Issue 29, August 17, 2021
CDC Science Clips: Volume 13, Issue 29, August 17, 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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Suspected SARS-CoV-2 reinfections: Incidence, predictors, and healthcare use among patients at 238 U.S. healthcare facilities, June 1, 2020- February 28, 2021external icon
Lawandi A, Warner S, Sun J, Demirkale CY, Danner RL, Klompas M, Gundlapalli A, Datta D, Harris AM, Morris SB, Natarajan P, Kadri SS.
Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Aug 5. -
Epidemiology of anal human papillomavirus infection and high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions in 29 900 men according to HIV status, sexuality, and age: A collaborative pooled analysis of 64 studiesexternal icon
Wei F, Gaisa MM, D'Souza G, Xia N, Giuliano AR, Hawes SE, Gao L, Cheng SH, Donà MG, Goldstone SE, Schim van der Loeff MF, Neukam K, Meites E, Poynten IM, Dai J, Combes JD, Wieland U, Burgos J, Wilkin TJ, Hernandez AL, Iribarren Díaz M, Hidalgo-Tenorio C, Valencia Arredondo M, Nyitray AG, Wentzensen N, Chow EP, Smelov V, Nowak RG, Phanuphak N, Woo YL, Choi Y, Hu Y, Schofield AM, Woestenberg PJ, Chikandiwa AT, Hickey AC, de Pokomandy A, Murenzi G, Péré H, Del Pino M, Ortiz AP, Charnot-Katsikas A, Liu X, Chariyalertsak S, Strong C, Ong JJ, Yunihastuti E, Etienney I, Ferré VM, Zou H, Segondy M, Chinyowa S, Alberts CJ, Clifford GM.
Lancet HIV. 2021 Jul 30.
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- Environmental Health
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Co-occurrence of metal contaminants in United States public water systems in 2013-2015external icon
Thompson AK, Monti MM, Gribble MO.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 ;18(15).
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- Food Safety
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Foodborne botulism outbreaks in the United States, 2001-2017external icon
Lúquez C, Edwards L, Griffin C, Sobel J.
Front Microbiol. 2021 ;12:713101.
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- Health Disparities
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Growing disparity in the incidence of colorectal cancer among non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native populations - United States, 2013-2017external icon
Haverkamp D, Melkonian SC, Jim MA.
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2021 Aug 2.
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- Health Economics
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Trends in total and out-of-pocket payments for insulin among privately insured U.S. adults with diabetes from 2005 to 2018external icon
Laxy M, Zhang P, Benoit SR, Imperatore G, Cheng YJ, Gregg EW, Yang S, Shao H.
Diabetes Care. 2021 Aug 4.
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- Healthcare Associated Infections
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Advancing diagnostic stewardship for healthcare associated infections, antibiotic resistance, and sepsisexternal icon
Curren EJ, Lutgring JD, Kabbani S, Diekema DJ, Gitterman S, Lautenbach E, Morgan DJ, Rock C, Salerno RM, McDonald LC.
Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Aug 4.
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- Immunity and Immunization
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Progress towards rubella elimination - WHO European Region, 2005-2019pdf iconexternal icon
O'Connor P, Jankovic D, Zimmerman L, Mamou MB, Reef S.
Weekly Epidemiological Record. 2021 ;96(24):229-240.
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- Informatics
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Building an interactive geospatial visualization application for national health care-associated infection surveillance: Development studyexternal icon
Zheng S, Edwards JR, Dudeck MA, Patel PR, Wattenmaker L, Mirza M, Tejedor SC, Lemoine K, Benin AL, Pollock DA.
JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2021 Jul 30;7(7):e23528.
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- Laboratory Sciences
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Laboratory capacity assessments in 25 African countries at high risk of yellow fever, August-December 2018external icon
Johnson BW, Demanou M, Fall G, Betoulle JL, Obiekea C, Basile AJ, Domingo C, Goodman C, Mossel E, Reusken C, Staples E, de Morais JF, Neto Z, Paixao P, Denon YE, Glitho M, Mahinou J, Kagone T, Nakoune E, Gamougam K, Simbu EP, Ahuka S, Mombouli JV, Goma-Nkoua C, Adjogoua EV, Tayachew A, Beyene B, Sanneh B, Jarju ML, Mendy A, Amelor DK, Ofosu-Appiah L, Opare D, Antwi L, Adade R, Magassouba N, Gomes SF, Limbaso S, Lutomiah J, Gbelee B, Dogba J, Cisse I, Idde Z, Ihekweazu C, Mba N, Faye O, Sall AA, Koroma Z, Juma MA, Maror JA, Eldigail M, Elduma AH, Elageb R, Badziklou K, Komla KA, Kayiwa J, Lutwama JJ, Hampton L, Mulders MN.
