Issue 24, July 13, 2021
CDC Science Clips: Volume 13, Issue 24, July 13, 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:
- 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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Underlying Medical Conditions and Severe Illness Among 540,667 Adults Hospitalized With COVID-19, March 2020-March 2021external icon
Kompaniyets L, Pennington AF, Goodman AB, Rosenblum HG, Belay B, Ko JY, Chevinsky JR, Schieber LZ, Summers AD, Lavery AM, Preston LE, Danielson ML, Cui Z, Namulanda G, Yusuf H, Mac Kenzie WR, Wong KK, Baggs J, Boehmer TK, Gundlapalli AV.
Prev Chronic Dis. 2021 Jul 1;18:E66. -
Transmitted Drug Resistance Among HIV-1 Diagnoses in the United States, 2014-2018external icon
McClung RP, Oster AM, Ocfemia MC, Saduvala N, Heneine W, Johnson JA, Hernandez AL.
Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Jun 27.
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- Environmental Health
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Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) and Hormone Levels during the Menopausal Transitionexternal icon
Harlow SD, Hood MM, Ding N, Mukherjee B, Calafat AM, Randolph JF, Gold EB, Park SK.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2021 Jun 28.
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- Health Economics
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High Out-of-pocket Health Care Cost Burden Among Medicare Beneficiaries With Diabetes, 1999-2017external icon
Park J, Zhang P, Wang Y, Zhou X, Look KA, Bigman ET.
Diabetes Care. 2021 Jun 28.
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- Healthcare Associated Infections
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Outpatient Healthcare Personnel Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Infection Prevention Measures for Protection from Respiratory Infectionsexternal icon
Bessesen MT, Rattigan S, Frederick J, Cummings DA, Gaydos CA, Gibert CL, Gorse GJ, Nyquist AC, Price CS, Reich NG, Simberkoff MS, Brown AC, Radonovich LJ, Perl TM, Rodriguez-Barradas MC.
Am J Infect Control. 2021 Jun 25.
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- Immunity and Immunization
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Myocarditis Occurring After Immunization With mRNA-Based COVID-19 Vaccinesexternal icon
Shay DK, Shimabukuro TT, DeStefano F.
JAMA Cardiol. 2021 Jun 29. -
Prevention and Attenuation of Covid-19 with the BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 Vaccinesexternal icon
Thompson MG, Burgess JL, Naleway AL, Tyner H, Yoon SK, Meece J, Olsho LE, Caban-Martinez AJ, Fowlkes AL, Lutrick K, Groom HC, Dunnigan K, Odean MJ, Hegmann K, Stefanski E, Edwards LJ, Schaefer-Solle N, Grant L, Ellingson K, Kuntz JL, Zunie T, Thiese MS, Ivacic L, Wesley MG, Mayo Lamberte J, Sun X, Smith ME, Phillips AL, Groover KD, Yoo YM, Gerald J, Brown RT, Herring MK, Joseph G, Beitel S, Morrill TC, Mak J, Rivers P, Poe BP, Lynch B, Zhou Y, Zhang J, Kelleher A, Li Y, Dickerson M, Hanson E, Guenther K, Tong S, Bateman A, Reisdorf E, Barnes J, Azziz-Baumgartner E, Hunt DR, Arvay ML, Kutty P, Fry AM, Gaglani M.
N Engl J Med. 2021 Jun 30.
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- Laboratory Sciences
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Recognition of Diagnostic Gaps for Laboratory Diagnosis of Fungal Diseases: Expert Opinion from the Fungal Diagnostics Laboratories Consortium (FDLC)external icon
Zhang SX, Babady NE, Hanson KE, Harrington AT, Larkin PM, Leal SM, Luethy PM, Martin IW, Pancholi P, Procop GW, Riedel S, Seyedmousavi S, Sullivan KV, Walsh TJ, Lockhart SR.
J Clin Microbiol. 2021 Jun 18;59(7):e0178420.
