Issue 1, January 5, 2021
CDC Science Clips: Volume 13, Issue 1, January 5, 2021
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:
- 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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Risk factors for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A regional United States case-control studyexternal icon
Andrew AS, Bradley WG, Peipert D, Butt T, Amoako K, Pioro EP, Tandan R, Novak J, Quick A, Pugar KD, Sawlani K, Katirji B, Hayes TA, Cazzolli P, Gui J, Mehta P, Horton DK, Stommel EW.
Muscle Nerve. 2021 Jan;63(1):52-59. -
High disease severity among Asians in a US multiethnic cohort of individuals with systemic lupus erythematosusexternal icon
DeQuattro K, Trupin L, Murphy LB, Rush S, Criswell LA, Lanata CM, Dall'Era M, Katz P, Yazdany J.
Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2020 Dec 18. -
The relation of adiposity rebound to subsequent BMI in a large electronic health record databaseexternal icon
Freedman DS, Goodman AB, King RJ, Kompaniyets L, Daymont C.
Child Obes. 2020 Dec 22. -
Incidence and predictors of type 1 diabetes among younger adults aged 20-45 years: The Diabetes in Young Adults (DiYA) Studyexternal icon
Lawrence JM, Slezak JM, Quesenberry C, Li X, Yu L, Rewers M, Alexander JG, Takhar HS, Sridhar S, Albright A, Rolka DB, Saydah S, Imperatore G, Ferrara A.
Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2020 Dec 15:108624. -
Oncology social work intervention index (OSWii): An instrument to measure oncology social work interventions to advance researchexternal icon
Oktay JS, Rohan EA, Burruss K, Callahan C, Schapmire TJ, Zebrack B.
J Psychosoc Oncol. 2020 . -
Defect-free care trends in the Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Program, Program, 2008-2018external icon
Overwyk KJ, Yin X, Tong X, King SM, Wiltz JL.
Am Heart J. 2020 Nov 27;232:177-184. -
Prevalence of diagnosed diabetes among employed U.S. adults by demographic characteristics and occupation, 36 states, 2014-2018external icon
Shockey TM, Tsai RJ, Cho P.
J Occup Environ Med. 2020 Dec 21.
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- Communicable Diseases
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Infant HIV diagnosis and turn-around time for testing in Malawi, 2015external icon
Ali H, Minchella P, Chipungu G, Kim E, Kandulu J, Midiani D, Kim A, Swaminathan M, Gutreuter S, Nkengasong J, Singer D.
Afr J Lab Med. 2020 ;9(1):904. -
The role of testing in reducing SARS-CoV-2 transmission on college campusesexternal icon
Barrios LC, Green RF, Honein MA.
J Adolesc Health. 2021 Jan;68(1):1-2. -
Time from HIV diagnosis to viral suppression: Survival analysis of statewide surveillance data in Alabama, 2012 to 2014external icon
Batey DS, Dong X, Rogers RP, Merriweather A, Elopre L, Rana AI, Hall HI, Mugavero MJ.
JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2020 May 22;6(2):e17217. -
Early insights from statistical and mathematical modeling of key epidemiologic parameters of COVID-19external icon
Biggerstaff M, Cowling BJ, Cucunubá ZM, Dinh L, Ferguson NM, Gao H, Hill V, Imai N, Johansson MA, Kada S, Morgan O, Pastore y Piontti A, Polonsky JA, Prasad PV, Quandelacy TM, Rambaut A, Tappero JW, Vandemaele KA, Vespignani A, Warmbrod KL, Wong JY.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Nov;26(11):e1-e14. -
COVID-19-associated hospitalization rates and severe outcomes among veterans from 5 Veteran Affairs Medical Centers, February 27-July 17, 2020: Hospital-based surveillanceexternal icon
Cardemil CV, Dahl R, Prill MM, Cates J, Brown S, Perea A, Marconi V, Bell L, Rodriguez-Barradas M, Rivera-Dominguez G, Beenhouwer D, Poteshkina A, Holodniy M, Lucero-Obusan C, Balachandran N, Hall AJ, Kim L, Langley G.
JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2020 Dec 14. -
Proceedings of a workshop to discuss the epidemiology of invasive Haemophilus influenzae disease with emphasis on serotype a and b in the Americas, 2019external icon
Cox AD, Kuo Lee R, Ulanova M, Bruce MG, Tsang RS.
