Volume 11, Issue 41 October 15, 2019
CDC Science Clips: Volume 11, Issue 41, October 15, 2019
Science Clips is produced weekly to enhance awareness of emerging scientific knowledge for the public health community. Each article features an Altmetric Attention scoreexternal icon to track social and mainstream media mentions!
The report consists of these components:
- Key scientific articles in featured topic areas (this week featuring October CDC Public Health Grand Rounds: Addressing Gaps in Health Care for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities)
- CDC-authored publications
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CDC Public Health Grand Rounds
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Health Disparities – Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities
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Expanding public health surveillance for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the United Statesexternal icon
Fox MH, Bonardi A, Krahn GL.
Int Rev Res Dev Disabil. 2015 ;48(4):73-114.[No abstract]
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Contraceptive use at last intercourse among reproductive-aged women with disabilities: an analysis of population-based data from seven statesexternal icon
Haynes RM, Boulet SL, Fox MH, Carroll DD, Courtney-Long E, Warner L.
Contraception. 2018 Jun;97(6):538-545. -
Health disparities of adults with intellectual disabilities: what do we know? What do we do?external icon
Krahn GL, Fox MH.
J Appl Res Intellect Disabil. 2014 Sep;27(5):431-46. -
A cascade of disparities: health and health care access for people with intellectual disabilitiesexternal icon
Krahn GL, Hammond L, Turner A.
Ment Retard Dev Disabil Res Rev. 2006 ;12(1):70-82. -
Using Medicaid data to characterize persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities in five U.S. statesexternal icon
McDermott S, Royer J, Cope T, Lindgren S, Momany E, Lee JC, McDuffie MJ, Lauer E, Kurtz S, Armour BS.
Am J Intellect Dev Disabil. 2018 Jul;123(4):371-381. -
Factors associated with ambulatory care sensitive emergency department visits for South Carolina Medicaid members with intellectual disabilityexternal icon
McDermott S, Royer J, Mann JR, Armour BS.
J Intellect Disabil Res. 2018 Mar;62(3):165-178. -
Using all-payer claims data for health surveillance of people with intellectual and developmental disabilitiesexternal icon
Phillips KG, Houtenville AJ, Reichard A.
J Intellect Disabil Res. 2019 Apr;63(4):327-337. -
A longitudinal assessment of adherence to breast and cervical cancer screening recommendations among women with and without intellectual disabilityexternal icon
Xu X, McDermott SW, Mann JR, Hardin JW, Deroche CB, Carroll DD, Courtney-Long EA.
Prev Med. 2017 Jul;100:167-172.
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Health Disparities – Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities
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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
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Data for decision-making: Exploring the division of nutrition, physical activity, and obesity’s data, trends, and mapsexternal icon
Lange SJ, Moore LV, Galuska DA.
Prev Chronic Dis. 2019 Sep 26;16:E131. -
Health systems approaches to preventing chronic disease: New partners, new tools, and new strategiesexternal icon
Michener JL, Briss P.
Prev Chronic Dis. 2019 Oct 3;16:E136.[No abstract]
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Modeling the health and budgetary impacts of a team-based hypertension care intervention that includes pharmacistsexternal icon
Overwyk KJ, Dehmer SP, Roy K, Maciosek MV, Hong Y, Baker-Goering MM, Loustalot F, Singleton CM, Ritchey MD.
Med Care. 2019 Sep 18.
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Communicable Diseases
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Severe human metapneumovirus and group A Streptococcus pneumonia in an immunocompetent adultexternal icon
Biggs HM, Van Beneden CA, Kurkjian K, Kobayashi M, Peret TC, Watson JT, Schneider E, Gerber SI, Ravishankar J.
Clin Infect Dis. 2019 Sep 29. -
Progress toward rubella and congenital rubella syndrome control and elimination – worldwide, 2000-2018external icon
Grant GB, Desai S, Dumolard L, Kretsinger K, Reef SE.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2019 Oct 4;68(39):855-859. -
Janibacter species with evidence of genomic polymorphism isolated from resected heart valve in a patient with aortic stenosisexternal icon
Malania L, Bai Y, Khanipov K, Tsereteli M, Metreveli M, Tsereteli D, Sidamonidze K, Imnadze P, Fofanov Y, Kosoy M.
