Issue 16, May 4, 2021
CDC Science Clips: Volume 13, Issue 16, May 4, 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:
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Top Articles of the Week
Selected weekly by a senior CDC scientist from the standard sections listed below.
The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.-
Communicable Diseases
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Geographic Differences and Social Determinants of Health Among People With HIV Attributed to Injection Drug Use, United States, 2017external icon
Jin C, Nwangwu-Ike N, Gant Z, Johnson Lyons S, Satcher Johnson A.
Public Health Rep. 2021 Apr 21:333549211007168. -
Updated characterization of poliovirus transmission in Pakistan and Afghanistan and the impacts of different outbreak response vaccine optionsexternal icon
Kalkowska DA, Pallansch MA, Cochi SL, Thompson KM.
J Infect Dis. 2021 Apr 22.
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Disease Reservoirs and Vectors
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Insecticide Resistance Patterns and Mechanisms in Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) Populations Across Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire Reveal Emergent Pyrethroid Resistanceexternal icon
Konan LY, Oumbouke WA, Silué UG, Coulibaly IZ, Ziogba JT, N'Guessan RK, Coulibaly D, Bénié JB, Lenhart A.
J Med Entomol. 2021 Apr 20.
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Environmental Health
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A systematic review of the effects of temperature and precipitation on pollen concentrations and season timing, and implications for human healthexternal icon
Schramm PJ, Brown CL, Saha S, Conlon KC, Manangan AP, Bell JE, Hess JJ.
Int J Biometeorol. 2021 Apr 20.
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Food Safety
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Hypothesis Generation during Foodborne Illness Outbreak Investigationsexternal icon
White AE, Smith KE, Booth H, Medus C, Tauxe RV, Gieraltowski L, Walter ES.
Am J Epidemiol. 2021 Apr 20.
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Genetics and Genomics
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A multinational listeriosis outbreak and the importance of sharing genomic dataexternal icon
Pettengill JB, Markell A, Conrad A, Carleton HA, Beal J, Rand H, Musser S, Brown EW, Allard MW, Huffman J, Harris S, Wise M, Locas A.
Lancet Micr. 2020 ;1(6):e233-e234.
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Immunity and Immunization
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Preliminary Findings of mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine Safety in Pregnant Personsexternal icon
Shimabukuro TT, Kim SY, Myers TR, Moro PL, Oduyebo T, Panagiotakopoulos L, Marquez PL, Olson CK, Liu R, Chang KT, Ellington SR, Burkel VK, Smoots AN, Green CJ, Licata C, Zhang BC, Alimchandani M, Mba-Jonas A, Martin SW, Gee JM, Meaney-Delman DM.
N Engl J Med. 2021 Apr 21. -
Herpes Zoster Vaccine Live and Risk of Stroke Among Medicare Beneficiaries: A Population-Based Cohort Studyexternal icon
Yang Q, Chang A, Tong X, Merritt R.
Stroke. 2021 Apr 20.
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Maternal and Child Health
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Modification of the association between diabetes and birth defects by obesity, National Birth Defects Prevention Study, 1997-2011external icon
Tinker SC, Gilboa SM, Moore CA, Waller DK, Simeone RM, Kim SY, Jamieson DJ, Botto LD, Fisher SC, Reefhuis J.
Birth Defects Res. 2021 Apr 19.
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Nutritional Sciences
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Dietary intake patterns among adults with inflammatory bowel disease in the United States, 2015external icon
Xu F, Park S, Liu Y, Greenlund KJ.
PLoS One. 2021 ;16(4):e0250441.
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Reproductive Health
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Birth companionship in a government health system: a pilot study in Kigoma, Tanzaniaexternal icon
Chaote P, Mwakatundu N, Dominico S, Mputa A, Mbanza A, Metta M, Lobis S, Dynes M, Mbuyita S, McNab S, Schmidt K, Serbanescu F.
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2021 Apr 16;21(1):304.
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Communicable Diseases
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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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Recruitment of population-based controls for ALS cases from the National ALS Registryexternal icon
Bear TM, Malek AM, Foulds A, Rager J, Deperrior SE, Vena JE, Larson TC, Mehta P, Horton DK, Talbott EO.