Vaccine. 2020 Dec 22. -
Nigeria's public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic: January to May 2020external icon
Dan-Nwafor C, Ochu CL, Elimian K, Oladejo J, Ilori E, Umeokonkwo C, Steinhardt L, Igumbor E, Wagai J, Okwor T, Aderinola O, Mba N, Hassan A, Dalhat M, Jinadu K, Badaru S, Arinze C, Jafiya A, Disu Y, Saleh F, Abubakar A, Obiekea C, Yinka-Ogunleye A, Naidoo D, Namara G, Muhammad S, Ipadeola O, Ofoegbunam C, Ogunbode O, Akatobi C, Alagi M, Yashe R, Crawford E, Okunromade O, Aniaku E, Mba S, Agogo E, Olugbile M, Eneh C, Ahumibe A, Nwachukwu W, Ibekwe P, Adejoro OO, Ukponu W, Olayinka A, Okudo I, Aruna O, Yusuf F, Alex-Okoh M, Fawole T, Alaka A, Muntari H, Yennan S, Atteh R, Balogun M, Waziri N, Ogunniyi A, Ebhodaghe B, Lokossou V, Abudulaziz M, Adebiyi B, Abayomi A, Abudus-Salam I, Omilabu S, Lawal L, Kawu M, Muhammad B, Tsanyawa A, Soyinka F, Coker T, Alabi O, Joannis T, Dalhatu I, Swaminathan M, Salako B, Abubakar I, Fiona B, Nguku P, Aliyu SH, Ihekweazu C.
J Glob Health. 2020 Dec;10(2):020399. -
Current and past immunodeficiency are associated with higher hospitalization rates among persons on virologically suppressive antiretroviral therapy for up to eleven yearsexternal icon
Davy-Mendez T, Napravnik S, Eron JJ, Cole SR, van Duin D, Wohl DA, Hogan BC, Althoff KN, Gebo KA, Moore RD, Silverberg MJ, Horberg MA, Gill MJ, Mathews WC, Klein MB, Colasanti JA, Sterling TR, Mayor AM, Rebeiro PF, Buchacz K, Li J, Nanditha NG, Thorne JE, Nijhawan A, Berry SA.
J Infect Dis. 2020 Dec 26. -
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices' Updated Interim Recommendation for Allocation of COVID-19 Vaccine - United States, December 2020external icon
Dooling K, Marin M, Wallace M, McClung N, Chamberland M, Lee GM, Talbot HK, Romero JR, Bell BP, Oliver SE.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2021 Jan 1;69(5152):1657-1660. -
Safe use and storage of cleaners, disinfectants, and hand sanitizers: Knowledge, attitudes, and practices among U.S. adults during the COVID-19 pandemic, May 2020external icon
Gharpure R, Miller GF, Hunter CM, Schnall AH, Kunz J, Garcia-Williams AG.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 Dec 29. -
Laboratory evaluation of two point-of-care detection systems for early and accurate detectaion of influenza in the Lao People's Democratic Republicexternal icon
Kittikraisak W, Khamphaphongphane B, Xayadeth S, Oulay VS, Khanthamaly V, Sengvilaipaseuth O, Davis CT, Yang G, Zanders N, Mott JA, Xangsayarath P.
Int J Infect Dis. 2020 Dec 23. -
Breastfeeding duration and cytomegalovirus seroprevalence among U.S. children aged 1-5 years: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, 2011-2012 and 2017-2018external icon
Lanzieri TM, Kruszon-Moran D, Link-Gelles R, Wong P, Dollard SM.
Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Dec 30. -
CD4 count at entry into HIV care and at antiretroviral therapy prescription in the US, 2005-2018external icon
Lee JS, Humes EA, Hogan BC, Buchacz K, Eron JJ, Gill MJ, Sterling TR, Rebeiro PF, Lima VD, Mayor A, Silverberg MJ, Horberg MA, Moore RD, Althoff KN.
Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Dec 31. -
Rates and correlates of HIV incidence in Namibia's Zambezi region from 2014 to 2016: Sentinel, community-based cohort studyexternal icon
Maher AD, Nakanyala T, Mutenda N, Banda KM, Prybylski D, Wolkon A, Jonas A, Sawadogo S, Ntema C, Chipadze MR, Sinvula G, Tizora A, Mwandemele A, Chaturvedi S, Agovi AM, Agolory S, Hamunime N, Lowrance DW, McFarland W, Patel SV.
JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2020 Jun 24;6(2):e17107. -
Linezolid use for the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, TB centers of excellence, United States, 2013-2018external icon
McDowell A, Haas M, Seaworth B, Wilson JW, Patrawalla A, Haley C, Lauzardo M, de Bruyn M, Goswami ND.
J Clin Tuberc Other Mycobact Dis. 2021 Feb;22:100201. -
Wildland firefighter exposure to smoke and COVID-19: A new risk on the fire lineexternal icon
Navarro KM, Clark KA, Hardt DJ, Reid CE, Lahm PW, Domitrovich JW, Butler CR, Balmes JR.