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- Occupational Safety and Health
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Comparison of ISO work of breathing and NIOSH breathing resistance measurements for air-purifying respiratorsexternal icon
Xu SS, King WP, McClain C, Zhuang Z, Rottach DR.
J Occup Environ Hyg. 2021 Jun 25:1-9.
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- Reproductive Health
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Condom Decision Making Among Latino and Black Adolescent Males: Social Neurobiological and Paternal Influencesexternal icon
Guilamo-Ramos V, Benzekri A, Thimm-Kaiser M, Rivera M, Fuller TR, Warner L, Koumans EH.
Res. Soc. Work Pract.. 2021 .
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- Substance Use and Abuse
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A Thematic Analysis of Overdose Prevention and Response Efforts in States Experiencing Declines in Rates of Opioid-Involved Overdose Deathsexternal icon
Robinson AB, Ali N, Costa O, Rooks-Peck C, Sorensen-Alawad A, Ballard J, Lowerre K, Fondario A.
Public Health Rep. 2021 Jun 29:333549211026816.
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- Communicable Diseases
- 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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Oncology social work practice behaviors: a national survey of AOSW membersexternal icon
Perlmutter EY, Herron FB, Rohan EA, Thomas E.
J Psychosoc Oncol. 2021 Jun 29:1-15.
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- Communicable Diseases
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Perspectives on Sexual Health, Sexual Health Education, and HIV Prevention From Adolescent (13-18 Years) Sexual Minority Malesexternal icon
Cahill SR, Wang TM, Fontenot HB, Geffen SR, Conron KJ, Mayer KH, Johns MM, Avripas SA, Michaels S, Dunville R.
J Pediatr Health Care. 2021 Jun 19. -
Clinical Effectiveness and Safety of Antivirals for Influenza in Pregnancyexternal icon
Chow EJ, Beigi RH, Riley LE, Uyeki TM.
Open Forum Infect Dis. 2021 Jun;8(6):ofab138. -
Estimated time from HIV infection to diagnosis and diagnosis to first viral suppression during 2014-2018external icon
Crepaz N, Song R, Lyss S, Hall HI.
Aids. 2021 Jun 24. -
Unmet needs for ancillary care services are associated with HIV clinical outcomes among adults with diagnosed HIVexternal icon
Dasgupta S, Tie Y, Beer L, Weiser J.
AIDS Care. 2021 Jun 28:1-9. -
Hospitalization Rates and Causes Among Persons With HIV in the United States and Canada, 2005-2015external icon
Davy-Mendez T, Napravnik S, Hogan BC, Althoff KN, Gebo KA, Moore RD, Horberg MA, Silverberg MJ, Gill MJ, Crane HM, Marconi VC, Bosch RJ, Colasanti JA, Sterling TR, Mathews WC, Mayor AM, Nanditha NG, Buchacz K, Li J, Rebeiro PF, Thorne JE, Nijhawan A, van Duin D, Wohl DA, Eron JJ, Berry SA.
J Infect Dis. 2021 Jun 15;223(12):2113-2123. -
Prevalence of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision for HIV Infection Prevention - Chókwè District, Mozambique, 2014-2019external icon
Hines JZ, Thompson R, Toledo C, Nelson R, Casavant I, Pals S, Canda M, Bonzela J, Jaramillo A, Cardoso J, Ujamaa D, Tamele S, Chivurre V, Malimane I, Pathmanathan I, Heitzinger K, Wei S, Couto A, Come J, Vergara A, MacKellar D.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2021 Jul 2;70(26):942-946. -
Evaluation of point-of-care algorithms to detect diabetes during screening for latent TB infectionexternal icon
Largen A, Ayala A, Khurana R, Katz DJ, Venkatappa TK, Brostrom R.
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2021 Jul 1;25(7):547-553. -
Bringing HIV services to key populations and their communities in Tanzania: from pilot to scaleexternal icon
Maruyama H, Franks J, Laki D, Msumi O, Makyao N, Rwabiyago OE, Rabkin M, Kagashe MJ, El-Sadr WM.