Amyotroph Lateral Scler Frontotemporal Degener. 2021 Apr 16:1-7.
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Communicable Diseases
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Finding, treating and retaining persons with HIV in a high HIV prevalence and high treatment coverage country: Results from the Botswana Combination Prevention Projectexternal icon
Bachanas P, Alwano MG, Lebelonyane R, Block L, Behel S, Raizes E, Ussery G, Wang H, Ussery F, Pretorius Holme M, Sexton C, Pals S, Lasry A, Del Castillo L, Hader S, Lockman S, Bock N, Moore J.
PLoS One. 2021 ;16(4):e0250211. -
Acute Cardiovascular Events Associated With Influenza in Hospitalized Adultsexternal icon
Chow EJ, O'Halloran A, Rolfes MA, Reed C, Garg S.
Ann Intern Med. 2021 Apr;174(4):583-584. -
Laboratory Modeling of SARS-CoV-2 Exposure Reduction Through Physically Distanced Seating in Aircraft Cabins Using Bacteriophage Aerosol - November 2020external icon
Dietrich WL, Bennett JS, Jones BW, Hosni MH.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2021 Apr 23;70(16):595-599. -
Investigation and public health response to a COVID-19 outbreak in a rural resort community-Blaine County, Idaho, 2020external icon
Dunne EM, Maxwell T, Dawson-Skuza C, Burns M, Ball C, Turner K, Hahn CG, Bowyer M, Carter KK, Hudson L.
PLoS One. 2021 ;16(4):e0250322. -
COVID-19 Outbreaks in Correctional Facilities with Work-Release Programs - Idaho, July-November 2020external icon
Dunne EM, Morgan E, Wells-Moore B, Pierson S, Zakroff S, Haskell L, Link K, Powell J, Holland I, Elgethun K, Ball C, Haugen R, Hahn CG, Carter KK, Starr C.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2021 Apr 23;70(16):589-594. -
SARS-CoV-2 transmission in a Georgia school district - United States, December 2020-January 2021external icon
Gettings JR, Gold JA, Kimball A, Forsberg K, Scott C, Uehara A, Tong S, Hast M, Swanson MR, Morris E, Oraka E, Almendares O, Thomas ES, Mehari L, McCloud J, Roberts G, Crosby D, Balajee A, Burnett E, Chancey RJ, Cook P, Donadel M, Espinosa C, Evans ME, Fleming-Dutra KE, Forero C, Kukielka EA, Li Y, Marcet PL, Mitruka K, Nakayama JY, Nakazawa Y, O'Hegarty M, Pratt C, Rice ME, Rodriguez Stewart RM, Sabogal R, Sanchez E, Velasco-Villa A, Weng MK, Zhang J, Rivera G, Parrott T, Franklin R, Memark J, Drenzek C, Hall AJ, Kirking HL, Tate JE, Vallabhaneni S.
Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Apr 17. -
Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Infants <12 months of Age, United States, May 2020-January 2021external icon
Godfred-Cato S, Tsang CA, Giovanni J, Abrams J, Oster ME, Lee EH, Lash MK, Le Marchand C, Liu CY, Newhouse CN, Richardson G, Murray MT, Lim S, Haupt TE, Hartley A, Sosa LE, Ngamsnga K, Garcia A, Datta D, Belay ED.
Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2021 Apr 16. -
Incidence, risk factors, and viral etiology of community-acquired acute lower respiratory tract infection among older adults in rural north Indiaexternal icon
Kumar R, Dar L, Amarchand R, Saha S, Lafond KE, Purakayastha DR, Kumar R, Choudekar A, Gopal G, Dhakad S, Narayan VV, Wahi A, Chhokar R, Lindstrom S, Whitaker B, Choudhary A, Dey AB, Krishnan A.
