Issue 12, March 22, 2022
CDC Science Clips: Volume 14, Issue 12, March 22, 2022
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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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.-
Antimicrobial Resistance and Antibiotic Stewardship
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Gonococcal clinical strains bearing a common gdhR single nucleotide polymorphism that results in enhanced expression of the virulence gene lctP frequently possess a mtrr promoter mutation that decreases antibiotic susceptibilityexternal icon
Ayala JC, Schmerer MW, Kersh EN, Unemo M, Shafer WM.
mBio. 2022 Mar 8:e0027622.
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Chronic Diseases and Conditions
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How do we jump-start self-measured blood pressure monitoring in the United States? Addressing barriers beyond the published literatureexternal icon
Wall HK, Wright JS, Jackson SL, Daussat L, Ramkissoon N, Schieb LJ, Stolp H, Tong X, Loustalot F.
Am J Hypertens. 2022 Mar 8;35(3):244-255. -
Number of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening tests in the last five years reported by men in the United States in 2010, 2015, and 2018external icon
Richards TB, Dai S, Gray SC, Hall IJ, Siegel DA.
Urol Oncol. 2022 Feb 27.
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Communicable Diseases
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Critical illness among patients hospitalized with acute COVID-19 with and without congenital heart defectsexternal icon
Downing KF, Simeone RM, Oster ME, Farr SL.
Circulation. 2022 Mar 7. -
Effects of buprenorphine treatment on influenza pathogenesis in the ferret (Mustela putorius furo)external icon
Mrotz VJ, Nestor KM, Maines TR, Powell N, Belser JA.
Comp Med. 2022 Feb 1;72(1):22-29. -
Genomic insights on variation underlying capsule expression in meningococcal carriage isolates from university students, United States, 2015-2016external icon
Whaley MJ, Vuong JT, Topaz N, Chang HY, Thomas JD, Jenkins LT, Hu F, Schmink S, Steward-Clark E, Mathis M, Rodriguez-Rivera LD, Retchless AC, Joseph SJ, Chen A, Acosta AM, McNamara L, Soeters HM, Mbaeyi S, Marjuki H, Wang X.
Front Microbiol. 2022 ;13:815044. -
Brief report: No differences between lopinavir/ritonavir and nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor-based antiretroviral therapy on clearance of plasmodium falciparum subclinical parasitemia in adults living with HIV starting treatment (A5297)external icon
Shaffer D, Kumwenda J, Chen H, Akelo V, Angira F, Kosgei J, Tonui R, Ssali F, McKhann A, Hogg E, Stewart VA, Murphy SC, Coombs R, Schooley R.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2022 Feb 1;89(2):178-182. -
Correctional-facility-outbreak-associated COVID-19 cases among asymptomatic persons identified through universal testing: Vermont, 2020external icon
Pringle JC, Fritch WM, Boire Y, Meddaugh P, Prue T, Dunsmore B, Fox H, Reid H, Robinson ME, Kwit N.
J Correct Health Care. 2022 Mar 9. -
HIV surveillance and research for migrant populations: Protocol integrating respondent-driven sampling, case finding, and medicolegal services for Venezuelans living in Colombiaexternal icon
Wirtz AL, Page KR, Stevenson M, Guillén JR, Ortíz J, López JJ, Ramírez JF, Quijano C, Vela A, Moreno Y, Rigual F, Case J, Hakim AJ, Hladik W, Spiegel PB.
