Issue 35, September 28, 2021
CDC Science Clips: Volume 13, Issue 35, September 28, 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.- Chronic Diseases and Conditions
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Trends in the use of cervical cancer screening tests in a large medical claims database, United States, 2013-2019external icon
Qin J, Shahangian S, Saraiya M, Holt H, Gagnon M, Sawaya GF.
Gynecol Oncol. 2021 Sep 7.
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- Communicable Diseases
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High congenital syphilis case counts among U.S. infants born in 2020external icon
Bowen VB, McDonald R, Grey JA, Kimball A, Torrone EA.
N Engl J Med. 2021 Sep 16;385(12):1144-1145.
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- Environmental Health
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Personal interventions for reducing exposure and risk for outdoor air pollution: An official American Thoracic Society Workshop reportexternal icon
Laumbach RJ, Cromar KR, Adamkiewicz G, Carlsten C, Charpin D, Chan WR, de Nazelle A, Forastiere F, Goldstein J, Gumy S, Hallman WK, Jerrett M, Kipen HM, Pirozzi CS, Polivka BJ, Radbel J, Shaffer RE, Sin DD, Viegi G.
Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2021 Sep;18(9):1435-1443.
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- Health Disparities
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How right now: The role of social determinants of health as they relate to emotional well-being amidst the COVID-19 pandemicexternal icon
Burke-Garcia A, Johnson-Turbes A, Mitchell EW, Vallery Verlenden JM, Puddy R, Mercado MC, Nelson P, Thomas C, Crick C, Leeb R, Rabinowitz L, McCutchan L, Xia K, Wagstaff L, Feng M, Caicedo L, Tolbert E.
J Emerg Manage. 2021 ;19(9):17-62.
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- Immunity and Immunization
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Lower cognitive scores among toddlers in birth cohorts with acute respiratory illnesses, fevers, and laboratory-confirmed influenzaexternal icon
Azziz-Baumgartner E, Gonzalez R, Davis W, Calvo A, Olson N, Grant L, Hess-Holtz M, Veguilla V, Rauda R, Kaydos-Daniels SC, Sosa N, Aedo Ruíz EI, Armero Guardado J, Porter R, Franco D, Pascale JM, Peacock G.
Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2021 Sep 14.
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- Occupational Safety and Health
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Cancer incidence in World Trade Center-exposed and non-exposed male firefighters, as compared with the US adult male population: 2001-2016external icon
Webber MP, Singh A, Zeig-Owens R, Salako J, Skerker M, Hall CB, Goldfarb DG, Jaber N, Daniels RD, Prezant DJ.
Occup Environ Med. 2021 Oct;78(10):707-714.
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- Parasitic Diseases
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Neglected parasitic infections: What family physicians need to know-a CDC updateexternal icon
Cantey PT, Montgomery SP, Straily A.
Am Fam Physician. 2021 Sep 1;104(3):277-287. -
Safety, immunogenicity and efficacy of PfSPZ vaccine against malaria in infants in western Kenya: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled phase 2 trialexternal icon
Oneko M, Steinhardt LC, Yego R, Wiegand RE, Swanson PA, Kc N, Akach D, Sang T, Gutman JR, Nzuu EL, Dungani A, Kim Lee Sim B, Oloo PN, Otieno K, Bii DK, Billingsley PF, James ER, Kariuki S, Samuels AM, Jongo S, Chebore W, Abdulla S, Daubenberger C, Mpina M, Styers D, Potter GE, Abarbanell G, Richie TL, Hoffman SL, Seder RA.
Nat Med. 2021 Sep;27(9):1636-1645.
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- Physical Activity
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Priorities and indicators for economic evaluation of built environment interventions to promote physical activityexternal icon
Cradock AL, Buchner D, Zaganjor H, Thomas JV, Sallis JF, Rose K, Meehan L, Lawson M, Lavinghouze R, Fenton M, Devlin HM, Carlson SA, Bhattacharya T, Fulton JE.
J Phys Act Health. 2021 Jul 9:1-9.
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- Public Health Leadership and Management
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Field Epidemiology Training Programs to accelerate public health workforce development and global health securityexternal icon
Martin R, Fall IS.
Int J Infect Dis. 2021 Sep 7.
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- Reproductive Health
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Changes in U.S. healthcare provider practices related to emergency contraceptionexternal icon
Pagano HP, Zapata LB, Curtis KM, Whiteman MK.
Womens Health Issues. 2021 Sep 9.
