Science Clips - Communicable Diseases - RSS http://www.cdc.gov Science Clips (c) 2010, www.cdc.gov *Hepatitis C virus testing of persons born during 1945-1965: recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Mon, 06 May 2013 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22910836 Smith BD, Morgan RL, Beckett GA, Falck-Ytter Y, Holtzman D, Ward JW.<br />Ann Intern Med. 2012 Dec 4;157(11):817-22. Communicable Diseases - Hepatitis *Evolving epidemiology of hepatitis C virus in the United States Mon, 06 May 2013 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22715211 Klevens RM, Hu DJ, Jiles R, Holmberg SD.<br />Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Jul;55 Suppl 1:S3-9. Communicable Diseases - Hepatitis The prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in the United States, 1999 through 2002 Mon, 06 May 2013 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16702586 Armstrong GL, Wasley A, Simard EP, McQuillan GM, Kuhnert WL, Alter MJ.<br />Ann Intern Med. 2006 May 16;144(10):705-14. Communicable Diseases - Hepatitis The increasing burden of mortality from viral hepatitis in the United States between 1999 and 2007 Mon, 06 May 2013 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22351712 Ly KN, Xing J, Klevens RM, Jiles RB, Ward JW, Holmberg SD.<br />Ann Intern Med. 2012 Feb 21;156(4):271-8. Communicable Diseases - Hepatitis Baseline characteristics and mortality among people in care for chronic viral hepatitis: the chronic hepatitis cohort study Mon, 06 May 2013 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22990852 Moorman AC, Gordon SC, Rupp LB, Spradling PR, Teshale EH, Lu M, Nerenz DR, et al.<br />Clin Infect Dis. 2013 Jan;56(1):40-50. Communicable Diseases - Hepatitis Increasing prevalence of HCC and cirrhosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection Mon, 06 May 2013 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21184757 Kanwal F, Hoang T, Kramer JR, Asch SM, Goetz MB, Zeringue A, Richardson P, et al.<br />Gastroenterology. 2011 Apr;140(4):1182-1188 e1. Communicable Diseases - Hepatitis Diagnosis, management, and treatment of hepatitis C: an update Mon, 06 May 2013 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19330875 Ghany MG, Strader DB, Thomas DL, Seeff LB.<br />Hepatology. 2009 Apr;49(4):1335-74. Communicable Diseases - Hepatitis The impact of hepatitis C virus infection on work absence, productivity, and healthcare benefit costs Mon, 06 May 2013 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20683943 Su J, Brook RA, Kleinman NL, Corey-Lisle P.<br />Hepatology. 2010 Aug;52(2):436-42. Communicable Diseases - Hepatitis Guidelines for laboratory testing and result reporting of antibody to hepatitis C virus. Mon, 06 May 2013 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12585742 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.<br />MMWR Recomm Rep. 2003 Feb 7;52(RR-3):1-13, 15; quiz CE1-4. Communicable Diseases - Hepatitis Recommendations for the identification of chronic hepatitis C virus infection among persons born during 1945-1965 Mon, 06 May 2013 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22895429 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.<br />MMWR Recomm Rep. 2012 Aug 17;61(RR-4):1-32. Communicable Diseases - Hepatitis Global epidemiology of hepatitis C virus infection: new estimates of age-specific antibody to HCV seroprevalence Mon, 06 May 2013 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23172780 Mohd Hanafiah K, <strong>Groeger J</strong>, Flaxman AD, Wiersma ST.<br />Hepatology. 2013 Apr;57(4):1333-42. Communicable Diseases Acceptance of treatment for latent tuberculosis infection: prospective cohort study in the United States and Canada Mon, 06 May 2013 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23485381 Colson PW, Hirsch-Moverman Y, Bethel J, <strong>Vempaty P</strong>, Salcedo K, Wall K, Miranda W, Collins S, Horsburgh CR.