J Glob Health. 2021 Apr 3;11:04027. -
Airport Traveler Testing Program for SARS-CoV-2 - Alaska, June-November 2020external icon
Ohlsen EC, Porter KA, Mooring E, Cutchins C, Zink A, McLaughlin J.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2021 Apr 23;70(16):583-588. -
Upper Respiratory Tract Co-detection of Human Endemic Coronaviruses and High-density Pneumococcus Associated With Increased Severity Among HIV-Uninfected Children Under 5 Years Old in the PERCH Studyexternal icon
Park DE, Higdon MM, Prosperi C, Baggett HC, Brooks WA, Feikin DR, Hammitt LL, Howie SR, Kotloff KL, Levine OS, Madhi SA, Murdoch DR, O'Brien KL, Scott JA, Thea DM, Antonio M, Awori JO, Baillie VL, Bunthi C, Kwenda G, Mackenzie GA, Moore DP, Morpeth SC, Mwananyanda L, Paveenkittiporn W, Ziaur Rahman M, Rahman M, Rhodes J, Sow SO, Tapia MD, Deloria Knoll M.
Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2021 Apr 19. -
Emergence and rapid transmission of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 in the United Statesexternal icon
Washington NL, Gangavarapu K, Zeller M, Bolze A, Cirulli ET, Schiabor Barrett KM, Larsen BB, Anderson C, White S, Cassens T, Jacobs S, Levan G, Nguyen J, Ramirez JM, Rivera-Garcia C, Sandoval E, Wang X, Wong D, Spencer E, Robles-Sikisaka R, Kurzban E, Hughes LD, Deng X, Wang C, Servellita V, Valentine H, De Hoff P, Seaver P, Sathe S, Gietzen K, Sickler B, Antico J, Hoon K, Liu J, Harding A, Bakhtar O, Basler T, Austin B, MacCannell D, Isaksson M, Febbo PG, Becker D, Laurent M, McDonald E, Yeo GW, Knight R, Laurent LC, de Feo E, Worobey M, Chiu CY, Suchard MA, Lu JT, Lee W, Andersen KG.
Cell. 2021 Mar 30.
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Disaster Control and Emergency Services
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Lessons learned from implementation of a national hotline for Ebola virus disease emergency preparedness in South Sudanexternal icon
Lopez VK, Shetty S, Kouch AT, Khol MT, Lako R, Bili A, Ayuen AD, Jukudu A, Kug AA, Mayen AD, Nyawel E, Berta K, Olu O, Clarke K, Bunga S.
Confl Health. 2021 Apr 15;15(1):27.
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Disease Reservoirs and Vectors
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Microbial Diversity of Adult Aedes aegypti and Water Collected from Different Mosquito Aquatic Habitats in Puerto Ricoexternal icon
Caragata EP, Otero LM, Tikhe CV, Barrera R, Dimopoulos G.
Microb Ecol. 2021 Apr 16. -
Subgenomic flavivirus RNA (sfRNA) associated with Asian lineage Zika virus identified in three species of Ugandan bats (family Pteropodidae)external icon
Fagre AC, Lewis J, Miller MR, Mossel EC, Lutwama JJ, Nyakarahuka L, Nakayiki T, Kityo R, Nalikka B, Towner JS, Amman BR, Sealy TK, Foy B, Schountz T, Anderson J, Kading RC.
Sci Rep. 2021 Apr 16;11(1):8370. -
Avian Influenza A Viruses Reassort and Diversify Differently in Mallards and Mammalsexternal icon
Ganti K, Bagga A, DaSilva J, Shepard SS, Barnes JR, Shriner S, Koelle K, Lowen AC.
Viruses. 2021 Mar 19;13(3). -
Evidence for natural hybridization and novel Wolbachia strain superinfections in the Anopheles gambiae complex from Guineaexternal icon
Jeffries CL, Cansado-Utrilla C, Beavogui AH, Stica C, Lama EK, Kristan M, Irish SR, Walker T.
R Soc Open Sci. 2021 Apr 7;8(4):202032. -
Multi-Locus Sequence Typing of Ehrlichia chaffeensis Reveals Extensive Genotypic Variation across the United Statesexternal icon
Zambrano ML, Paddock CD, Karpathy SE.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2021 Mar 1;104(4):1297-304.
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Environmental Health
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Revitalizing brownfields using law and policy: Lessons in process from Baraboo, Wisconsinexternal icon
Black JR, Geick EA.
Case Stud Environ. 2020 ;4(1). -
Risks from mercury in anadromous fish collected from Penobscot River, Maineexternal icon
Melnyk LJ, Lin J, Kusnierz DH, Pugh K, Durant JT, Suarez-Soto RJ, Venkatapathy R, Sundaravadivelu D, Morris A, Lazorchak JM, Perlman G, Stover MA.