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- Zoonotic and Vectorborne Diseases
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Ongoing outbreak of extensively drug-resistant Campylobacter jejuni infections associated with US pet store puppies, 2016-2020external icon
Francois Watkins LK, Laughlin ME, Joseph LA, Chen JC, Nichols M, Basler C, Breazu R, Bennett C, Koski L, Montgomery MP, Hughes MJ, Robertson S, Lane CG, Singh AJ, Stanek D, Salehi E, Brandt E, McGillivary G, Mowery J, DeMent J, Aubert RD, Geissler AL, de Fijter S, Williams IT, Friedman CR.
JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Sep 1;4(9):e2125203.
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- Chronic Diseases and Conditions
- 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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Longitudinal trends in body mass index before and during the COVID-19 pandemic among persons aged 2-19 years - United States, 2018-2020external icon
Lange SJ, Kompaniyets L, Freedman DS, Kraus EM, Porter R, Blanck HM, Goodman AB.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2021 Sep 17;70(37):1278-1283. -
Baby boomers who provide informal care for people living with dementia in the communityexternal icon
Miyawaki CE, Bouldin ED, Taylor CA, McGuire LC.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 ;18(18). -
Asthma surveillance - United States, 2006-2018external icon
Pate CA, Zahran HS, Qin X, Johnson C, Hummelman E, Malilay J.
MMWR Surveill Summ. 2021 Sep 17;70(5):1-32. -
Tubular injury in diabetic ketoacidosis: Results from the Diabetic Kidney Alarm Studyexternal icon
Piani F, Melena I, Severn C, Chung LT, Vinovskis C, Cherney D, Pyle L, Roncal-Jimenez CA, Lanaspa MA, Rewers A, van Raalte DH, Obeid W, Parikh C, Nelson RG, Pavkov ME, Nadeau KJ, Johnson RJ, Bjornstad P.
Pediatr Diabetes. 2021 Aug 26. -
Comprehensive search for novel circulating miRNAs and axon guidance pathway proteins associated with risk of ESKD in diabetesexternal icon
Satake E, Saulnier PJ, Kobayashi H, Gupta MK, Looker HC, Wilson JM, Md Dom ZI, Ihara K, O'Neil K, Krolewski B, Pipino C, Pavkov ME, Nair V, Bitzer M, Niewczas MA, Kretzler M, Mauer M, Doria A, Najafian B, Kulkarni RN, Duffin KL, Pezzolesi MG, Kahn CR, Nelson RG, Krolewski AS.
J Am Soc Nephrol. 2021 Sep;32(9):2331-2351.
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- Communicable Diseases
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Unmet needs and barriers to services among people who inject drugs with HIV in the United Statesexternal icon
Dasgupta S, Tie Y, Beer L, Broz D, Vu Q.
J HIV/AIDS Soc Serv. 2021 . -
HIV incidence by male circumcision status from the population-based HIV impact assessment surveys-eight sub-Saharan African countries, 2015-2017external icon
Hines JZ, Sachathep K, Pals S, Davis SM, Toledo C, Bronson M, Parekh B, Carrasco M, Xaba S, Mandisarisa J, Kamobyi R, Chituwo O, Kirungi WL, Alamo S, Kabuye G, Awor AC, Mmbando S, Simbeye D, Aupokolo MA, Zemburuka B, Nyirenda R, Msungama W, Tarumbiswa T, Manda R, Nuwagaba-Biribonwoha H, Kiggundu V, Thomas AG, Watts H, Voetsch AC, Williams DB.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2021 Aug 1;87(Suppl 1):S89-s96. -
Trade-offs between individual and ensemble forecasts of an emerging infectious diseaseexternal icon
Oidtman RJ, Omodei E, Kraemer MU, Castañeda-Orjuela CA, Cruz-Rivera E, Misnaza-Castrillón S, Cifuentes MP, Rincon LE, Cañon V, Alarcon P, España G, Huber JH, Hill SC, Barker CM, Johansson MA, Manore CA, Reiner RC, Rodriguez-Barraquer I, Siraj AS, Frias-Martinez E, García-Herranz M, Perkins TA.
Nat Commun. 2021 Sep 10;12(1):5379. -
Informing the future of PrEP navigation: Findings from a five-site cluster evaluationexternal icon
Salabarría-Peña Y, Douglas C, Brantley M, Johnson AK.
Eval Program Plann. 2021 Sep 2:101999. -
Going beyond performance measures in HIV-prevention: A funder-recipient expeditionexternal icon
Salabarría-Peña Y, Robinson WT.