JMIR Res Protoc. 2022 Mar 8;11(3):e36026. -
SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.529 (Omicron) variant transmission within households - four U.S. jurisdictions, November 2021-February 2022external icon
Baker JM, Nakayama JY, O'Hegarty M, McGowan A, Teran RA, Bart SM, Mosack K, Roberts N, Campos B, Paegle A, McGee J, Herrera R, English K, Barrios C, Davis A, Roloff C, Sosa LE, Brockmeyer J, Page L, Bauer A, Weiner JJ, Khubbar M, Bhattacharyya S, Kirking HL, Tate JE.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2022 Mar 4;71(9):341-346. -
Geospatial transmission hotspots of recent HIV infection - Malawi, October 2019-March 2020external icon
Telford CT, Tessema Z, Msukwa M, Arons MM, Theu J, Bangara FF, Ernst A, Welty S, O'Malley G, Dobbs T, Shanmugam V, Kabaghe A, Dale H, Wadonda-Kabondo N, Gugsa S, Kim A, Bello G, Eaton JW, Jahn A, Nyirenda R, Parekh BS, Shiraishi RW, Kim E, Tobias JL, Curran KG, Payne D, Auld AF.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2022 Mar 4;71(9):329-334. -
Serologic and cytokine signatures in children with multisystem inflammatory syndrome and coronavirus disease 2019external icon
Lapp SA, Abrams J, Lu AT, Hussaini L, Kao CM, Hunstad DA, Rosenberg RB, Zafferani MJ, Ede KC, Ballan W, Laham FR, Beltran Y, Hsiao HM, Sherry W, Jenkins E, Jones K, Horner A, Brooks A, Bryant B, Meng L, Hammett TA, Oster ME, Bamrah-Morris S, Godfred-Cato S, Belay E, Chahroudi A, Anderson EJ, Jaggi P, Rostad CA.
Open Forum Infect Dis. 2022 Mar;9(3):ofac070. -
Rates of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)-associated hospitalization among adults with congestive heart failure-United States, 2015-2017external icon
Kujawski SA, Whitaker M, Ritchey MD, Reingold AL, Chai SJ, Anderson EJ, Openo KP, Monroe M, Ryan P, Bye E, Como-Sabetti K, Barney GR, Muse A, Bennett NM, Felsen CB, Thomas A, Crawford C, Talbot HK, Schaffner W, Gerber SI, Langley GE, Kim L.
PLoS One. 2022 ;17(3):e0264890.
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Community Health Services
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Antiretroviral therapy initiation and retention among clients who received peer-delivered linkage case management and standard linkage services, Eswatini, 2016-2020: retrospective comparative cohort studyexternal icon
MacKellar D, Hlophe T, Ujamaa D, Pals S, Dlamini M, Dube L, Suraratdecha C, Williams D, Byrd J, Tobias J, Mndzebele P, Behel S, Pathmanathan I, Mazibuko S, Tilahun E, Ryan C.
Arch Public Health. 2022 Mar 9;80(1):74. -
Chronic disease management service opportunities for community pharmacists during the COVID-19 pandemicexternal icon
Dwyer G, Popoola A, Seiler N, Therrien N, Karacuschansky A, Fulmer E, Horton K.
Prev Chronic Dis. 2022 Mar 3;19:E10.
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Disease Reservoirs and Vectors
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Prevalence and diversity of rotavirus A in pigs: Evidence for a possible reservoir in human infectionexternal icon
Wu FT, Liu LT, Jiang B, Kuo TY, Wu CY, Liao MH.
Infect Genet Evol. 2022 Mar;98:105198.
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Drug Safety
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Evaluating opioid analgesic prescribing limits: A narrative reviewexternal icon
Seitz AE, Janiszewski KA, Guy GP, Tapscott RT, Einstein EB, Meyer TE, Tierney J, Staffa J, Jones CM, Compton WM.
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2022 Mar 5.
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Environmental Health
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Identification of profiles and determinants of maternal pregnancy urinary biomarkers of phthalates and replacements in the Illinois Kids Development Studyexternal icon
Pacyga DC, Haggerty DK, Nicol M, Henning M, Calafat AM, Braun JM, Schantz SL, Strakovsky RS.
Environ Int. 2022 Mar 2;162:107150.