Sci Total Environ. 2021 ;781.
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Epidemiology and Surveillance
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Population Size Estimation of Female Sex Workers in Hai Phong, Vietnam: Use of Three Source Capture-Recapture Methodexternal icon
Nguyen LT, Patel S, Nguyen NT, Gia HH, Raymond HF, Hoang VT, Abdul-Quader AS.
J Epidemiol Glob Health. 2021 Mar 20.
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Food Safety
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Notes from the Field: Multistate Outbreak of Escherichia coli O26 Infections Linked to Raw Flour - United States, 2019external icon
Vasser M, Barkley J, Miller A, Gee E, Purcell K, Schroeder MN, Basler C, Neil KP.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2021 Apr 23;70(16):600-601.
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Genetics and Genomics
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A community-driven resource for genomic epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance prediction of Neisseria gonorrhoeae at Pathogenwatchexternal icon
Sánchez-Busó L, Yeats CA, Taylor B, Goater RJ, Underwood A, Abudahab K, Argimón S, Ma KC, Mortimer TD, Golparian D, Cole MJ, Grad YH, Martin I, Raphael BH, Shafer WM, Town K, Wi T, Harris SR, Unemo M, Aanensen DM.
Genome Med. 2021 Apr 19;13(1):61.
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Healthcare Associated Infections
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A cluster of Achromobacter xylosoxidans led to identification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Serratia marcescens contamination at a long-term-care facilityexternal icon
Dunne EM, Hylsky D, Peterson E, Voermans R, Ward A, Turner K, Hahn C, Arduino M, Ball C, Carter KK, Lee JR.
Am J Infect Control. 2021 Apr 19. -
Transfusion-related adverse reactions: Data from the National Healthcare Safety Network Hemovigilance Module - United States, 2013-2018external icon
Kracalik I, Mowla S, Basavaraju SV, Sapiano MR.
Transfusion. 2021 Apr 20.
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Immunity and Immunization
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National and State-Specific Estimates of Settings of Receiving Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Among Adolescents in the United Statesexternal icon
Lu PJ, Yankey D, Fredua B, Hung MC, Walker TY, Markowitz LE, Elam-Evans LD.
J Adolesc Health. 2021 Apr 15.
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Informatics
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Applying a machine learning modelling framework to predict delayed linkage to care in patients newly diagnosed with HIV in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USAexternal icon
Chen S, Owolabi Y, Dulin M, Robinson P, Witt B, Samoff E.
Aids. 2021 May 1;35(Suppl 1):S29-s38.
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Laboratory Sciences
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Draft Chromosome Sequences of a Clinical Isolate of the Free-Living Ameba Naegleria fowleriexternal icon
Ali IK, Kelley A, Joseph SJ, Park S, Roy S, Jackson J, Cope JR, Rowe LA, Burroughs M, Sheth M, Batra D, Loparev V.
Microbiol Resour Announc. 2021 Apr 15;10(15). -
Determination of Free Solanesol Levels in Cigarette Filters by Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometryexternal icon
Bravo Cardenas R, Ngac P, Watson C, Valentin-Blasini L.
J Anal Toxicol. 2021 Apr 16. -
Development and validation of real-time PCR assays for the detection of Ehrlichia species and E. chaffeensis in clinical specimensexternal icon
Chung IH, Austin AL, Kato CY.
J Microbiol Methods. 2021 Apr 16:106225. -
Development of rSs-NIE-1 and rSs-IR Recombinant Antigen-Based Immunoblot for Detection of Antibody to Strongyloides stercoralisexternal icon
de Souza JN, Langford I, Wang Y, Soares NM, Handali S.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2021 Apr 19. -
Intranasal powder live attenuated influenza vaccine is thermostable, immunogenic, and protective against homologous challenge in ferretsexternal icon
Luczo JM, Bousse T, Johnson SK, Jones CA, Pearce N, Neiswanger CA, Wang MX, Miller EA, Petrovsky N, Wentworth DE, Bronshtein V, Papania M, Tompkins SM.
