integrated into the immunization platform?
         Luman ET, Dietz V, Andrus JK, Binkin N.
         J Infect Dis. 2012 Mar;205 Suppl 1:NP.
         
     36. Integration of routine vaccination and hygiene interventions: a comparison of 2 strategies in Kenya
         Ryman TK, Briere EC, Cartwright E, Schlanger K, Wannemuehler KA, Russo ET, Kola S, Sadumah I, Nygren BL, Ochieng C, Quick R, Watkins ML.
         J Infect Dis. 2012 Mar;205 Suppl 1:S65-76.
         
     37. Adherence to expanded influenza immunization recommendations among primary care providers
         O'Leary ST, Crane LA, Wortley P, Daley MF, Hurley LP, Dong F, Stokley S, Babbel CI, Seewald L, Gahm C, Dickinson LM, Kempe A.
         J Pediatr. 2012 Mar;160(3):480-486 e1.
         
     38. Prenatal care providers and influenza prevention and treatment: lessons from the field
         Mersereau PW, Layton CM, Smith LR, Kendrick JS, Mitchell EW, Amoozegar JB, Williams JL.
         Matern Child Health J. 2012 Feb;16(2):479-85.
         
     39. Bridging the gap between data and public health needs. In the heat of a signal: responding to a vaccine safety signal for febrile seizures after 2010-11 influenza vaccine in young children, United States
         Broder KR, Martin DB, Vellozzi C.
         Vaccine. 2012 Mar 2;30(11):2032-4.
         
     40. Febrile seizures after 2010-2011 influenza vaccine in young children, United States: a vaccine safety signal from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System
         Leroy Z, Broder K, Menschik D, Shimabukuro T, Martin D.
         Vaccine. 2012 Mar 2;30(11):2020-3.
         
   • Injury and Violence
     41. Is spinal cord injury a new emerging risk factor for stroke?
         Kuklina EV, Kryscio RJ.
         Neurology. 2012 Feb 29.
         
   • Laboratory Sciences
     42. Defective calcium inactivation causes long QT in obese insulin-resistant rat
         Lin YC, Huang J, Kan H, Castranova V, Frisbee JC, Yu HG.
         Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2012 Feb;302(4):H1013-22.
         
     43. Development and certification of a standard reference material for vitamin D metabolites in human serum
         Phinney KW, Bedner M, Tai SS, Vamathevan VV, Sander LC, Sharpless KE, Wise SA, Yen JH, Schleicher RL, Chaudhary-Webb M, Pfeiffer CM, Betz JM, Coates PM, Picciano MF.
         Anal Chem. 2012 Jan 17;84(2):956-62.
         
     44. A message from the laboratory community to the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel IV
         Vesper HW, Wilson PW, Rifai N.
         Clin Chem. 2012 Mar;58(3):523-7.
         
     45. A real-time PCR assay for HPV52 detection and viral load quantification
         Onyekwuluje JM, Steinau M, Swan DC, Unger ER.
         Clin Lab. 2012 ;58(1-2):61-6.
         
     46. Development of a novel genus-specific real-time PCR assay for detection and differentiation of Bartonella species and genotypes
         Diaz MH, Bai Y, Malania L, Winchell JM, Kosoy MY.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Feb 29.
         
     47. Systemic immune cell response in rats after pulmonary exposure to manganese-containing particles collected from welding aerosols
         Antonini JM, Zeidler-Erdely PC, Young SH, Roberts JR, Erdely A.
         J Immunotoxicol. 2012 Feb 28.
         
   • Maternal and Child Health
     48. Improving adolescent health through interventions targeted to parents and other caregivers: a recommendation
         Community Preventive Services Task Force.
         Am J Prev Med. 2012 Mar;42(3):327-8.
         
     49. Efficient linking of birth certificate and newborn screening databases for laboratory investigation of congenital cytomegalovirus infection and preterm birth: Florida, 2008
         DePasquale JM, Freeman K, Amin MM, Park S, Rivers S, Hopkins R, Cannon MJ, Dy B, Dollard SC.
         Matern Child Health J. 2012 Feb;16(2):486-94.
         
   • Military Medicine and Health
     50. Characteristics of suicides among US Army active duty personnel in 17 US states from 2005 to 2007
         Logan J, Skopp NA, Karch D, Reger MA, Gahm GA.
         Am J Public Health. 2012 ;102(S1):S40-S44.
         
   • Mining
     51. An analysis of reservoir conditions and responses in longwall panel overburden during mining and its effect on gob gas well performance
         Schatzel SJ, Karacan C?, Dougherty H, Goodman GV.
         Eng Geol. 2012 ;127:65-74.
         
   • Nutritional Sciences
     52. Consumption of added sugar among U.S. children and adolescents, 2005-2000
         Ervin RB, Kit BK, Carroll MD, Ogden CL.
         NCHS Data Brief. 2012 Feb(87).
         
   • Occupational Safety and Health
     53. Shift work and the incidence of injury among police officers
         Violanti JM, Fekedulegn D, Andrew ME, Charles LE, Hartley TA, Vila B, Burchfiel CM.
         Am J Ind Med. 2012 Mar;55(3):217-27.
         