Infect Dis Rep. 2019 Sep 18;11(2):8132. -
Healthcare seeking behaviour for common infectious syndromes among people in three administrative regions of Johannesburg, South Africa, 2015: a cross-sectional studyexternal icon
Mapuroma R, Cohen C, Kuonza L, Musekiwa A, Tempia S, Tshangela A, von Mollendorf C.
Pan Afr Med J. 2019 ;33:159. -
Healthcare facility-based strategies to improve tuberculosis testing and linkage to care in non-U.S.-born population in the United States: A systematic reviewexternal icon
Miller AP, Malekinejad M, Horvath H, Blodgett JC, Kahn JG, Marks SM.
PLoS One. 2019 ;14(9):e0223077. -
Urine lipoarabinomannan (LAM) and antimicrobial usage in seriously-ill HIV-infected patients with sputum smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosisexternal icon
Mthiyane T, Peter J, Allen J, Connolly C, Davids M, Rustomjee R, Holtz TH, Malinga L, Dheda K.
J Thorac Dis. 2019 Aug;11(8):3505-3514. -
Integrated HIV surveillance finds recent adult hepatitis B virus (HBV) transmission and intermediate HBV prevalence among military in uncharacterized Caribbean countryexternal icon
O’Connor SM, Mixson-Hayden T, Ganova-Raeva L, Djibo DA, Brown M, Xia GL, Kamili S, Jacobs M, Dong M, Thomas AG, Bulterys M, Hale B.
PLoS One. 2019 ;14(10):e0222835. -
Extended prophylaxis with nevirapine does not affect growth in HIV-exposed infantsexternal icon
Onyango-Makumbi C, Owora AH, Mwiru RS, Mwatha A, Young AM, Moodley D, Coovadia HM, Stranix-Chibanda L, Manji K, Maldonado Y, Richardson P, Andrew P, George K, Fawzi W, Fowler MG.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2019 Sep 13. -
Postinfectious irritable bowel syndrome after Campylobacter infectionexternal icon
Scallan Walter EJ, Crim SM, Bruce BB, Griffin PM.
Am J Gastroenterol. 2019 Oct;114(10):1649-1656. -
Quantifying how different clinical presentations, levels of severity, and healthcare attendance shape the burden of influenza-associated illness: A modeling study from South Africaexternal icon
Tempia S, Walaza S, Moyes J, Cohen AL, McMorrow ML, Treurnicht FK, Hellferscee O, Wolter N, von Gottberg A, Nguweneza A, McAnerney JM, Dawood H, Variava E, Madhi SA, Cohen C.
Clin Infect Dis. 2019 Aug 30;69(6):1036-1048. -
Three years of progress towards achieving hepatitis C elimination in the country of Georgia, April 2015 – March 2018external icon
Tsertsvadze T, Gamkrelidze A, Chkhartishvili N, Abutidze A, Sharvadze L, Kerashvili V, Butsashvili M, Metreveli D, Gvinjilia L, Shadaker S, Nasrullah M, Adamia E, Zeuzem S, Afdhal N, Arora S, Thornton K, Skaggs B, Kuchuloria T, Lagvilava M, Sergeenko D, Averhoff F.
Clin Infect Dis. 2019 Sep 29. -
Influenza and tuberculosis co-infection: A systematic reviewexternal icon
Walaza S, Cohen C, Tempia S, Moyes J, Nguweneza A, Madhi SA, McMorrow M, Cohen AL.
Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2019 Sep 30. -
Rising trends in emergency department visits associated with hepatitis C virus infection in the United States, 2006-2014external icon
Yin S, Barker L, Teshale EH, Jiles RB.
Public Health Rep. 2019 Oct 2:33354919878437.