NPJ Vaccines. 2021 Apr 21;6(1):59. -
Microbial community structure and composition is associated with host species and sex in Sigmodon cotton ratsexternal icon
Strickland BA, Patel MC, Shilts MH, Boone HH, Kamali A, Zhang W, Stylos D, Boukhvalova MS, Rosas-Salazar C, Yooseph S, Rajagopala SV, Blanco JC, Das SR.
Anim Microbiome. 2021 Apr 16;3(1):29.
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Maternal and Child Health
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Characteristics, complications, and sites of bleeding among infants and toddlers less than 2 years of age with VWDexternal icon
Dupervil B, Abe K, O'Brien SH, Oakley M, Kulkarni R, Thornburg CD, Byams VR, Soucie JM.
Blood Adv. 2021 Apr 27;5(8):2079-2086. -
Venlafaxine prescription claims among insured women of reproductive age and pregnant women, 2011-2016external icon
Summers AD, Anderson KN, Ailes EC, Grosse SD, Bobo WV, Tepper NK, Reefhuis J.
Birth Defects Res. 2021 Apr 16.
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Occupational Safety and Health
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Reaching "hard to reach" workers: Evaluating approaches to disseminate worker safety information via the Mexican consular networkexternal icon
Flynn MA, Eggerth DE, Keller BM, Check P.
J Occup Environ Hyg. 2021 Apr 21:1-17. -
Analysis of single nucleotide polymorphisms in chronic beryllium diseaseexternal icon
Frye BC, Gaede KI, Saltini C, Rossman MD, Monos DS, Rosenman KD, Schuler CR, Weston A, Wegner R, Noth R, Zissel G, Schreiber S, Nothnagel M, Müller-Quernheim J.
Respir Res. 2021 Apr 16;22(1):107. -
Workers' Compensation Claim Rates and Costs for Musculoskeletal Disorders Related to Overexertion Among Construction Workers - Ohio, 2007-2017external icon
Kaur H, Wurzelbacher SJ, Bushnell PT, Grosch JW, Tseng CY, Scholl JC, Meyers AR, Lampl M.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2021 Apr 23;70(16):577-582.
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Parasitic Diseases
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Association of Plasmodium falciparum kelch13 R561H genotypes with delayed parasite clearance in Rwanda: an open-label, single-arm, multicentre, therapeutic efficacy studyexternal icon
Uwimana A, Umulisa N, Venkatesan M, Svigel SS, Zhou Z, Munyaneza T, Habimana RM, Rucogoza A, Moriarty LF, Sandford R, Piercefield E, Goldman I, Ezema B, Talundzic E, Pacheco MA, Escalante AA, Ngamije D, Mangala JN, Kabera M, Munguti K, Murindahabi M, Brieger W, Musanabaganwa C, Mutesa L, Udhayakumar V, Mbituyumuremyi A, Halsey ES, Lucchi NW.
Lancet Infect Dis. 2021 Apr 14.
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Public Health Leadership and Management
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Leading Organizational Change: Improved Leadership Behaviors Among Public Health Leaders After Receiving Multirater Feedback and Coachingexternal icon
Spears-Jones C, Myles R, Porch T, Parris S, Ivy-Knudsen M, Dean HD.
Workplace Health Saf. 2021 Apr 22:21650799211001728.
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Reproductive Health
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Factors associated with age of first sex among women screened for an observational contraceptive vaginal ring study in Kisumu, Kenya, 2014external icon
Ondenge K, Gvetadze R, Otieno G, Gust DA, McLellan-Lemal E.
Afr J Reprod Health. 2021 ;25(1):101-113. -
Effect of distance to health facilities and access to contraceptive services among urban Turkish womenexternal icon
Sato R, Rohr J, Huber S, Esmer Y, Okçuoğlu BA, Karadon D, Shah I, Canning D.
Eur J Contracept Reprod Health Care. 2021 Apr 20:1-9.
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Substance Use and Abuse
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Disparities in smokeless tobacco use in Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan: Findings from the Global Adult Tobacco Survey, 2014-2017external icon
Zhao L, Mbulo L, Twentyman E, Palipudi K, King BA.
PLoS One. 2021 ;16(4):e0250144.
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Chronic Diseases and Conditions
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