Sci Total Environ. 2020 Dec 11;760:144296. -
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices' Interim Recommendation for Use of Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine - United States, December 2020external icon
Oliver SE, Gargano JW, Marin M, Wallace M, Curran KG, Chamberland M, McClung N, Campos-Outcalt D, Morgan RL, Mbaeyi S, Romero JR, Talbot HK, Lee GM, Bell BP, Dooling K.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2021 Jan 1;69(5152):1653-1656. -
Approaches to transitioning women into and out of prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV services for continued ART: a systematic reviewexternal icon
Phillips TK, Teasdale CA, Geller A, Ng'eno B, Mogoba P, Modi S, Abrams EJ.
J Int AIDS Soc. 2021 Jan;24(1):e25633. -
Performance of an antigen-based test for asymptomatic and symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 testing at two university campuses - Wisconsin, September-October 2020external icon
Pray IW, Ford L, Cole D, Lee C, Bigouette JP, Abedi GR, Bushman D, Delahoy MJ, Currie D, Cherney B, Kirby M, Fajardo G, Caudill M, Langolf K, Kahrs J, Kelly P, Pitts C, Lim A, Aulik N, Tamin A, Harcourt JL, Queen K, Zhang J, Whitaker B, Browne H, Medrzycki M, Shewmaker P, Folster J, Bankamp B, Bowen MD, Thornburg NJ, Goffard K, Limbago B, Bateman A, Tate JE, Gieryn D, Kirking HL, Westergaard R, Killerby M.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2021 Jan 1;69(5152):1642-1647. -
HIV patient navigation in the United States: A qualitative meta-synthesis of navigators' experiencesexternal icon
Roland KB, Higa DH, Leighton CA, Mizuno Y, DeLuca JB, Koenig LJ.
Health Promot Pract. 2020 Dec 27. -
Implications of shortened quarantine among household contacts of index patients with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection - Tennessee and Wisconsin, April-September 2020external icon
Rolfes MA, Grijalva CG, Zhu Y, McLean HQ, Hanson KE, Belongia EA, Halasa NB, Kim A, Meece J, Reed C, Talbot HK, Fry AM.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2021 Jan 1;69(5152):1633-1637. -
HIV treatment cascade among people who inject drugs in Ukraineexternal icon
Sazonova Y, Kulchynska R, Sereda Y, Azarskova M, Novak Y, Saliuk T, Kornilova M, Liulchuk M, Vitek C, Dumchev K.
PLoS One. 2020 ;15(12):e0244572. -
Considerations for pooled testing of employees for SARS-CoV-2external icon
Schulte PA, Weissman DN, Luckhaupt SE, de Perio MA, Beezhold D, Piacentino JD, Radonovich LJ, Hearl FJ, Howard J.
J Occup Environ Med. 2021 Jan 1;63(1):1-9. -
Inclusion of pregnant women in COVID-19 treatment trials: a review and global call to actionexternal icon
Taylor MM, Kobeissi L, Kim C, Amin A, Thorson AE, Bellare NB, Brizuela V, Bonet M, Kara E, Thwin SS, Kuganantham H, Ali M, Oladapo OT, Broutet N.
Lancet Glob Health. 2020 Dec 16. -
Racial/ethnic and income disparities in the prevalence of comorbidities that are associated with risk for severe COVID-19 among adults receiving HIV Care, United States, 2014-2019external icon
Weiser JK, Tie Y, Beer L, Fanfair RN, Shouse RL.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2020 Dec 17. -
Community-setting pneumonia-associated hospitalizations by level of urbanization-New York City versus other areas of New York State, 2010-2014external icon
Wu M, Whittemore K, Huang CC, Corrado RE, Culp GM, Lim S, Schluger NW, Daskalakis DC, Lucero DE, Vora NM.
PLoS One. 2020 ;15(12):e0244367. -
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on global poliovirus surveillanceexternal icon
Zomahoun DJ, Burman AL, Snider CJ, Chauvin C, Gardner T, Lickness JS, Ahmed JA, Diop O, Gerber S, Anand A.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2021 Jan 1;69(5152):1648-1652.
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- Disaster Control and Emergency Services
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Patterns of posttraumatic stress symptoms among international humanitarian aid workersexternal icon
Greene-Cramer BJ, Hulland EN, Russell SP, Eriksson CB, Lopes-Cardozo B.
Traumatology. 2020 Dec. -
Going viral: The 3 Rs of social media messaging during public health emergenciesexternal icon
Murthy BP, LeBlanc TT, Vagi SJ, Avchen RN.
Health Secur. 2020 Dec 28. -
Cortisol awakening response over the course of humanitarian aid deployment: a prospective cohort studyexternal icon
Qing Y, van Zuiden M, Eriksson C, Lopes Cardozo B, Simon W, Ager A, Snider L, Sabin ML, Scholte W, Kaiser R, Rijnen B, Olff M.