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Epidemiology and Surveillance
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Quality of national disease surveillance reporting before and during COVID-19: A mixed-method study in Indonesiaexternal icon
Hardhantyo M, Djasri H, Nursetyo AA, Yulianti A, Adipradipta BR, Hawley W, Mika J, Praptiningsih CY, Mangiri A, Prasetyowati EB, Brye L.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 ;19(5). -
Characterising spatial patterns of neglected tropical disease transmission using integrated sero-surveillance in Northern Ghanaexternal icon
Fornace KM, Senyonjo L, Martin DL, Gwyn S, Schmidt E, Agyemang D, Marfo B, Addy J, Mensah E, Solomon AW, Bailey R, Drakeley CJ, Pullan RL.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2022 Mar 8;16(3):e0010227. -
Study protocol for the Innovative Support for Patients with SARS-CoV-2 Infections Registry (INSPIRE): A longitudinal study of the medium and long-term sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infectionexternal icon
O'Laughlin KN, Thompson M, Hota B, Gottlieb M, Plumb ID, Chang AM, Wisk LE, Hall AJ, Wang RC, Spatz ES, Stephens KA, Huebinger RM, McDonald SA, Venkatesh A, Gentile N, Slovis BH, Hill M, Saydah S, Idris AH, Rodriguez R, Krumholz HM, Elmore JG, Weinstein RA, Nichol G.
PLoS One. 2022 ;17(3):e0264260.
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Food Safety
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A case report of Salmonella enterica serovar Corvallis from environmental isolates from Cambodia and clinical isolates in the UKexternal icon
Schwan CL, Dallman TJ, Cook PW, Vipham J.
Access Microbiol. 2022 ;4(1):000315.
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Genetics and Genomics
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Occurrence rates of inherited bleeding disorders other than haemophilia and von Willebrand disease among people receiving care in specialized treatment centres in the United Statesexternal icon
Miller CH, Soucie JM, Byams VR, Payne AB, Abe K, Lewandowska M, Shapiro AD.
Haemophilia. 2022 Mar 4. -
The use of whole-genome sequencing by the federal interagency collaboration for Genomics for Food and Feed Safety in the United Statesexternal icon
Stevens EL, Carleton HA, Beal J, Tillman GE, Lindsey RL, Lauer AC, Pightling A, Jarvis KG, Ottesen A, Ramachandran P, Hintz L, Katz LS, Folster JP, Whichard JM, Trees E, Timme RE, McDermott P, Wolpert B, Bazaco M, Zhao S, Lindley S, Bruce BB, Griffin PM, Brown E, Allard M, Tallent S, Irvin K, Hoffmann M, Wise M, Tauxe R, Gerner-Smidt P, Simmons M, Kissler B, Defibaugh-Chavez S, Klimke W, Agarwala R, Lindsay J, Cook K, Austerman SR, Goldman D, McGarry S, Hale KR, Dessai U, Musser SM, Braden C.
J Food Prot. 2022 Mar 8. -
Whole genome analysis of rotavirus strains circulating in Benin before vaccine introduction, 2016-2018external icon
Agbla JM, Esona MD, Jaimes J, Gautam R, Agbankpé AJ, Katz E, Dougnon TV, Capo-Chichi A, Ouedraogo N, Razack O, Bankolé HS, Bowen MD.
Virus Res. 2022 Mar 2:198715.
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Health Economics
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WHO-led consensus statement on vaccine delivery costing: process, methods, and findingsexternal icon
Levin A, Boonstoppel L, Brenzel L, Griffiths U, Hutubessy R, Jit M, Mogasale V, Pallas S, Resch S, Suharlim C, Yeung KH.
BMC Med. 2022 Mar 8;20(1):88. -
Access to heart failure medicines in low- and middle-income countries: An analysis of essential medicines lists, availability, price, and affordabilityexternal icon
Agarwal A, Husain MJ, Datta B, Kishore SP, Huffman MD.
Circ Heart Fail. 2022 Mar 7:Circheartfailure121008971. -
Assessing the cost-utility of universal hepatitis B vaccination among adultsexternal icon
Hall EW, Weng MK, Harris AM, Schillie S, Nelson NP, Ortega-Sanchez IR, Rosenthal E, Sullivan PS, Lopman B, Jones J, Bradley H, Rosenberg ES.