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Disease Reservoirs and Vectors
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Bloodmeal, host selection, and genetic admixture analyses of Culex pipiens complex (Diptera: Culicidae) mosquitoes in Chicago, ILexternal icon
Kothera L, Mutebi JP, Kenney JL, Saxton-Shaw K, Ward MP, Savage HM.
J Med Entomol. 2019 Oct 2.
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Environmental Health
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The association of urinary organophosphate ester metabolites and self-reported personal care and household product use among pregnant women in Puerto Ricoexternal icon
Ingle ME, Watkins D, Rosario Z, Velez Vega CM, Huerta-Montanez G, Calafat AM, Ospina M, Cordero JF, Alshawabkeh A, Meeker JD.
Environ Res. 2019 Sep 23;179(Pt A):108756.
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Food Safety
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Salmonella serotypes: A novel measure of association with foodborne transmissionexternal icon
Luvsansharav UO, Vieira A, Bennett S, Huang J, Healy JM, Hoekstra RM, Bruce BB, Cole D.
Foodborne Pathog Dis. 2019 Sep 30. -
Onsite investigation at a mail-order hatchery following a multistate Salmonella illness outbreak linked to live poultry – United States, 2018external icon
Robertson SA, Sidge JL, Koski L, Hardy MC, Stevenson L, Signs K, Stobierski MG, Bidol S, Donovan D, Soehnlen M, Jones K, Robeson S, Hambley A, Stefanovsky L, Brandenburg J, Hise K, Tolar B, Nichols MC, Basler C.
Poult Sci. 2019 Oct 3.
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Health Disparities
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From epidemiology to action: The case for addressing social determinants of health to end HIV in the southern United Statesexternal icon
Jeffries WL, Henny KD.
AIDS Behav. 2019 Sep 28.[No abstract]
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Disparities in cancer incidence and trends among American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States, 2010-2015external icon
Melkonian SC, Jim MA, Haverkamp D, Wiggins CL, McCollum J, White MC, Kaur JS, Espey DK.
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2019 Oct;28(10):1604-1611.
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Health Economics
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A cost-effectiveness analysis of antenatal influenza vaccination among HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected pregnant women in South Africaexternal icon
Biggerstaff M, Cohen C, Reed C, Tempia S, McMorrow ML, Walaza S, Moyes J, Treurnicht FK, Cohen AL, Hutchinson P, Stoecker C, Steinberg J.
Vaccine. 2019 Sep 28. -
Medical costs among youth younger than 20 years of age with and without diabetic ketoacidosis at the time of diabetes diagnosisexternal icon
Saydah SH, Shrestha SS, Zhang P, Zhou X, Imperatore G.
Diabetes Care. 2019 Oct 1. -
Estimating costs of implementing stroke systems of care and data-driven improvements in the Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Programexternal icon
Yarnoff B, Khavjou O, Elmi J, Lowe-Beasley K, Bradley C, Amoozegar J, Wachtmeister D, Tzeng J, Chapel JM, Teixeira-Poit S.
Prev Chronic Dis. 2019 Oct 3;16:E134.
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Healthcare Associated Infections
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An Introduction to STRIVEexternal icon
Bell MR, Kuhar DT.
Ann Intern Med. 2019 Oct 1;171(7_Supplement):S1.[No abstract]
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Potential fifth clade of Candida auris, Iran, 2018external icon
Chow NA, de Groot T, Badali H, Abastabar M, Chiller TM, Meis JF.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2019 Sep;25(9):1780-1781. -
The first two cases of Candida auris in The Netherlandsexternal icon
Vogelzang EH, Weersink AJ, van Mansfeld R, Chow NA, Meis JF, van Dijk K.
J Fungi (Basel). 2019 Sep 30;5(4).
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Immunity and Immunization
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Frequency and cost of live vaccines administered too soon after prior live vaccine in children aged 12months through 6years, 2014-2017external icon
Kirtland KA, Lin X, Kroger AT, Myerburg S, Rodgers L.