Eur J Psychotraumatol. 2020 ;11(1).
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- Disease Reservoirs and Vectors
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Relative contributions of various endogenous and exogenous factors to the mosquito microbiotaexternal icon
Bogale HN, Cannon MV, Keita K, Camara D, Barry Y, Keita M, Coulibaly D, Kone AK, Doumbo OK, Thera MA, Plowe CV, Travassos M, Irish S, Serre D.
Parasit Vectors. 2020 Dec 10;13(1):619. -
Equine-like H3 avian influenza viruses in wild birds, Chileexternal icon
Bravo-Vasquez N, Yao J, Jimenez-Bluhm P, Meliopoulos V, Freiden P, Sharp B, Estrada L, Davis A, Cherry S, Livingston B, Danner A, Schultz-Cherry S, Hamilton-West C.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Dec;26(12):2887-2898. -
Trypanosoma (Herpetosoma) diversity in rodents and lagomorphs of New Mexico with a focus on epizootological aspects of infection in Southern Plains woodrats (Neotoma micropus)external icon
Goodrich I, McKee C, Kosoy M.
PLoS One. 2020 ;15(12):e0244803. -
Effects of anthropogenic habitat disturbance and Giardia duodenalis infection on a sentinel species' gut bacteriaexternal icon
Kuthyar S, Kowalewski MM, Roellig DM, Mallott EK, Zeng Y, Gillespie TR, Amato KR.
Ecol Evol. 2020 . -
Prevalence of single and coinfections of human pathogens in Ixodes ticks from five geographical regions in the United States, 2013-2019external icon
Lehane A, Maes SE, Graham CB, Jones E, Delorey M, Eisen RJ.
Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2020 Dec 17;12(2):101637. -
Human-pathogenic Kasokero virus in field-collected ticksexternal icon
Schuh AJ, Amman BR, Patel K, Sealy TK, Swanepoel R, Towner JS.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Dec;26(12):2944-2950.
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- Environmental Health
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Mold cleanup practices vary by sociodemographic and allergy factorsexternal icon
Damon SA, Chew GL.
J Environ Health. 2020 ;83(5):18-21. -
Incidence of uterine leiomyoma in relation to urinary concentrations of phthalate and phthalate alternative biomarkers: A prospective ultrasound studyexternal icon
Fruh V, Claus Henn B, Weuve J, Wesselink AK, Orta OR, Heeren T, Hauser R, Calafat AM, Williams PL, Baird DD, Wise LA.
Environ Int. 2020 Dec 21;147:106218. -
Human health and ocean pollutionexternal icon
Landrigan PJ, Stegeman JJ, Fleming LE, Allemand D, Anderson DM, Backer LC, Brucker-Davis F, Chevalier N, Corra L, Czerucka D, Bottein MD, Demeneix B, Depledge M, Deheyn DD, Dorman CJ, Fénichel P, Fisher S, Gaill F, Galgani F, Gaze WH, Giuliano L, Grandjean P, Hahn ME, Hamdoun A, Hess P, Judson B, Laborde A, McGlade J, Mu J, Mustapha A, Neira M, Noble RT, Pedrotti ML, Reddy C, Rocklöv J, Scharler UM, Shanmugam H, Taghian G, van de Water J, Vezzulli L, Weihe P, Zeka A, Raps H, Rampal P.
Ann Glob Health. 2020 Dec 3;86(1):151. -
Young children's exposure to phenols in the home: Associations between house dust, hand wipes, silicone wristbands, and urinary biomarkersexternal icon
Levasseur JL, Hammel SC, Hoffman K, Phillips AL, Zhang S, Ye X, Calafat AM, Webster TF, Stapleton HM.
Environ Int. 2020 Dec 17;147:106317. -
Prenatal exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, umbilical cord blood DNA methylation, and cardio-metabolic indicators in newborns: The Healthy Start Studyexternal icon
Starling AP, Liu C, Shen G, Yang IV, Kechris K, Borengasser SJ, Boyle KE, Zhang W, Smith HA, Calafat AM, Hamman RF, Adgate JL, Dabelea D.
Environ Health Perspect. 2020 Dec;128(12):127014. -
Identifying windows of susceptibility to endocrine disrupting chemicals in relation to gestational weight gain among pregnant women attending a fertility clinicexternal icon
Tyagi P, James-Todd T, Mínguez-Alarcón L, Ford JB, Keller M, Petrozza J, Calafat AM, Hauser R, Williams PL, Bellavia A.