J Int AIDS Soc. 2021 Jul;24 Suppl 3:e25718. -
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Testing Trends Among Persons Aged <18 Years in an Outpatient Pediatric Practice - Metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, May-December 2020external icon
Miller MJ, Dasgupta S, Ruffin J, Colton K, King D, Tate JE, Kirking HL, Bryant B, Hennesy N, Plata Z, Nakayama JY, Tanner MR, Koyuncu A, Rabold E.
J Adolesc Health. 2021 Jul;69(1):144-148. -
Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Pregnancy: Trends in United States, 2010-2018external icon
Niles JK, Kaufman HW, Peterman TA, Tao G, Gift TL, Alagia DP.
Sex Transm Dis. 2021 Jun 23. -
Estimating Gains in HIV Testing by Expanding HIV Screening at Routine Checkupsexternal icon
Patel D, Williams WO, Heitgerd J, Taylor-Aidoo N, DiNenno EA.
Am J Public Health. 2021 Jun 29:e1-e4. -
Use of Drug-level Testing and Single-genome Sequencing to Unravel a Case of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Seroconversion on Pre-exposure Prophylaxisexternal icon
Spinelli MA, Lowery B, Shuford JA, Spindler J, Kearney MF, McFarlane JR, McDonald C, Okochi H, Phung N, Kuncze K, Jee K, Johannessen D, Anderson PL, Smith DK, Defechereux P, Grant RM, Gandhi M.
Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Jun 1;72(11):2025-2028. -
The yield of HIV testing during pregnancy and postnatal period, Uganda, 2015-2018: analysis of surveillance dataexternal icon
Wibabara Y, Lukabwe I, Kyamwine I, Kwesiga B, Ario AR, Nabitaka L, Bulage L, Harris J, Mudiope P.
AIDS Res Ther. 2021 Jun 24;18(1):35. -
Hospital Capacities and Shortages of Healthcare Resources Among U.S. Hospitals During COVID-19 Pandemic, National Healthcare Safety Network, March 27-July 14, 2020external icon
Wu H, Soe MM, Konnor R, Dantes R, Haass K, Dudeck MA, Gross C, Leaptrot D, Sapiano MR, Allen-Bridson K, Wattenmaker L, Peterson K, Lemoine K, Chernetsky Tejedor S, Edwards JR, Pollock D, Benin AL.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2021 Jun 24:1-12. -
Estimated Latent Tuberculosis Infection Prevalence and Tuberculosis Reactivation Rates Among Non-U.S.-Born Residents in the United States, from the 2011-2012 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveyexternal icon
Yelk Woodruff R, Hill A, Marks S, Navin T, Miramontes R.
J Immigr Minor Health. 2021 Aug;23(4):806-812.
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- Disaster Control and Emergency Services
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Community Assessment for Mental and Physical Health Effects After Hurricane Irma - Florida Keys, May 2019external icon
Torres-Mendoza Y, Kerr A, Schnall AH, Blackmore C, Hartley SD.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2021 Jul 2;70(26):937-941.
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- Disease Reservoirs and Vectors
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Improving the Safety and Acceptability of Autocidal Gravid Ovitraps (AGO Traps)external icon
Acevedo V, Amador M, Barrera R.
J Am Mosq Control Assoc. 2021 Jun 1;37(2):61-67.
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- Environmental Health
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Prenatal exposure to organophosphate and pyrethroid insecticides and the herbicide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid and size at birth in urban pregnant womenexternal icon
Balalian AA, Liu X, Herbstman JB, Daniel S, Whyatt R, Rauh V, Calafat AM, Wapner R, Factor-Litvak P.
Environ Res. 2021 Jun 23:111539. -
Prospective associations of mid-childhood plasma per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and pubertal timingexternal icon
Carwile JL, Seshasayee SM, Aris IM, Rifas-Shiman SL, Claus Henn B, Calafat AM, Sagiv SK, Oken E, Fleisch AF.