Pan African Medical Journal. 2021 ;38.
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- Maternal and Child Health
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Maternal prepregnancy weight and gestational weight gain in association with autism and developmental disorders in offspringexternal icon
Matias SL, Pearl M, Lyall K, Croen LA, Kral TV, Fallin D, Lee LC, Bradley CB, Schieve LA, Windham GC.
Obesity (Silver Spring). 2021 Aug 4.
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- Zoonotic and Vectorborne Diseases
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Development and implementation of the Ebola exposure window calculator: A tool for Ebola virus disease outbreak field investigationsexternal icon
Whitesell A, Bustamante ND, Stewart M, Freeman J, Dismer AM, Alarcon W, Kofman A, Ben Hamida A, Nichol ST, Damon I, Haberling DL, Keita M, Mbuyi G, Armstrong G, Juang D, Dana J, Choi MJ.
PLoS One. 2021 ;16(8):e0255631.
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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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Lifetime risk of developing diabetes and years of life lost among those with diabetes in Brazilexternal icon
Bracco PA, Gregg EW, Rolka DB, Schmidt MI, Barreto SM, Lotufo PA, Bensenor I, Duncan BB.
J Glob Health. 2021 ;11:04041. -
Blood from a stone: Funding hypertension prevention, treatment, and care in low- and middle-income countriesexternal icon
Cohn J, Kostova D, Moran AE, Cobb LK, Pathni AK, Bisrat D.
J Hum Hypertens. 2021 Jul 30. -
Demographic differences and disparities in the misdiagnosis of interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome in a national cohort of VA patientsexternal icon
Dallas KB, Bresee C, De Hoedt A, Senechal JF, Barbour KE, Kim J, Freedland SJ, Anger JT.
Urology. 2021 Aug 1. -
Hypertension in women: The role of adolescent childbearingexternal icon
Datta BK, Husain MJ, Kostova D.
BMC Public Health. 2021 Jul 29;21(1):1481. -
Assessing national cervical cancer screening guidelines: Results from an HIV testing clinic also screening for cervical cancer and HPV in Soweto, South Africaexternal icon
Hopkins KL, Jaffer M, Hlongwane KE, Otwombe K, Dietrich J, Cheyip M, Olivier J, Doherty T, Gray GE.
PLoS One. 2021 ;16(7):e0255124.
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- Communicable Diseases
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Seasonal influenza during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladeshexternal icon
Akhtar Z, Chowdhury F, Rahman M, Ghosh PK, Ahmmed MK, Islam MA, Mott JA, Davis W.
PLoS One. 2021 ;16(8):e0255646. -
Detection of dengue virus serotype 1 in central nervous system of a child in Bandung, West Java: A case reportexternal icon
Alisjahbana DH, Nurmawati S, Hakim DD, Milanti M, Dewi YP, Johar E, Myint KS, Lederman JP, Powers AM, Alisjahbana B, Antonjaya U.
SAGE Open Med Case Reports. 2021 ;9. -
Incident bone fracture and mortality in a large HIV cohort outpatient study, 2000-2017, USAexternal icon
Battalora L, Armon C, Palella F, Li J, Overton ET, Hammer J, Fuhrer J, Novak RM, Carlson K, Spear JR, Buchacz K.
Arch Osteoporos. 2021 Aug 2;16(1):117. -
Improving pandemic response: Employing mathematical modeling to confront COVID-19external icon
Biggerstaff M, Slayton RB, Johansson MA, Butler JC.
Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Aug 3. -
Outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 infections, including COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough infections, associated with large public gatherings - Barnstable County, Massachusetts, July 2021external icon
Brown CM, Vostok J, Johnson H, Burns M, Gharpure R, Sami S, Sabo RT, Hall N, Foreman A, Schubert PL, Gallagher GR, Fink T, Madoff LC, Gabriel SB, MacInnis B, Park DJ, Siddle KJ, Harik V, Arvidson D, Brock-Fisher T, Dunn M, Kearns A, Laney AS.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2021 Aug 6;70(31):1059-1062. -
Human papillomavirus persistence and association with recurrent cervical intraepithelial neoplasia after cryotherapy vs loop electrosurgical excision procedure among HIV-positive women: A secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trialexternal icon
Chung MH, De Vuyst H, Greene SA, Mugo NR, Querec TD, Nyongesa-Malava E, Cagle A, Sakr SR, Luchters S, Temmerman M, Unger ER, McGrath CJ.