<br />Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2013 Apr;17(4):473-9. Communicable Diseases Primary amebic meningoencephalitis in Florida: a case report and epidemiological review of Florida cases Mon, 06 May 2013 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23621053 Budge PJ, Lazensky B, Van Zile KW, Elliott KE, <strong>Dooyema CA</strong>, <strong>Visvesvara GS</strong>, <strong>Beach MJ</strong>, <strong>Yoder JS</strong>.<br />J Environ Health. 2013 Apr;75(8):26-31. Communicable Diseases PML diagnostic criteria: consensus statement from the AAN Neuroinfectious Disease Section Mon, 06 May 2013 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23568998 Berger JR, Aksamit AJ, Clifford DB, Davis L, Koralnik IJ, <strong>Sejvar JJ</strong>, Bartt R, Major EO, Nath A.<br />Neurology. 2013 Apr 9;80(15):1430-1438. Communicable Diseases Prevalence of cryptococcal antigenemia and cost-effectiveness of a cryptococcal antigen screening program - Vietnam Mon, 06 May 2013 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23626792 <strong>Smith RM</strong>, Nguyen TA, Ha HT, Thang PH, Thuy C, Xuan Lien T, <strong>Bui HT</strong>, <strong>Le TH</strong>, <strong>Struminger B</strong>, <strong>McConnell MS</strong>, <strong>Fanfair RN</strong>, <strong>Park BJ</strong>, <strong>Harris JR</strong>.<br />PLoS One. 2013 ;8(4):e62213. Communicable Diseases Risk factors for inadequate TB case finding in rural western Kenya: a comparison of actively and passively identified TB patients Mon, 06 May 2013 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23634206 Van't Hoog AH, <strong>Marston BJ</strong>, Ayisi JG, Agaya JA, <strong>Muhenje O</strong>, Odeny LO, Hongo J, <strong>Laserson KF</strong>, Borgdorff MW.<br />PLoS One. 2013 ;8(4):e61162. Communicable Diseases Immunopathogenesis of hepatitis E virus infection Mon, 06 May 2013 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23564391 Wedemeyer H, Rybczynska J, Pischke S, <strong>Krawczynski K</strong>.<br />Semin Liver Dis. 2013 Feb;33(1):71-8. Communicable Diseases Cutaneous presentation of progressive disseminated histoplasmosis nine years after renal transplantation Mon, 06 May 2013 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23387927 Rosado-Odom VM, Daoud J, Johnson R, Allen SD, <strong>Lockhart SR</strong>, <strong>Iqbal N</strong>, <strong>Shieh WJ</strong>, <strong>Zaki S</strong>, Sharfuddin AA.<br />Transpl Infect Dis. 2013 Apr;15(2):E64-9. Communicable Diseases Maximizing the impact of HIV prevention efforts: interventions for couples Mon, 13 May 2013 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23656251 <strong>Medley A</strong>, Baggaley R, <strong>Bachanas P</strong>, Cohen M, Shaffer N, Lo YR.<br />AIDS Care. 2013 May 8. Communicable Diseases Eradication of hepatitis C virus infection and the development of hepatocellular carcinoma: a meta-analysis of observational studies Mon, 13 May 2013 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23460056 <strong>Morgan RL</strong>, <strong>Baack B</strong>, <strong>Smith BD</strong>, <strong>Yartel A</strong>, Pitasi M, Falck-Ytter Y.<br />Ann Intern Med. 2013 Mar 5;158(5 Pt 1):329-37. Communicable Diseases Global policy review of antiretroviral therapy eligibility criteria for treatment and prevention of HIV and tuberculosis in adults, pregnant women, and serodiscordant couples Mon, 13 May 2013 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23187942 Gupta S, Granich R, Suthar AB, Smyth C, Baggaley R, Sculier D, <strong>Date A</strong>, <strong>Desai MA</strong>, Lule F, <strong>Raizes E</strong>, Blanc L, Hirnschall G.