Eval Program Plann. 2021 Sep 2:101996. -
Trends in HIV prevalence by self-report among MSM diagnosed and 1 reported with gonorrhea in six U.S. jurisdictions, 2010-2019external icon
Stenger MR, Pathela P, Schumacher C, Burghardt N, Amiya R, Madera R, Nguyen TQ, Torrone E.
Aids. 2021 Sep 10.
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- Community Health Services
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COVID-19-associated school closures and related efforts to sustain education and subsidized meal programs, United States, February 18-June 30, 2020external icon
Zviedrite N, Hodis JD, Jahan F, Gao H, Uzicanin A.
PLoS One. 2021 ;16(9):e0248925.
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- Disaster Control and Emergency Services
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World Trade Center Health Program: 20 years after 9/11external icon
Calvert GM, Reissman D, Howard J.
Occup Environ Med. 2021 Oct;78(10):697-698. -
How do I… facilitate a rapid response to a public health emergency requiring plasma collection with a public-private partnership?external icon
Miller MJ, Skrzekut A, Kracalik I, Jones JM, Lofy KH, Konkle BA, Haley NR, Duvenhage M, Bonnett T, Holbrook M, Higgs E, Basavaraju SV, Paranjape S.
Transfusion. 2021 Sep 12.
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- Environmental Health
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Pregnancy exposure to synthetic phenols and placental DNA methylation - An epigenome-wide association study in male infants from the EDEN cohortexternal icon
Jedynak P, Tost J, Calafat AM, Bourova-Flin E, Busato F, Forhan A, Heude B, Jakobi M, Rousseaux S, Schwartz J, Slama R, Vaiman D, Philippat C, Lepeule J.
Environ Pollut. 2021 Aug 21;290:118024.
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- Food Safety
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Mild botulism from illicitly brewed alcohol in a large prison outbreak in Mississippiexternal icon
Marlow M, Edwards L, McCrickard L, Francois Watkins LK, Anderson J, Hand S, Taylor K, Dykes J, Byers P, Chatham-Stephens K.
Front Public Health. 2021 ;9:716615. -
Assessment of genetic stability during serial in vitro passage and in vivo carriageexternal icon
Sabol A, Joung YJ, VanTubbergen C, Ale J, Ribot EM, Trees E.
Foodborne Pathog Dis. 2021 Sep 14.
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- Genetics and Genomics
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Comparative genomic analysis of genogroup 1 and genogroup 2 rotaviruses circulating in seven US cities, 2014-2016external icon
Esona MD, Gautam R, Katz E, Jaime J, Ward ML, Wikswo ME, Betrapally NS, Rustempasic SM, Selvarangan R, Harrison CJ, Boom JA, Englund J, Klein EJ, Staat MA, McNeal MM, Halasa N, Chappell J, Weinberg GA, Payne DC, Parashar UD, Bowen MD.
Virus Evol. 2021 Jan;7(1):veab023.
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- Health Disparities
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Influenza vaccination coverage among adults by nativity, race/ethnicity, citizenship, and language of the interview United States, 2012-13 through 2017-18 influenza seasonsexternal icon
Chuey MR, Hung MC, Srivastav A, Lu PJ, Nguyen KH, Williams WW, Lainz AR.
Am J Infect Control. 2021 Sep 11. -
Disaggregating data to measure racial disparities in COVID-19 outcomes and guide community response - Hawaii, March 1, 2020-February 28, 2021external icon
Quint JJ, Van Dyke ME, Maeda H, Worthington JK, Dela Cruz MR, Kaholokula JK, Matagi CE, Pirkle CM, Roberson EK, Sentell T, Watkins-Victorino L, Andrews CA, Center KE, Calanan RM, Clarke KE, Satter DE, Penman-Aguilar A, Parker EM, Kemble S.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2021 Sep 17;70(37):1267-1273.
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- Healthcare Associated Infections
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Feasibility of a nursing home antibiotic stewardship interventionexternal icon
Baier RR, Jump RL, Zhang T, Kabbani S, Gifford DR, Gravenstein S.
J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2021 Sep 7. -
Norovirus outbreaks in long-term care facilities in the United States, 2009-2018: a decade of surveillanceexternal icon
Calderwood LE, Wikswo ME, Mattison CP, Kambhampati AK, Balachandran N, Vinjé J, Barclay L, Hall AJ, Parashar U, Mirza SA.
Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Sep 15. -
Carbapenemase production among less-common Enterobacterales genera: 10 US sites, 2018external icon
Shugart A, Mahon G, Huang JY, Karlsson M, Valley A, Lasure M, Gross A, Pattee B, Vaeth E, Brooks R, Maruca T, Dominguez CE, Torpey D, Francis D, Bhattarai R, Kainer MA, Chan A, Dubendris H, Greene SR, Blosser SJ, Shannon DJ, Jones K, Brennan B, Hun S, D'Angeli M, Murphy CN, Tierney M, Reese N, Bhatnagar A, Kallen A, Brown AC, Spalding Walters M.
JAC Antimicrob Resist. 2021 Sep;3(3):dlab137.
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- Immunity and Immunization
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Effectiveness of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines against COVID-19-associated hospitalization - five Veterans Affairs Medical Centers, United States, February 1-August 6, 2021external icon
Bajema KL, Dahl RM, Prill MM, Meites E, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Marconi VC, Beenhouwer DO, Brown ST, Holodniy M, Lucero-Obusan C, Rivera-Dominguez G, Morones RG, Whitmire A, Goldin EB, Evener SL, Tremarelli M, Tong S, Hall AJ, Schrag SJ, McMorrow M, Kobayashi M, Verani JR, Surie D.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2021 Sep 17;70(37):1294-1299. -
An evaluation of an influenza vaccination campaign targeting pregnant women in 27 clinics in two provinces of South Africa, 2015 - 2018external icon
Bishop K, McMorrow M, Meiring S, Walaza S, Rossi L, Mhlanga S, Tempia S, Mathunjwa A, Kleynhans J, Appiah GD, McAnerney JM, Zar HJ, Cohen C.
BMC Health Serv Res. 2021 Sep 9;21(1):941. -
COVID-19 vaccine uptake among residents and staff members of assisted living and residential care communities-Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program, December 2020-April 2021external icon
Gharpure R, Yi SH, Li R, Jacobs Slifka KM, Tippins A, Jaffe A, Guo A, Kent AG, Gouin KA, Whitworth JC, Vlachos N, Patel A, Stuckey MJ, Link-Gelles R.
J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2021 Aug 25. -
Interim estimates of COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against COVID-19-associated emergency department or urgent care clinic encounters and hospitalizations among adults during SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617.2 (Delta) variant predominance - nine states, June-August 2021external icon
Grannis SJ, Rowley EA, Ong TC, Stenehjem E, Klein NP, DeSilva MB, Naleway AL, Natarajan K, Thompson MG.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2021 Sep 17;70(37):1291-1293. -
Monitoring incidence of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths, by vaccination status - 13 U.S. jurisdictions, April 4-July 17, 2021external icon
Scobie HM, Johnson AG, Suthar AB, Severson R, Alden NB, Balter S, Bertolino D, Blythe D, Brady S, Cadwell B, Cheng I, Davidson S, Delgadillo J, Devinney K, Duchin J, Duwell M, Fisher R, Fleischauer A, Grant A, Griffin J, Haddix M, Hand J, Hanson M, Hawkins E, Herlihy RK, Hicks L, Holtzman C, Hoskins M, Hyun J, Kaur R, Kay M, Kidrowski H, Kim C, Komatsu K, Kugeler K, Lewis M, Lyons BC, Lyons S, Lynfield R, McCaffrey K, McMullen C, Milroy L, Meyer S, Nolen L, Patel MR, Pogosjans S, Reese HE, Saupe A, Sell J, Sokol T, Sosin D, Stanislawski E, Stevens K, Vest H, White K, Wilson E, MacNeil A, Ritchey MD, Silk BJ.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2021 Sep 17;70(37):1284-1290. -
Influenza vaccine effectiveness within prospective cohorts of healthcare personnel in Israel and Peru 2016-2019external icon
Thompson MG, Soto G, Perez A, Newes-Adeyim G, Yoo YM, Hirsch A, Katz M, Tinoco Y, Shemer Avni Y, Ticona E, Malosh R, Martin E, Matos E, Reynolds S, Wesley M, Ferdinands J, Cheung A, Levine M, Bravo E, Arriola CS, Ester Castillo M, Carlos Castro J, Dawood F, Goldberg D, Manuel Neyra Quijandría J, Azziz-Baumgartner E, Monto A, Balicer R.
Vaccine. 2021 Sep 8.
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- Injury and Violence
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Developing indicators to evaluate systems thinking and application in state injury and violence prevention programsexternal icon
Wilkins NJ, Kossover-Smith RA, Hogan SA, Espinosa R, Wilson LF.
New Dir Eval. 2021 ;2021(170):67-80.