JAMA Oncol. 2021 Aug 5. -
SARS-CoV-2 prevalence among outpatients during community transmission, Zambia, July 2020external icon
Hines JZ, Fwoloshi S, Kampamba D, Barradas DT, Banda D, Zulu JE, Wolkon A, Yingst S, Boyd MA, Siwingwa M, Chirwa L, Kapina M, Sinyange N, Mukonka V, Malama K, Mulenga LB, Agolory S.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2021 Aug;27(8):2166-2168. -
Improved detection and management of advanced HIV disease through a community adult TB-contact tracing intervention with same-day provision of the WHO-recommended package of care including art initiation in a rural district of Mozambiqueexternal icon
Izco S, Murias-Closas A, Jordan AM, Greene G, Catorze N, Chiconela H, Garcia JI, Blanco-Arevalo A, Febrer A, Casellas A, Saavedra B, Chiller T, Nhampossa T, Garcia-Basteiro A, Letang E.
J Int AIDS Soc. 2021 Aug;24(8):e25775. -
Transmission dynamics of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in high-density settings, Minnesota, USA, March-June 2020external icon
Lehnertz NB, Wang X, Garfin J, Taylor J, Zipprich J, VonBank B, Martin K, Eikmeier D, Medus C, Wiedinmyer B, Bernu C, Plumb M, Pung K, Honein MA, Carter R, MacCannell D, Smith KE, Como-Sabetti K, Ehresmann K, Danila R, Lynfield R.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2021 Aug;27(8):2052-2063. -
Estimating the effect of increasing dispensing intervals on retention in care for people with HIV in Haitiexternal icon
Parrish C, Basu A, Fishman P, Koama JB, Robin E, Francois K, Honore JG, Van Onacker JD, Puttkammer N.
EClinicalMedicine. 2021 August;38. -
Adherence to daily oral TDF/FTC for PrEP in community health center populations: The Sustainable Health Center Implementation PrEP Pilot (SHIPP) Studyexternal icon
Smith DK, Rawlings MK, Glick N, Mena L, Coleman M, Houlberg M, McCallister S, Wiener J.
AIDS Behav. 2021 Aug 4.
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- Environmental Health
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Temporal trends of concentrations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances among adults with overweight and obesity in the United States: Results from the Diabetes Prevention Program and NHANESexternal icon
Lin PD, Cardenas A, Hauser R, Gold DR, Kleinman KP, Hivert MF, Calafat AM, Webster TF, Horton ES, Oken E.
Environ Int. 2021 Jul 29;157:106789.
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- Epidemiology and Surveillance
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Participatory surveillance of COVID-19 in Lesotho via weekly calls: Protocol for cell phone data collectionexternal icon
Greenleaf A, Mwima G, Lethoko M, Conkling M, Keefer G, Chang C, McLeod N, Maruyama H, Chen Q, Farley S, Low A.
JMIR Res Protoc. 2021 Aug 1. -
Use of SMS-linked electronic surveys for COVID-19 case investigation and contact tracing - Marin County, CA, USAexternal icon
Janssen JM, McGrath A, Ereman R, Moonan PK, Oeltmann JE, Willis M, McCurdy SA.
Public Health Pract (Oxf). 2021 Nov;2:100170.
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- Genetics and Genomics
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Genomic characterization of strains from a cluster of infant botulism type A in a small town in Colorado, United Statesexternal icon
Gladney L, Halpin JL, Lúquez C.
Front Microbiol. 2021 ;12:688240. -
COPLA, a taxonomic classifier of plasmidsexternal icon
Redondo-Salvo S, Bartomeus-Peñalver R, Vielva L, Tagg KA, Webb HE, Fernández-López R, de la Cruz F.
BMC Bioinformatics. 2021 Jul 31;22(1):390.
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- Health Disparities
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Racial disparity in potential occupational exposure to COVID-19external icon
Asfaw A.
J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2021 Aug 5. -
Subjective cognitive decline higher among sexual and gender minorities in the United States, 2015-2018external icon
Flatt JD, Cicero EC, Lambrou NH, Wharton W, Anderson JG, Bouldin ED, McGuire LC, Taylor CA.