Environ Res. 2020 Dec 25;194:110638. -
Maternal exposure to disinfection by-products and risk of hypospadias in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study (2000-2005)external icon
Zaganjor I, Luben TJ, Desrosiers TA, Keil AP, Engel LS, Michalski AM, Carmichael SL, Nembhard WN, Shaw GM, Reefhuis J, Yazdy MM, Langlois PH, Feldkamp ML, Romitti PA, Olshan AF, The National Birth Defects Prevention S.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Dec 21;17(24).
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- Food Safety
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Carriage and gene content variability of the pESI-like plasmid associated with Salmonella infantis recently established in United States poultry productionexternal icon
McMillan EA, Wasilenko JL, Tagg KA, Chen JC, Simmons M, Gupta SK, Tillman GE, Folster J, Jackson CR, Frye JG.
Genes (Basel). 2020 Dec 18;11(12).
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- Genetics and Genomics
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Metagenomic sequencing generates the whole genomes of porcine rotavirus A, C, and H from the United Statesexternal icon
Hull JJ, Qi M, Montmayeur AM, Kumar D, Velasquez DE, Moon SS, Magaña LC, Betrapally N, Ng TF, Jiang B, Marthaler D.
PLoS One. 2020 ;15(12):e0244498. -
Human Calicivirus Typing tool: A web-based tool for genotyping human norovirus and sapovirus sequencesexternal icon
Tatusov RL, Chhabra P, Diez-Valcarce M, Barclay L, Cannon JL, Vinjé J.
J Clin Virol. 2020 Dec 13;134:104718.
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- Global Health
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Precision global health for real-time actionexternal icon
Flahault A, Utzinger J, Eckerle I, Sheath DJ, de Castañeda RR, Bolon I, Bempong NE, Andayi F.
Lancet Digit Health. 2020 Feb;2(2):e58-e59.
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- Health Behavior and Risk
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Experienced homophobia and HIV infection risk among U.S. Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men: A meta-analysisexternal icon
Jeffries WL, Flores SA, Rooks-Peck CR, Gelaude DJ, Belcher L, Ricks PM, Millett GA.
LGBT Health. 2020 Dec 28.
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- Health Economics
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Economics of interventions to increase active travel to school: A Community Guide Systematic Reviewexternal icon
Jacob V, Chattopadhyay SK, Reynolds JA, Hopkins DP, Morgan JA, Brown DR, Kochtitzky CS, Cuellar AE, Kumanyika SK.
Am J Prev Med. 2021 Jan;60(1):e27-e40. -
Economic benefits of promoting safe walking and biking to school: Creating momentum for community improvementsexternal icon
Petersen R, Pedroso MS.
Am J Prev Med. 2021 Jan;60(1):e41-e43. -
Cost effectiveness analysis of implementing tuberculosis screening among applicants for non-immigrant U.S. work visasexternal icon
Sayed BA, Posey DL, Maskery B, Wingate LT, Cetron MS.
Pneumonia (Nathan). 2020 Dec 25;12(1):15.
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- Healthcare Associated Infections
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Scientific evidence for the control of antimicrobial resistanceexternal icon
Alpuche Aranda CM, Arias CA, Espinal Tejada C, Forde C, Park B, Rossi F, Thormann M.
Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2020 ;44:e128. -
Trends in U.S. outpatient antibiotic prescriptions during the COVID-19 pandemicexternal icon
King LM, Lovegrove MC, Shehab N, Tsay S, Budnitz DS, Geller AI, Lind JN, Roberts R, Hicks LA, Kabbani S.
Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Dec 29. -
Perceptions of the benefits and risks of antibiotics among adult patients and parents with high antibiotic utilizationexternal icon
Spicer JO, Roberts RM, Hicks LA.
Open Forum Infect Dis. 2020 Dec;7(12):ofaa544.
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- Immunity and Immunization
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ADVANCE: The promises, pitfalls, and future prospects of a European distributed data network for immunization surveillance and researchexternal icon
DeStefano F, Chen RT, Izurieta HS, Raine JM.
Vaccine. 2020 Dec 22;38 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):v-vi. -
Vaccine effectiveness against influenza-associated hospitalizations among adults, 2018-2019, US Hospitalized Adult Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Networkexternal icon
Ferdinands JM, Gaglani M, Ghamande S, Martin ET, Middleton D, Monto AS, Silveira F, Talbot HK, Zimmerman R, Smith ER, Patel M.
J Infect Dis. 2020 Dec 18. -
Strengthening vaccine confidence and acceptance in the pediatric provider officeexternal icon
Mbaeyi S, Fisher A, Cohn A.
Pediatr Ann. 2020 Dec 1;49(12):e523-e531. -
Vaccine effectiveness against prevalent anal and oral human papillomavirus infection among men who have sex with men - United States, 2016-2018external icon
Meites E, Winer RL, Newcomb ME, Gorbach PM, Querec TD, Rudd J, Collins T, Lin J, Moore J, Remble T, Swanson F, Franz J, Bolan RK, Golden MR, Mustanski B, Crosby RA, Unger ER, Markowitz LE.