Environ Int. 2021 Jun 23;156:106729. -
Chemical interactions and mixtures in public health risk assessment: An analysis of ATSDR's Interaction Profile databaseexternal icon
Przybyla J, McClure PR, Zaccaria KJ, Pohl HR.
Regul Toxicol Pharmacol. 2021 Jun 26:104981.
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- Epidemiology and Surveillance
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Social contact patterns among employees in 3 U.S. companies during early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, April to June 2020external icon
Kiti MC, Aguolu OG, Liu CY, Mesa AR, Regina R, Woody M, Willebrand K, Couzens C, Bartelsmeyer T, Nelson KN, Jenness S, Riley S, Melegaro A, Ahmed F, Malik F, Lopman BA, Omer SB.
Epidemics. 2021 Jun 17;36:100481.
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- Health Communication and Education
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Impact of a Health Communication Campaign on Uptake of Contraceptive Services during the 2016-2017 Zika Virus Outbreak in Puerto Ricoexternal icon
August EM, Powell R, Morris E, Romero L, Zapata LB, Lathrop E.
Health Commun. 2021 Jun 28:1-8.
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- Health Disparities
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Racial Disparities in Incidence of Legionnaires' Disease and Social Determinants of Health: A Narrative Reviewexternal icon
Hunter CM, Salandy SW, Smith JC, Edens C, Hubbard B.
Public Health Rep. 2021 Jun 29:333549211026781.
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- Healthcare Associated Infections
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Patterns of antibiotic nonsusceptibility among invasive group A Streptococcus infections-United States, 2006-2017external icon
Fay K, Onukwube J, Chochua S, Schaffner W, Cieslak P, Lynfield R, Muse A, Smelser C, Harrison LH, Farley M, Petit S, Alden N, Apostal M, Vagnone PS, Nanduri S, Beall B, Van Beneden CA.
Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Jun 25. -
Clade distribution of Candida auris in South Africa using whole genome sequencing of clinical and environmental isolatesexternal icon
Naicker SD, Maphanga TG, Chow NA, Allam M, Kwenda S, Ismail A, Govender NP.
Emerg Microbes Infect. 2021 Dec;10(1):1300-1308. -
Donor-derived Cryptococcus gattii sensu stricto infection in two kidney transplant recipients, southeastern United Statesexternal icon
Natarajan P, Lockhart SR, Basavaraju SV, Anjan S, Lindsley MD, McGrath MM, Oh DH, Jackson BR.
Am J Transplant. 2021 Jun 26.
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- Immunity and Immunization
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The CAPACITI Decision-Support Tool for National Immunization Programsexternal icon
Botwright S, Giersing BK, Meltzer MI, Kahn AL, Jit M, Baltussen R, El Omeiri N, Biey JN, Moore KL, Thokala P, Mwenda JM, Bertram M, Hutubessy RC.
Value in Health. 2021 . -
Effectiveness of monovalent rotavirus vaccine against hospitalizations due to all rotavirus and equine-like G3P[8] genotypes in Haiti 2014-2019external icon
Burnett E, Juin S, Esona MD, Desormeaux AM, Aliabadi N, Pierre M, Andre-Alboth J, Leshem E, Etheart MD, Patel R, Dely P, Fitter D, Jean-Denis G, Kalou M, Katz MA, Bowen MD, Grant-Greene Y, Boncy J, Parashar UD, Joseph GA, Tate JE.
Vaccine. 2021 Jun 26. -
Syndromic surveillance of vaccine-associated adverse events in U.S. emergency departmentsexternal icon
Radhakrishnan L, Stein Z, DeVies J, Smith A, Sheppard M, Hartnett KP, Kite-Powell A, Adjemian J, Rodgers LE.