Alzheimers Dement (N Y). 2021 ;7(1):e12197. -
Association of community socioeconomic deprivation with evidence of reduced kidney function at time of type 2 diabetes diagnosisexternal icon
Hirsch AG, Nordberg CM, Chang A, Poulsen MN, Moon KA, Siegel KR, Rolka DB, Schwartz BS.
SSM - Population Health. 2021 September;15. -
Private well testing in peri-urban African-American communities lacking access to regulated municipal drinking water: A mental models approach to risk communicationexternal icon
MacDonald Gibson J, Stillo F, Wood E, Lockhart S, Bruine de Bruin W.
Risk Anal. 2021 Aug 2.
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- Health Economics
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Insurance reimbursements for recombinant zoster vaccine in the private sectorexternal icon
Leidner AJ, Tang Z, Guo A, Anderson TC, Tsai Y.
Vaccine. 2021 Aug 2.
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- Healthcare Associated Infections
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Skin metagenomic sequence analysis of early Candida auris outbreaks in U.S. nursing homesexternal icon
Huang X, Welsh RM, Deming C, Proctor DM, Thomas PJ, Gussin GM, Huang SS, Kong HH, Bentz ML, Vallabhaneni S, Chiller T, Jackson BR, Forsberg K, Conlan S, Litvintseva AP, Segre JA.
mSphere. 2021 Aug 4:e0028721. -
Supplemental findings of the 2019 National Blood Collection and Utilization Surveyexternal icon
Mowla SJ, Sapiano MR, Jones JM, Berger JJ, Basavaraju SV.
Transfusion. 2021 Aug 1. -
Donor-derived ehrlichiosis: Two clusters following solid organ transplantationexternal icon
Saha A, Browning C, Dandamudi R, Barton K, Graepel K, Cullity M, Abusalah W, Christine D, Rossi C, Drexler N, Basavaraju S, Annambhotia P, Guillamet RV, Eid AJ, Maliakkal J, Miller A, Hugge C, Dharnidharka VR, Kandula P, Moritz MJ.
Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Jul 30.
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- Immunity and Immunization
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COVID-19 vaccine safety in adolescents aged 12-17 years - United States, December 14, 2020-July 16, 2021external icon
Hause AM, Gee J, Baggs J, Abara WE, Marquez P, Thompson D, Su JR, Licata C, Rosenblum HG, Myers TR, Shimabukuro TT, Shay DK.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2021 Aug 6;70(31):1053-1058. -
Environmental surveillance for risk assessment in the context of a phase 2 clinical trial of type 2 novel oral polio vaccine in Panamaexternal icon
Rojas-Bonilla M, Coulliette-Salmond A, Belgasmi H, Wong K, Sayyad L, Vega E, Grimoldi F, Oberste MS, Ruttimann R.
Viruses. 2021 ;13(7). -
Phylogeography and resistome of pneumococcal meningitis in West Africa before and after vaccine introductionexternal icon
Senghore M, Tientcheu PE, Worwui AK, Jarju S, Okoi C, Suso SM, Foster-Nyarko E, Ebruke C, Sonko M, Kourna MH, Agossou J, Tsolenyanu E, Renner LA, Ansong D, Sanneh B, Cisse CB, Boula A, Miwanda B, Lo SW, Gladstone RA, Schwartz S, Hawkins P, McGee L, Klugman KP, Breiman RF, Bentley SD, Mwenda JM, Kwambana-Adams BA, Antonio M.
Microb Genom. 2021 Jul;7(7). -
Impact of mandatory vaccination of healthcare personnel on rates of influenza and other viral respiratory pathogensexternal icon
Simberkoff MS, Rattigan SM, Gaydos CA, Gibert CL, Gorse GJ, Nyquist AC, Price CS, Reich N, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Bessesen M, Brown A, Cummings DA, Radonovich LJ, Perl TM.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2021 Aug 5:1-5. -
Assessment of genetic changes and neurovirulence of shed sabin and novel type 2 oral polio vaccine virusesexternal icon
Wahid R, Mercer L, Macadam A, Carlyle S, Stephens L, Martin J, Chumakov K, Laassri M, Petrovskaya S, Smits SL, Stittelaar KJ, Gast C, Weldon WC, Konopka-Anstadt JL, Oberste MS, Van Damme P, De Coster I, Rüttimann R, Bandyopadhyay A, Konz J.
NPJ Vaccines. 2021 Jul 29;6(1):94.