J Infect Dis. 2020 Nov 13;222(12):2052-2060. -
The impact of physical frailty on the response to inactivated influenza vaccine in older adultsexternal icon
Moehling KK, Zhai B, Schwarzmann WE, Chandran UR, Ortiz M, Nowalk MP, Nace D, Lin CJ, Susick M, Levine MZ, Alcorn JF, Zimmerman RK.
Aging (Albany NY). 2020 Dec 9;12. -
Reports of cell-based influenza vaccine administered during pregnancy in the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), 2013-2020external icon
Moro PL, Marquez P.
Vaccine. 2020 Dec 24. -
Diarrheal deaths after the introduction of rotavirus vaccination in 4 countriesexternal icon
Paternina-Caicedo A, Parashar U, Garcia-Calavaro C, de Oliveira LH, Alvis-Guzman N, De la Hoz-Restrepo F.
Pediatrics. 2021 Jan;147(1). -
Effect of antigenic drift on influenza vaccine effectiveness in the United States - 2019-2020external icon
Tenforde MW, Kondor RJ, Chung JR, Zimmerman RK, Nowalk MP, Jackson ML, Jackson LA, Monto AS, Martin ET, Belongia EA, McLean HQ, Gaglani M, Rao A, Kim SS, Stark TJ, Barnes JR, Wentworth D, Patel MM, Flannery B.
Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Dec 25. -
Influenza vaccine effectiveness against hospitalization in the United States, 2019-2020external icon
Tenforde MW, Talbot HK, Trabue CH, Gaglani M, McNeal TM, Monto AS, Martin ET, Zimmerman RK, Silveira F, Middleton DB, Olson SM, Garten Kondor RJ, Barnes JR, Ferdinands JM, Patel MM.
J Infect Dis. 2020 Dec 30.
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- Informatics
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Convex hulls in hamming space enable efficient search for similarity and clustering of genomic sequencesexternal icon
Campo DS, Khudyakov Y.
BMC Bioinformatics. 2020 Dec 30;21(Suppl 18):482.
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- Injury and Violence
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Development of a machine learning model using multiple, heterogeneous data sources to estimate weekly US suicide fatalitiesexternal icon
Choi D, Sumner SA, Holland KM, Draper J, Murphy S, Bowen DA, Zwald M, Wang J, Law R, Taylor J, Konjeti C, De Choudhury M.
JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Dec 1;3(12):e2030932. -
Experiences and correlates of violence among American Indian and Alaska Native Youth: A brief reportexternal icon
Edwards KM, Banyard VL, Charge LL, Kollar LM, Fortson B.
J Interpers Violence. 2020 Dec 28. -
Effect of a community-based gender norms program on sexual violence perpetration by adolescent boys and young men: A cluster randomized clinical trialexternal icon
Miller E, Jones KA, Culyba AJ, Paglisotti T, Dwarakanath N, Massof M, Feinstein Z, Ports KA, Espelage D, Pulerwitz J, Garg A, Kato-Wallace J, Abebe KZ.
JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Dec 1;3(12):e2028499. -
Community-level risk & protective correlates of violent crimesexternal icon
Reidy DE, Huntington C, Smith HW, Bogen KW, Estefan LF, Orchowski LO.
Prev Med. 2020 Dec 17:106380. -
Understanding traumatic brain injury in females: A state-of-the-art summary and future directionsexternal icon
Valera EM, Joseph AC, Snedaker K, Breiding MJ, Robertson CL, Colantonio A, Levin H, Pugh MJ, Yurgelun-Todd D, Mannix R, Bazarian JJ, Turtzo LC, Turkstra LS, Begg L, Cummings DM, Bellgowan PS.
J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2021 Jan 1;36(1):E1-e17.
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- Laboratory Sciences
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Assessing the in vitro impact of ceftazidime on aztreonam/avibactam susceptibility testing for highly resistant MBL-producing Enterobacteralesexternal icon
Bhatnagar A, Ransom EM, Machado MJ, Boyd S, Reese N, Anderson K, Lonsway D, Elkins CA, Rasheed JK, Patel JB, Karlsson M, Brown AC, Lutgring JD.
J Antimicrob Chemother. 2020 Dec 27. -
Analytical considerations and plans to standardize or harmonize assays for the reference bone turnover markers PINP and β-CTX in bloodexternal icon
Bhattoa HP, Cavalier E, Eastell R, Heijboer AC, Jørgensen NR, Makris K, Ulmer CZ, Kanis JA, Cooper C, Silverman SL, Vasikaran SD.