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- Laboratory Sciences
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Dermal exposure to the immunomodulatory antimicrobial chemical triclosan alters the skin barrier integrity and microbiome in miceexternal icon
Baur R, Gandhi J, Marshall NB, Lukomska E, Weatherly LM, Shane HL, Hu G, Anderson SE.
Toxicol Sci. 2021 Sep 13. -
Escaping the fate of Sisyphus: assessing resistome hybridization baits for antimicrobial resistance gene captureexternal icon
Beaudry MS, Thomas JC, Baptista RP, Sullivan AH, Norfolk W, Devault A, Enk J, Kieran TJ, Rhodes OE, Perry-Dow KA, Rose LJ, Bayona-Vásquez NJ, Oladeinde A, Lipp EK, Sanchez S, Glenn TC.
Environ Microbiol. 2021 Sep 14. -
Classification of measles breakthrough cases in an elimination setting using a comprehensive algorithm of laboratory results: why highly sensitive and specific IgM assays are importantexternal icon
Mercader S, Dominguez A, Torner N, Costa J, Sowers S, Martinez A, Bellini WJ, Hickman CJ.
Int J Infect Dis. 2021 Sep 8. -
Coxiella burnetii infections in mice: Immunological responses to contemporary genotypes found in the USexternal icon
Priestley RA, Smith CB, Miller HK, Kersh GJ.
Virulence. 2021 Dec;12(1):2461-2473.
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- Maternal and Child Health
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Maternal smoking and congenital heart defects, National Birth Defects Prevention Study, 1997-2011external icon
Bolin EH, Gokun Y, Romitti PA, Tinker SC, Summers AD, Roberson PK, Hobbs CA, Malik S, Botto LD, Nembhard WN.
J Pediatr. 2021 Sep 8.
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- Occupational Safety and Health
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The history of the evaluation of particulate respirator fitting characteristics in the U.S. approval requirementsexternal icon
Coffey CC, Miller C, Szalajda J.
J Occup Environ Hyg. 2021 Sep 14:1-10.
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- Parasitic Diseases
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Investigation of US Cyclospora cayetanensis outbreaks in 2019 and evaluation of an improved Cyclospora genotyping system against 2019 cyclosporiasis outbreak clustersexternal icon
Barratt J, Houghton K, Richins T, Straily A, Threlkel R, Bera B, Kenneally J, Clemons B, Madison-Antenucci S, Cebelinski E, Whitney BM, Kreil KR, Cama V, Arrowood MJ, Qvarnstrom Y.
Epidemiol Infect. 2021 Sep 13:1-39. -
Partial indoor residual spraying with pirimiphos-methyl as an effective and cost-saving measure for the control of Anopheles gambiae s.l. in northern Ghanaexternal icon
Coleman S, Yihdego Y, Sherrard-Smith E, Thomas CS, Dengela D, Oxborough RM, Dadzie SK, Boakye D, Gyamfi F, Obiri-Danso K, Johns B, Siems LV, Lucas B, Tongren JE, Zigirumugabe S, Dery D, Fornadel C, George K, Belemvire A, Carlson J, Irish SR, Armistead JS, Seyoum A.
Sci Rep. 2021 Sep 10;11(1):18055. -
A comparison of PCR and ELISA methods to detect different stages of Plasmodium vivax in Anopheles arabiensisexternal icon
Hendershot AL, Esayas E, Sutcliffe AC, Irish SR, Gadisa E, Tadesse FG, Lobo NF.
Parasit Vectors. 2021 Sep 15;14(1):473.
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- Reproductive Health
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Increasing access to contraception in the United States: Assessing achievement and sustainabilityexternal icon
DeSisto CL, Estrich CG, Kroelinger CD, Pliska E, Akbarali S, Romero L, Cox S, Velonis A.
J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2021 Sep;30(9):1217-1224.
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- Substance Use and Abuse
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Notes from the field: Xylazine detection and involvement in drug overdose deaths - United States, 2019external icon
Kariisa M, Patel P, Smith H, Bitting J.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2021 Sep 17;70(37):1300-1302. -
The impact of community-level prevention strategies on high-dose opioid dispensing rates: 2014-2019external icon
Underwood N, Cremer L, Cance JD, Williams J, Guy GP, Zule W.
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2021 Aug 27;227:108988.
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- Zoonotic and Vectorborne Diseases
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Duration of tick attachment necessary for transmission of Anaplasma phagocytophilum by Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) nymphsexternal icon
Levin ML, Troughton DR, Loftis AD.
Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2021 Sep 4;12(6):101819.
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- Chronic Diseases and Conditions
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