Vaccine. 2019 Sep 25. -
Invasive disease potential of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes before and after 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine introduction in a rural area, southern Mozambiqueexternal icon
Massora S, Lessa FC, Moiane B, Pimenta FC, Mucavele H, Chauque A, Cossa A, Verani JR, Tembe N, da Gloria Carvalho M, Munoz-Almagro C, Sigauque B.
Vaccine. 2019 Sep 28. -
Challenges in evaluating post-licensure vaccine safety: Observations from the Centers for Disease Control and Preventionexternal icon
Moro PL, Haber P, McNeil MM.
Expert Rev Vaccines. 2019 Oct 3. -
Association of rotavirus vaccination with inpatient and emergency department visits among children seeking care for acute gastroenteritis, 2010-2016external icon
Payne DC, Englund JA, Weinberg GA, Halasa NB, Boom JA, Staat MA, Selvarangan R, Azimi PH, Klein EJ, Szilagyi PG, Chappell J, Sahni LC, McNeal M, Harrison CJ, Moffatt ME, Johnston SH, Mijatovic-Rustempasic S, Esona MD, Tate JE, Curns AT, Wikswo ME, Sulemana I, Bowen MD, Parashar UD.
JAMA Netw Open. 2019 Sep 4;2(9):e1912242. -
Home-based records and vaccination appointment stickers as parental reminders to reduce vaccination dropout in Indonesia: A cluster-randomized controlled trialexternal icon
Wallace AS, Peetosutan K, Untung A, Ricardo M, Yosephine P, Wannemuehler K, Brown DW, McFarland DA, Orenstein WA, Rosenberg ES, Omer SB, Daniels D.
Vaccine. 2019 Sep 26. -
Influenza vaccination coverage among registered nurses in China during 2017-2018: An internet panel surveyexternal icon
Yu J, Ren X, Ye C, Tian K, Feng L, Song Y, Cowling BJ, Li Z.
Vaccines (Basel). 2019 Sep 29;7(4).
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Informatics
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Building workforce capacity for effective use of health information systems: Evaluation of a blended eLearning course in Namibia and Tanzaniaexternal icon
Rudd KE, Puttkammer N, Antilla J, Richards J, Heffron M, Tolentino H, Jacobs DJ, KatjiuanJo P, Prybylski D, Shepard M, Kumalija JC, Katuma HL, Leon BK, Mgonja NG, Santas XM.
Int J Med Inform. 2019 Aug 10;131:103945.
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Injury and Violence
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Surveillance for violent deaths – National Violent Death Reporting System, 32 States, 2016external icon
Ertl A, Sheats KJ, Petrosky E, Betz CJ, Yuan K, Fowler KA.
MMWR Surveill Summ. 2019 Oct 4;68(9):1-36.
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Laboratory Sciences
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Zika virus enhances monocyte adhesion and transmigration favoring viral dissemination to neural cellsexternal icon
Ayala-Nunez NV, Follain G, Delalande F, Hirschler A, Partiot E, Hale GL, Bollweg BC, Roels J, Chazal M, Bakoa F, Carocci M, Bourdoulous S, Faklaris O, Zaki SR, Eckly A, Uring-Lambert B, Doussau F, Cianferani S, Carapito C, Jacobs FM, Jouvenet N, Goetz JG, Gaudin R.
Nat Commun. 2019 Sep 27;10(1):4430. -
Field performance of two methods for detection of poliovirus in wastewater samples, Mexico 2016-2017external icon
Estivariz CF, Perez-Sanchez EE, Bahena A, Burns CC, Gary HE, Garcia-Lozano H, Rey-Benito G, Penaranda S, Castillo-Montufar KV, Nava-Acosta RS, Meschke JS, Oberste MS, Lopez-Martinez I, Diaz-Quinonez JA.
Food Environ Virol. 2019 Sep 30. -
Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) and polycarbonate (PC) filaments three-dimensional (3-D) printer emissions-induced cell toxicityexternal icon
Farcas MT, Stefaniak AB, Knepp AK, Bowers L, Mandler WK, Kashon M, Jackson SR, Stueckle TA, Sisler JD, Friend SA, Qi C, Hammond DR, Thomas TA, Matheson J, Castranova V, Qian Y.