Clin Chim Acta. 2020 Dec 28. -
Evaluation of two real-time, TaqMan reverse transcription-PCR assays for detection of rabies virus in circulating variants from Argentina: Influence of sequence variationexternal icon
Caraballo DA, Lombardo MA, Becker P, Sabio MS, Lema C, Martínez LM, Beltrán FJ, Li Y, Cisterna DM.
Viruses. 2020 Dec 25;13(1). -
Detection of active BoNT/C and D by EndoPep-MS using MALDI biotyper instrument and comparison with the mouse test bioassayexternal icon
Drigo I, Tonon E, Pascoletti S, Anniballi F, Kalb SR, Bano L.
Toxins (Basel). 2020 Dec 24;13(1). -
TMEM41B Is a pan-flavivirus host factorexternal icon
Hoffmann HH, Schneider WM, Rozen-Gagnon K, Miles LA, Schuster F, Razooky B, Jacobson E, Wu X, Yi S, Rudin CM, MacDonald MR, McMullan LK, Poirier JT, Rice CM.
Cell. 2020 Dec 9. -
Novel type of coagulation equation and its application to DNA repeat expansion processexternal icon
Itsko M, Ben Abu Y.
J Theor Biol. 2020 Dec 17:110555. -
Cryoprotectant toxicity and hypothermic sensitivity among Anopheles larvaeexternal icon
Nesbitt JE, Swei A, Hunt C, Dotson E, Toner M, Sandlin RD.
Cryobiology. 2020 Dec 28. -
Characterizations of Enterocytozoon bieneusi at new genetic loci reveal a lack of strict host specificity among common genotypes and the existence of a canine-adapted Enterocytozoon speciesexternal icon
Ou Y, Jiang W, Roellig DM, Wan Z, Li N, Guo Y, Feng Y, Xiao L.
Int J Parasitol. 2020 Dec 2. -
Topical exposure to triclosan inhibits Th1 immune responses and reduces T cells responding to influenza infection in miceexternal icon
Shane HL, Othumpangat S, Marshall NB, Blachere F, Lukomska E, Weatherly LM, Baur R, Noti JD, Anderson SE.
PLoS One. 2020 ;15(12):e0244436. -
Decreased plasma rifapentine concentrations associated with AADAC single nucleotide polymorphism in adults with tuberculosisexternal icon
Weiner M, Gelfond J, Johnson-Pais TL, Engle M, Johnson JL, Whitworth WC, Bliven-Sizemore E, Nsubuga P, Dorman SE, Savic R.
J Antimicrob Chemother. 2020 Dec 29.
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- Maternal and Child Health
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Association between pica and gastrointestinal symptoms in preschoolers with and without autism spectrum disorder, Study to Explore Early Developmentexternal icon
Fields VL, Soke GN, Reynolds A, Tian LH, Wiggins L, Maenner M, DiGuiseppi C, Kral TV, Hightshoe K, Ladd-Acosta C, Schieve LA.
Disabil Health J. 2020 Dec 13:101052. -
Prevalence of structural birth defects among infants with Down syndrome, 2013-2017: A US population-based studyexternal icon
Heinke D, Isenburg JL, Stallings EB, Short TD, Le M, Fisher S, Shan X, Kirby RS, Nguyen HH, Nestoridi E, Nembhard WN, Romitti PA, Salemi JL, Lupo PJ.
Birth Defects Res. 2020 Dec 21.
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- Occupational Safety and Health
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The effectiveness of removal from exposure and reduction of exposure for managing occupational asthma: Summary of an updated Cochrane systematic reviewexternal icon
Henneberger PK, Patel JR, de Groene GJ, Beach J, Tarlo SM, Pal TM, Curti S.
Am J Ind Med. 2020 Dec 29. -
The application of the theory coding scheme to interventions in occupational health psychologyexternal icon
Horan KA, Streit JM, Beltramo JM, Post M.
J Occup Environ Med. 2020 Dec 17. -
Prepregnancy handling of antineoplastic drugs and risk of miscarriage in female nursesexternal icon
Nassan FL, Chavarro JE, Johnson CY, Boiano JM, Rocheleau CM, Rich-Edwards JW, Lawson CC.
Ann Epidemiol. 2021 Jan;53:95-102.e2.
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- Occupational Safety and Health - Mining
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Laboratory investigation of the anisotropic confinement-dependent brittle-ductile transition of a Utah coalexternal icon
Kim BH, Larson MK.
Int J Min Sci Technol. 2020 .
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- Parasitic Diseases
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Piperaquine pharmacokinetics during intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in pregnancyexternal icon
Chotsiri P, Gutman J, Ahmed R, Poespoprodjo JR, Syafruddin D, Khairallah C, Asih PB, L'Lanziva A, Otieno K, Kariuki S, Ouma P, Were V, Katana A, Price RN, Desai M, Ter Kuile FO, Tarning J.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2020 Dec 23. -
Evolution of the monitoring and evaluation strategies to support the World Health Organization's Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasisexternal icon
Lammie PJ, Gass KM, King J, Deming MS, Addiss DG, Biswas G, Ottesen EA, Henderson R.