Vaccine. 2021 Jun 21. -
Knowledge, attitude/perception, and practice related to seasonal influenza vaccination among caregivers of young Thai children: A cross-sectional studyexternal icon
Thanee C, Kittikraisak W, Sinthuwattanawibool C, Roekworachai K, Klinklom A, Kornsitthikul K, Jirasakpisarn S, Srirompotong U, Chittaganpitch M, Dawood FS, Suntarattiwong P, Mott JA, Chotpitayasunondh T.
PLoS One. 2021 ;16(6):e0253561.
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- Laboratory Sciences
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Considerations for quality assurance of multiplex malaria antigen detection assays with large sample setsexternal icon
Alvarado R, van den Hoogen LL, Iriemenam NC, Akinmulero OO, Thomas AN, Tamunonengiyeofori I, Erasogie E, Chimaoge AC, Dawurung AB, Esiekpe MK, Okoli MU, Mba N, Ogunniyi A, Abimiku A, Maire M, Bassey OO, Okoye M, Swaminathan M, Greby SM, Ndodo N, Ihekweazu C, Abubakar A, Steinhardt L, Rogier E.
Sci Rep. 2021 Jun 24;11(1):13248. -
Influenza Virus Infects and Depletes Activated Adaptive Immune Respondersexternal icon
Bohannon CD, Ende Z, Cao W, Mboko WP, Ranjan P, Kumar A, Mishina M, Amoah S, Gangappa S, Mittal SK, Lovell JF, García-Sastre A, Pfeifer BA, Davidson BA, Knight P, Sambhara S.
Adv Sci (Weinh). 2021 Jun 30:e2100693. -
Determining seropositivity-A review of approaches to define population seroprevalence when using multiplex bead assays to assess burden of tropical diseasesexternal icon
Chan Y, Fornace K, Wu L, Arnold BF, Priest JW, Martin DL, Chang MA, Cook J, Stresman G, Drakeley C.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021 Jun 28;15(6):e0009457. -
Laboratory Techniques for Identifying Causes of Allergic Dermatitisexternal icon
Chipinda I, Anderson SE, Siegel PD.
Immunol. Allergy Clin. North Am.. 2021 . -
Evaluation of the Abbott ARCHITECT HIV Ag/Ab combo assay for determining recent HIV-1 infectionexternal icon
Curtis KA, Rudolph DL, Pan Y, Delaney K, Anastos K, DeHovitz J, Kassaye SG, Hanson CV, French AL, Golub E, Adimora AA, Ofotokun I, Bolivar H, Kempf MC, Peters PJ, Switzer WM.
PLoS One. 2021 ;16(7):e0242641. -
Exoproteomic analysis of two MLST clade 2 strains of Clostridioides difficile from Latin America reveal close similaritiesexternal icon
de Melo Pacífico D, Costa CL, Moura H, Barr JR, Maia GA, Filho VB, Moreira RS, Wagner G, Domingues R, Quesada-Gómez C, de Oliveira Ferreira E, de Castro Brito GA.
Sci Rep. 2021 Jun 24;11(1):13273. -
Respiratory and intestinal epithelial cells exhibit differential susceptibility and innate immune responses to EV-D68external icon
Freeman MC, Wells AI, Ciomperlik-Patton J, Myerburg MM, Yang L, Konopka-Anstadt J, Coyne C.
Elife. 2021 Jul 1;10. -
The chromogenic Bethesda assay and the Nijmegen-Bethesda assay for factor VIII inhibitors in hemophilia A patients: Are they equivalent?external icon
Miller CH, Boylan B.
J Thromb Haemost. 2021 Jul;19(7):1835-1837. -
Comparison of Mid-Turbinate and Nasopharyngeal Specimens for Molecular Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Among Symptomatic Outpatients at a Pediatric Drive-Through Testing Siteexternal icon
Sahni LC, Avadhanula V, Ortiz CS, Feliz KE, John RE, Brown CA, Lively JY, Rha B, Munoz FM, Piedra PA, Dunn JJ, Boom JA.