Toxicol Lett. 2019 Sep 25;317:1-12. -
IL-36gamma is a key regulator of neutrophil infiltration in the vaginal microenvironment and limits neuroinvasion in genital HSV-2 infectionexternal icon
Gardner JK, Swaims-Kohlmeier A, Herbst-Kralovetz MM.
J Immunol. 2019 Oct 2. -
ICTV virus taxonomy profile: Caliciviridaeexternal icon
Vinje J, Estes MK, Esteves P, Green KY, Katayama K, Knowles NJ, L’Homme Y, Martella V, Vennema H, White PA.
J Gen Virol. 2019 Oct 1. -
Identification of Gram negative non-fermentative bacteria: How hard can it be?external icon
Whistler T, Sangwichian O, Jorakate P, Sawatwong P, Surin U, Piralam B, Thamthitiwat S, Promkong C, Peruski L.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2019 Sep 30;13(9):e0007729. -
Evaluation of tobacco smoke and diet as sources of exposure to two heterocyclic aromatic amines for the U.S. population: NHANES 2013-2014external icon
Zhang L, Wang L, Li Y, Xia Y, Chang CM, Xia B, Sosnoff CS, Pine BN, deCastro BR, Blount BC.
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2019 Oct 1.
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Maternal and Child Health
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Trisomy 13 and 18-prevalence and mortality – A multi-registry population based analysisexternal icon
Goel N, Morris JK, Tucker D, de Walle HE, Bakker MK, Kancherla V, Marengo L, Canfield MA, Kallen K, Lelong N, Camelo JL, Stallings EB, Jones AM, Nance A, Huynh MP, Martinez-Fernandez ML, Sipek A, Pierini A, Nembhard WN, Goetz D, Rissmann A, Groisman B, Luna-Munoz L, Szabova E, Lapchenko S, Zarante I, Hurtado-Villa P, Martinez LE, Tagliabue G, Landau D, Gatt M, Dastgiri S, Morgan M.
Am J Med Genet A. 2019 Sep 30. -
Designation of neonatal levels of care: a review of state regulatory and monitoring policiesexternal icon
Kroelinger CD, Okoroh EM, Goodman DA, Lasswell SM, Barfield WD.
J Perinatol. 2019 Sep 30. -
National population-based estimates for major birth defects, 2010-2014external icon
Mai CT, Isenburg JL, Canfield MA, Meyer RE, Correa A, Alverson CJ, Lupo PJ, Riehle-Colarusso T, Cho SJ, Aggarwal D, Kirby RS.
Birth Defects Res. 2019 Oct 3. -
Clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children and adolescentsexternal icon
Wolraich ML, Hagan JF, Allan C, Chan E, Davison D, Earls M, Evans SW, Flinn SK, Froehlich T, Frost J, Holbrook JR, Lehmann CU, Lessin HR, Okechukwu K, Pierce KL, Winner JD, Zurhellen W.
Pediatrics. 2019 Oct;144(4). -
Prevalence and trends of developmental disabilities among children in the United States: 2009-2017external icon
Zablotsky B, Black LI, Maenner MJ, Schieve LA, Danielson ML, Bitsko RH, Blumberg SJ, Kogan MD, Boyle CA.
Pediatrics. 2019 Oct;144(4).
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Medicine
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Is prescribing by PAs and NPs comparable to physician prescribing?external icon
Lau DT.
Jaapa. 2019 Feb;32(2):52.
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Occupational Safety and Health
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Associations between adiposity measures and 25-hydroxyvitamin D among police officersexternal icon
Gu JK, Charles LE, Millen AE, Violanti JM, Ma CC, Jenkins E, Andrew ME.
Am J Hum Biol. 2019 Sep;31(5):e23274. -
Biomechanical modeling of deep squatting: Effects of the interface contact between posterior thigh and shankexternal icon
Wu JZ, Sinsel EW, Carey RE, Zheng L, Warren CM, Breloff SP.
J Biomech. 2019 Sep 13:109333.