<br />J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2013 01 Mar;62(3):e87-e97. Communicable Diseases Characteristics of young infants in whom human parechovirus, enterovirus or neither were detected in cerebrospinal fluid during sepsis evaluations Mon, 13 May 2013 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23042051 Sharp J, Harrison CJ, Puckett K, Selvaraju SB, <strong>Penaranda S</strong>, <strong>Nix WA</strong>, <strong>Oberste MS</strong>, Selvarangan R.<br />Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013 Mar;32(3):213-6. Communicable Diseases A prospective study of the causes of febrile illness requiring hospitalization in children in Cambodia Mon, 13 May 2013 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23593267 Chheng K, Carter MJ, Emary K, Chanpheaktra N, Moore CE, Stoesser N, Putchhat H, Sona S, Reaksmey S, <strong>Kitsutani P</strong>, <strong>Sar B</strong>, van Doorn HR, Uyen NH, Van Tan L, Paris D, Blacksell SD, Amornchai P, Wuthiekanun V, Parry CM, Day NP, Kumar V.<br />PLoS One. 2013 ;8(4):e60634. Communicable Diseases HIV testing and intimate partner violence among non-pregnant women in 15 US states/territories: findings from Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey data Mon, 13 May 2013 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23653090 <strong>Nasrullah M</strong>, <strong>Oraka E</strong>, <strong>Breiding MJ</strong>, <strong>Chavez PR</strong>.<br />AIDS Behav. 2013 May 8. Communicable Diseases Neisseria gonorrhoeae antimicrobial resistance among men who have sex with men and men who have sex exclusively with women: the Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project, 2005-2010 Mon, 13 May 2013 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23460055 <strong>Kirkcaldy RD</strong>, <strong>Zaidi A</strong>, Hook EW, Holmes KH, Soge O, del Rio C, Hall G, <strong>Papp J</strong>, <strong>Bolan G</strong>, <strong>Weinstock HS</strong>.<br />Ann Intern Med. 2013 Mar 5;158(5 Pt 1):321-8. Communicable Diseases Public health strategies for prevention and control of HSV-2 in persons who use drugs in the United States Mon, 13 May 2013 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23647730 <strong>Semaan S</strong>, <strong>Leinhos M</strong>, <strong>Neumann MS</strong>.<br />Drug Alcohol Depend. 2013 May 3. Communicable Diseases Evaluation of using routine infant immunization visits to identify and follow-up HIV-exposed infants and their mothers in Tanzania Mon, 13 May 2013 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23406977 <strong>Goodson JL</strong>, <strong>Finkbeiner T</strong>, <strong>Davis NL</strong>, Lyimo D, Rwebembera A, <strong>Swartzendruber AL</strong>, <strong>Wallace AS</strong>, <strong>Kimambo S</strong>, <strong>Kimario CJ</strong>, <strong>Wiktor SZ</strong>, <strong>Luman ET</strong>.<br />J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2013 May 1;63(1):e9-e15. Communicable Diseases Global and regional burden of hospital admissions for severe acute lower respiratory infections in young children in 2010: a systematic analysis Mon, 13 May 2013 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23369797 Nair H, Simoes EA, Rudan I, Gessner BD, <strong>Azziz-Baumgartner E</strong>, Zhang JS, <strong>Feikin DR</strong>, Mackenzie GA, Moisi JC, Roca A, <strong>Baggett HC</strong>, Zaman SM, <strong>Singleton RJ</strong>, Lucero MG, Chandran A, Gentile A, Cohen C, Krishnan A, Bhutta ZA, Arguedas A, Clara AW, Andrade AL, Ope M, Ruvinsky RO, Hortal M, McCracken JP, Madhi SA, Bruce N, Qazi SA, Morris SS, El Arifeen S, Weber MW, Scott JA, Brooks WA, <strong>Breiman RF</strong>, Campbell H.<br />Lancet. 2013 Apr 20;381(9875):1380-90. Communicable Diseases Hepatitis C in the United States Mon, 20 May 2013 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23675657 <strong>Holmberg SD</strong>, <strong>Spradling PR</strong>, <strong>Moorman AC</strong>, <strong>Denniston MM</strong>.<br />N Engl J Med. 2013 May 16;368(20):1859-61. Communicable Diseases