J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2021 Jun 26. -
Application of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry, and DNA sequencing-based SLST and MLST analysis for the identification of Cronobacter spp. isolated from environmental surveillance samplesexternal icon
Sulaiman IM, Tang K, Segars K, Miranda N, Sulaiman N, Simpson S.
Arch Microbiol. 2021 Jul 1.
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- Occupational Safety and Health
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Symptoms of Depression, Anxiety, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and Suicidal Ideation Among State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Public Health Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic - United States, March-April 2021external icon
Bryant-Genevier J, Rao CY, Lopes-Cardozo B, Kone A, Rose C, Thomas I, Orquiola D, Lynfield R, Shah D, Freeman L, Becker S, Williams A, Gould DW, Tiesman H, Lloyd G, Hill L, Byrkit R.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2021 Jul 2;70(26):947-952. -
Maternal occupation as a nail technician or hairdresser during pregnancy and birth defects, National Birth Defects Prevention Study, 1997-2011external icon
Siegel MR, Rocheleau CM, Broadwater K, Santiago-Colón A, Johnson CY, Herdt ML, Chen IC, Lawson CC.
Occup Environ Med. 2021 Jun 30.
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- Parasitic Diseases
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Healthcare provider and pregnant women's perspectives on the implementation of intermittent screening and treatment with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine for malaria in pregnancy in western Kenya: a qualitative studyexternal icon
Hoyt J, Hill J, Achieng F, Ouma P, Kariuki S, Desai M, Webster J.
Malar J. 2021 Jun 29;20(1):291. -
Opening the 'black box' of collaborative improvement: a qualitative evaluation of a pilot intervention to improve quality of malaria surveillance data in public health centres in Ugandaexternal icon
Hutchinson E, Nayiga S, Nabirye C, Taaka L, Westercamp N, Rowe AK, Staedke SG.
Malar J. 2021 Jun 29;20(1):289. -
Effectiveness of in-service training plus the collaborative improvement strategy on the quality of routine malaria surveillance data: results of a pilot study in Kayunga District, Ugandaexternal icon
Westercamp N, Staedke SG, Maiteki-Sebuguzi C, Ndyabakira A, Okiring JM, Kigozi SP, Dorsey G, Broughton E, Hutchinson E, Massoud MR, Rowe AK.
Malar J. 2021 Jun 29;20(1):290.
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- Public Health Leadership and Management
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Toward a New Strategic Public Health Science for Policy, Practice, Impact, and Health Equityexternal icon
Bunnell R, Ryan J, Kent C.
Am J Public Health. 2021 Jul 1:e1-e8. -
Local Health Department Revenue Diversification and Revenue Volatility: Can One Be Used to Manage the Other?external icon
Viall AH, Bekemeier B, Yeager VA, Carton T.
J Public Health Manag Pract. 2021 Jun 23.
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- Reproductive Health
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Pregnancy Intention: Associations with Maternal Behaviors and Experiences During and After Pregnancyexternal icon
Robbins CL, Zapata LB, D'Angelo D, Brewer LI, Pazol K.
J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2021 Jun 29.
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- Substance Use and Abuse
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Primary care physicians' preparedness to treat opioid use disorder in the United States: A cross-sectional surveyexternal icon
Foti K, Heyward J, Tajanlangit M, Meek K, Jones C, Kolodny A, Alexander GC.
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2021 Jun 18;225:108811. -
Evaluating the Effects of Opioid Prescribing Policies on Patient Outcomes in a Safety-net Primary Care Clinicexternal icon
Rowe CL, Eagen K, Ahern J, Faul M, Hubbard A, Coffin P.
J Gen Intern Med. 2021 Jun 25.
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- Zoonotic and Vectorborne Diseases
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Changing Trends in Age and Sex Distributions of Lyme Disease-United States, 1992-2016external icon
Kugeler KJ, Mead PS, Schwartz AM, Hinckley AF.
Public Health Rep. 2021 Jun 29:333549211026777.
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- Chronic Diseases and Conditions
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