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- Laboratory Sciences
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Identification of streptococcus pseudopneumoniae and other mitis group streptococci using matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization - time of flight mass spectrometryexternal icon
Jensen CS, Dargis R, Shewmaker P, Nielsen XC, Christensen JJ.
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2021 Jul 10;101(3):115487. -
Quantification of SARS-CoV-2 spike and nucleocapsid proteins using isotope dilution tandem mass spectrometryexternal icon
Pierce-Ruiz C, Santana WI, Sutton WJ, Fischler DA, Cooper HC, Marc LR, Barr JR, Williams TL.
Vaccine. 2021 Jul 24. -
Characterization of the first carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolate harboring bla(sim-1) from the United Statesexternal icon
Prussing C, Canulla T, Singh N, McAuley P, Gosciminski M, King E, Bandy U, Machado MJ, Karlsson M, Musser KA, Huard RC, Nazarian EJ.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2021 Aug 2:Aac0106621.
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- Maternal and Child Health
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Periconceptional nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug use, folic acid intake, and the risk of spina bifidaexternal icon
Esposito DB, Parker SE, Mitchell AA, Tinker SC, Werler MM.
Birth Defects Res. 2021 Aug 3.
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- Nutritional Sciences
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A qualitative analysis of program fidelity and perspectives of educators and parents after two years of the girls' iron-folate tablet supplementation (GIFTS) program in Ghanaian secondary schoolsexternal icon
Gosdin L, Amoaful EF, Sharma D, Sharma AJ, Addo OY, Ashigbi X, Mumuni B, Situma R, Ramakrishnan U, Martorell R, Jefferds ME.
Curr Dev Nutr. 2021 Jul;5(7):nzab094. -
Physiologically based serum ferritin thresholds for iron deficiency in children and non-pregnant women: A US National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES) serial cross-sectional studyexternal icon
Mei Z, Addo OY, Jefferds ME, Sharma AJ, Flores-Ayala RC, Brittenham GM.
Lancet Haematol. 2021 Aug;8(8):e572-e582.
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- Occupational Safety and Health
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Applying the social vulnerability index as a leading indicator to protect fire-based emergency medical service responders’ healthexternal icon
Haas EJ, Furek A, Casey M, Yoon KN, Moore SM.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 ;18(15). -
A national overview of youth and injury trends on U.S. farms, 2001-2014external icon
Hendricks KJ, Hendricks SA, Layne LA.
J Agric Saf Health. 2021 Jul 9;27(3):121-134. -
COVID-19 mortality among Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) and Transport Workers Union (TWU) workers - March-July 2020, New York City metro areaexternal icon
Tomasi SE, Ramirez-Cardenas A, Thiese MS, Rinsky JL, Chiu SK, Luckhaupt S, Bateman R, Burrer SL.
Am J Ind Med. 2021 Aug 3.
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- Occupational Safety and Health - Mining
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Electromagnetic environments and wireless channels for through-the-earth (TTE) communications in an underground coal mine: Modeling and measurementsexternal icon
Zhou C, Damiano N.
Prog Electromagn Res M. 2021 ;103:91-101.
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- Reproductive Health
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The Michigan plan for appropriate tailored health care in pregnancy prenatal care recommendationsexternal icon
Peahl AF, Zahn CM, Turrentine M, Barfield W, Blackwell SD, Roberts SJ, Powell AR, Chopra V, Bernstein SJ.
Obstet Gynecol. 2021 Aug 5.
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- Zoonotic and Vectorborne Diseases
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Notes from the field: Delays in identification and treatment of a case of septicemic plague - Navajo County, Arizona, 2020external icon
Dale AP, Kretschmer M, Ruberto I, Wagner DM, Solomon C, Komatsu K, Venkat H.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2021 Aug 6;70(31):1063-1064. -
Clinical phenotype in infants with negative Zika virus immunoglobulin M testing born to mothers with confirmed Zika virus infection during pregnancyexternal icon
Godfred-Cato S, Newton S, Adams L, Valencia-Prado M, Lake-Burger H, Morrison A, Jones AM, Olson SM, Roth NM, Tong VT, Gilboa SM, Meaney Delman D, Honein MA, Staples JE, Moore CA.
Birth Defects Res. 2021 Jul 30. -
Clinical characteristics of rocky mountain spotted fever in the United States: A literature reviewexternal icon
Jay R, Armstrong PA.
J Vector Borne Dis. 2020 Apr-Jun;57(2):114-120.
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- Chronic Diseases and Conditions
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