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Public Health Leadership and Management
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The effectiveness of the quality improvement collaborative strategy in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysisexternal icon
Garcia-Elorrio E, Rowe SY, Teijeiro ME, Ciapponi A, Rowe AK.
PLoS One. 2019 ;14(10):e0221919.
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Substance Use and Abuse
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Biochemical verification of tobacco use and abstinence: 2019 updateexternal icon
Benowitz NL, Bernert JT, Foulds J, Hecht SS, Jacob P, Jarvis MJ, Joseph A, Oncken C, Piper ME.
Nicotine Tob Res. 2019 Oct 1. -
Flavored tobacco product use among middle and high school students – United States, 2014-2018external icon
Cullen KA, Liu ST, Bernat JK, Slavit WI, Tynan MA, King BA, Neff LJ.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2019 Oct 4;68(39):839-844. -
E-cigarette product use, or vaping, among persons with associated lung injury – Illinois and Wisconsin, April-September 2019external icon
Ghinai I, Pray IW, Navon L, O’Laughlin K, Saathoff-Huber L, Hoots B, Kimball A, Tenforde MW, Chevinsky JR, Layer M, Ezike N, Meiman J, Layden JE.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2019 Oct 4;68(39):865-869. -
An examination of concurrent opioid and benzodiazepine prescribing in 9 states, 2015external icon
Guy GP, Zhang K, Halpin J, Sargent W.
Am J Prev Med. 2019 Sep 27. -
National trends in hepatitis C infection by opioid use disorder status among pregnant women at delivery hospitalization – United States, 2000-2015external icon
Ko JY, Haight SC, Schillie SF, Bohm MK, Dietz PM.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2019 Oct 4;68(39):833-838. -
Designing traceable opioid material kits to improve laboratory testing during the U.S. opioid overdose crisisexternal icon
Mojica MA, Carter MD, Isenberg SL, Pirkle JL, Hamelin EI, Shaner RL, Seymour C, Sheppard CI, Baldwin GT, Johnson RC.
Toxicol Lett. 2019 Sep 24. -
Characteristics of a multistate outbreak of lung injury associated with e-cigarette use, or vaping – United States, 2019external icon
Perrine CG, Pickens CM, Boehmer TK, King BA, Jones CM, DeSisto CL, Duca LM, Lekiachvili A, Kenemer B, Shamout M, Landen MG, Lynfield R, Ghinai I, Heinzerling A, Lewis N, Pray IW, Tanz LJ, Patel A, Briss PA.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2019 Oct 4;68(39):860-864. -
Are there hardened smokers in low- and middle-income countries? Findings from the Global Adult Tobacco Surveyexternal icon
Yin S, Ahluwalia IB, Krishna P, Mbulo L, Arrazola RA.
Tob Induc Dis. 2019 ;17(February).
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Vital Statistics
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Evaluation of approaches to strengthen civil registration and vital statistics systems: A systematic review and synthesis of policies in 25 countriesexternal icon
Suthar AB, Khalifa A, Yin S, Wenz K, Ma Fat D, Mills SL, Nichols E, AbouZahr C, Mrkic S.
PLoS Med. 2019 Sep;16(9):e1002929.
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Zoonotic and Vectorborne Diseases
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Evaluation of infection prevention and control readiness at frontline health care facilities in high-risk districts bordering Ebola virus disease-affected areas in the Democratic Republic of the Congo – Uganda, 2018external icon
Biedron C, Lyman M, Stuckey MJ, Homsy J, Lamorde M, Luvsansharav UO, Wilson K, Gomes D, Omuut W, Okware S, Semanda JN, Kiggundu R, Bulwadda D, Brown V, Nelson LJ, Driwale A, Fagan R, Park BJ, Smith RM.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2019 Oct 4;68(39):851-854. -
Better surveillance to protect mothers and infants from Zikaexternal icon
Gilboa SM, Gregory CJ, Honein MA.
Lancet Infect Dis. 2019 Oct;19(10):1047-1048.[No abstract]
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Chronic Diseases and Conditions
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