     54. Musculoskeletal symptoms and associated risk factors in a large sample of Chinese workers in Henan province of China
         Yu S, Lu ML, Gu G, Zhou W, He L, Wang S.
         Am J Ind Med. 2012 Mar;55(3):281-93.
         
     55. Police officers' chemical exposures in a drug vault
         Fent KW, Durgam S, West C, Gibbins J, Smith J, Niemeier M.
         Evid Tech Mag. 2012 ;10(1):16-21.
         
     56. Guidelines for determining probability of causation under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000; revision of guidelines on non-radiogenic cancers. Final rule
         Centers for Disease Control and Prevention HH.
         Fed Regist. 2012 Feb 6;77(24):5711-4.
         
     57. The identification of a sensitizing component used in the manufacturing of an ink ribbon
         Anderson SE, Tapp L, Durgam S, Meade BJ, Jackson LG, Cohen DE.
         J Immunotoxicol. 2012 Mar 1.
         
     58. Occupational noise exposure assessment using O*NET and its application to a study of hearing loss in the US general population
         Choi YH, Hu H, Tak S, Mukherjee B, Park SK.
         Occup Environ Med. 2012 Mar;69(3):176-83.
         
   • Parasitic Diseases
     59. The impact of neurocysticercosis in California: a review of hospitalized cases
         Croker C, Redelings M, Reporter R, Sorvillo F, Mascola L, Wilkins P.
         PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2012 Jan;6(1):e1480.
         
     60. A multicenter evaluation of diagnostic tools to define endpoints for programs to eliminate bancroftian filariasis
         Gass K, Beau de Rochars MV, Boakye D, Bradley M, Fischer PU, Gyapong J, Itoh M, Ituaso-Conway N, Joseph H, Kyelem D, Laney SJ, Legrand AM, Liyanage TS, Melrose W, Mohammed K, Pilotte N, Ottesen EA, Plichart C, Ramaiah K, Rao RU, Talbot J, Weil GJ, Williams SA, Won KY, Lammie P.
         PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2012 Jan;6(1):e1479.
         
     61. A field trial of alternative targeted screening strategies for Chagas disease in Arequipa, Peru
         Hunter GC, Borrini-Mayori K, Ancca Juarez J, Castillo Neyra R, Verastegui MR, Malaga Chavez FS, Cornejo del Carpio JG, Cordova Benzaquen E, Naquira C, Gilman RH, Bern C, Levy MZ.
         PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2012 Jan;6(1):e1468.
         
   • Public Health Leadership and Management
     62. Integrating climate change adaptation into public health practice: using adaptive management to increase adaptive capacity and build resilience
         Hess JJ, McDowell JZ, Luber G.
         Environ Health Perspect. 2012 Feb;120(2):171-9.
         
   • Zoonoses
     63. Crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever virus in ticks from imported livestock, Egypt
         Chisholm K, Dueger E, Fahmy NT, Samaha HA, Zayed A, Abdel-Dayem M, Villinski JT.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2012 Jan;18(1):181-2.
         
     64. Climatic controls on West Nile virus and Sindbis virus transmission and outbreaks in South Africa
         Uejio CK, Kemp A, Comrie AC.
         Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2012 Feb;12(2):117-25.
         
     65. A West Nile virus CD4 T cell epitope improves the immunogenicity of dengue virus serotype 2 vaccines
         Hughes HR, Crill WD, Davis BS, Chang GJ.
         Virology. 2012 Mar 15;424(2):129-37.
         
     66. Four multistate outbreaks of human Salmonella infections associated with live poultry contact, United States, 2009
         Loharikar A, Briere E, Schwensohn C, Weninger S, Wagendorf J, Scheftel J, Garvey A, Warren K, Villamil E, Rudroff JA, Kurkjian K, Levine S, Colby K, Morrison B, May A, Anderson S, Daly E, Marsden-Haug N, Erdman MM, Gomez T, Rhorer A, Castleman J, Adams JK, Theobald L, Lafon P, Trees E, Mitchell J, Sotir MJ, Behravesh CB.
         Zoonoses Public Health. 2012 Feb 28.
         
   
   
3. Public Health Articles Noted in the Media
   • MMWR in the Media
     67. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and associated health-care resource use - North Carolina, 2007 and 2009
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2012 Mar 2;61(8):143-6.
         
     68. Exposure to nitrogen dioxide in an indoor ice arena - New Hampshire, 2011
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2012 Mar 2;61(8):139-42.
         
     69. HIV infection and HIV-associated behaviors among injecting drug users - 20 cities, United States, 2009
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2012 Mar 2;61(8):133-8.
         
   • Health Disparities
     70. State-level variations in racial disparities in life expectancy
         Bharmal N, Tseng CH, Kaplan R, Wong MD.
         Health Serv Res. 2012 Feb;47(1 Pt 2):544-55.
         
   • Nutritional Sciences
     71. Consumption of added sugar among U.S. children and adolescents, 2005-2000
         Ervin RB, Kit BK, Carroll MD, Ogden CL.
         NCHS Data Brief. 2012 Feb(87).
         
   
   

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