Int Health. 2020 Dec 22;13(Supplement_1):S65-s70. -
Potential strategies for strengthening surveillance of lymphatic filariasis in American Samoa after mass drug administration: Reducing 'number needed to test' by targeting older age groups, hotspots, and household members of infected personsexternal icon
Lau CL, Sheel M, Gass K, Fuimaono S, David MC, Won KY, Sheridan S, Graves PM.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2020 Dec 28;14(12):e0008916.
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- Physical Activity
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Physical activity assessment and recommendation for adults with arthritis by primary care providers-DocStyles, 2018external icon
Guglielmo D, Murphy LB, Theis KA, Helmick CG, Omura JD, Odom EL, Croft JB.
Am J Health Promot. 2020 Dec 24:890117120981371.
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- Public Health, General
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A science impact framework to measure impact beyond journal metricsexternal icon
Ari MD, Iskander J, Araujo J, Casey C, Kools J, Chen B, Swain R, Kelly M, Popovic T.
PLoS One. 2020 ;15(12):e0244407.
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- Reproductive Health
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Removing unnecessary medical barriers to contraception: Celebrating a decade of the U.S. medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive useexternal icon
Curtis KM, Zapata LB, Pagano HP, Nguyen A, Reeves J, Whiteman MK.
J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2020 Dec 23. -
Contraceptive use at first sexual intercourse among adolescent and young adult women with disabilities: The role of formal sex educationexternal icon
Namkung EH, Valentine A, Warner L, Mitra M.
Contraception. 2020 Dec 23. -
Opportunities to address men's health during the perinatal period - Puerto Rico, 2017external icon
Salvesen von Essen B, Kortsmit K, D'Angelo DV, Warner L, Smith RA, Simon C, Garfield CF, Virella WH, Vargas Bernal MI.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2021 Jan 1;69(5152):1638-1641.
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- Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Cultural stress in the age of mass xenophobia: Perspectives from Latin/o adolescentsexternal icon
Vos SR, Shrader CH, Alvarez VC, Meca A, Unger JB, Brown EC, Zeledon I, Soto D, Schwartz SJ.
Int J Intercult Relat. 2021 ;80:217-230.
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- Substance Use and Abuse
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Development and validation of a syndrome definition to identify suspected nonfatal heroin-involved overdoses treated in emergency departmentsexternal icon
Scholl L, Liu S, Vivolo-Kantor A, Board A, Stein Z, Roehler DR, McGlone L, Hoots BE, Mustaquim D, Smith H.
J Public Health Manag Pract. 2020 Dec 16;Publish Ahead of Print.
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- Zoonotic and Vectorborne Diseases
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Borrelia burgdorferi and Borrelia miyamotoi seroprevalence in California blood donorsexternal icon
Brummitt SI, Kjemtrup AM, Harvey DJ, Petersen JM, Sexton C, Replogle A, Packham AE, Bloch EM, Barbour AG, Krause PJ, Green V, Smith WA.
PLoS One. 2020 ;15(12):e0243950. -
Outbreak of anthrax associated with handling and eating meat from a cow, Uganda, 2018external icon
Kisaakye E, Ario AR, Bainomugisha K, Cossaboom CM, Lowe D, Bulage L, Kadobera D, Sekamatte M, Lubwama B, Tumusiime D, Tusiime P, Downing R, Buule J, Lutwama J, Salzer JS, Matkovic E, Ritter J, Gary J, Zhu BP.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Dec;26(12):2799-2806. -
Discordant clinical outcomes in a monozygotic dichorionic-diamniotic twin pregnancy with probable Zika virus exposure. Case reportexternal icon
Mercado M, Daza M, Moore CA, Valencia D, Rico A, Álvarez-Diaz DA, Brault AC, Fitzpatrick K, Mulkey SB.
Trop Med Infect Dis. 2020 Dec 19;5(4). -
Control and prevention of anthrax, Texas, USA, 2019external icon
Sidwa T, Salzer JS, Traxler R, Swaney E, Sims ML, Bradshaw P, O'Sullivan BJ, Parker K, Waldrup KA, Bower WA, Hendricks K.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Dec;26(12):2815-2824. -
An investigation into the epidemiology of chikungunya virus across neglected regions of Indonesiaexternal icon
Stubbs SC, Johar E, Yudhaputri FA, Yohan B, Santoso MS, Hayati RF, Denis D, Blacklaws BA, Powers AM, Sasmono RT, Myint KS, Frost SD.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2020 Dec 21;14(12):e0008934.
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