J Infect Dis. 2022 Mar 9. -
Trends in prevalence and treatment of diabetic macular edema and vision-threatening diabetic retinopathy among Medicare Part B fee-for-service beneficiariesexternal icon
Lundeen EA, Andes LJ, Rein DB, Wittenborn JS, Erdem E, Gu Q, Saaddine J, Imperatore G, Chew EY.
JAMA Ophthalmol. 2022 Mar 3.
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Health Equity and Health Disparities
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Disparities in COVID-19 vaccination coverage between urban and rural counties - United States, December 14, 2020-January 31, 2022external icon
Saelee R, Zell E, Murthy BP, Castro-Roman P, Fast H, Meng L, Shaw L, Gibbs-Scharf L, Chorba T, Harris LQ, Murthy N.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2022 Mar 4;71(9):335-340.
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Immunity and Immunization
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Safety monitoring of COVID-19 Vaccine booster doses among persons aged 12-17 years - United States, December 9, 2021-February 20, 2022external icon
Hause AM, Baggs J, Marquez P, Abara WE, Olubajo B, Myers TR, Su JR, Thompson D, Gee J, Shimabukuro TT, Shay DK.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2022 Mar 4;71(9):347-351. -
Effectiveness of COVID-19 Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2 mRNA vaccination in preventing COVID-19-associated emergency department and urgent care encounters and hospitalizations among nonimmunocompromised children and adolescents Aged 5-17 Years - VISION Network, 10 States, April 2021-January 2022external icon
Klein NP, Stockwell MS, Demarco M, Gaglani M, Kharbanda AB, Irving SA, Rao S, Grannis SJ, Dascomb K, Murthy K, Rowley EA, Dalton AF, DeSilva MB, Dixon BE, Natarajan K, Stenehjem E, Naleway AL, Lewis N, Ong TC, Patel P, Konatham D, Embi PJ, Reese SE, Han J, Grisel N, Goddard K, Barron MA, Dickerson M, Liao IC, Fadel WF, Yang DH, Arndorfer J, Fireman B, Griggs EP, Valvi NR, Hallowell C, Zerbo O, Reynolds S, Ferdinands J, Wondimu MH, Williams J, Bozio CH, Link-Gelles R, Azziz-Baumgartner E, Schrag SJ, Thompson MG, Verani JR.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2022 Mar 4;71(9):352-358. -
Notes from the field: Readiness for use of type 2 novel oral poliovirus vaccine in response to a type 2 circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus outbreak - Tajikistan, 2020-2021external icon
O'Connor P, Huseynov S, Nielsen CF, Saidzoda F, Saxentoff E, Sadykova U, Kormoss P.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2022 Mar 4;71(9):361-362. -
Estimating the number of symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections among vaccinated individuals in the United States-January-July, 2021external icon
Kugeler KJ, Williamson J, Curns AT, Healy JM, Nolen LD, Clark TA, Martin SW, Fischer M.
PLoS One. 2022 ;17(3):e0264179. -
Influenza and pneumococcal vaccination among male veterans and nonveterans, 2016-2018external icon
Boersma P, Cohen RA, Zelaya CE, Moy E.
Public Health Rep. 2022 Mar 3:333549221081119. -
Modeling strategies for the allocation of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in the United Statesexternal icon
Walker J, Paul P, Dooling K, Oliver S, Prasad P, Steele M, Gastañaduy PA, Johansson MA, Biggerstaff M, Slayton RB.
Vaccine. 2022 Feb 7. -
Functional antibody-dependent cell mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) responses to vaccine and circulating influenza strains following vaccinationexternal icon
Chen X, Sun HY, Lee CY, Rostad CA, Trost J, Abreu RB, Carlock MA, Wilson JR, Gansebom S, Ross TM, Steinhauer DA, Anderson EJ, Anderson LJ.
Virology. 2022 Feb 24;569:44-55.
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Injury and Violence
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Rural-urban comparisons in the rates of self-harm, U.S., 2018external icon
Wang J, Brown MM, Ivey-Stephenson AZ, Xu L, Stone DM.
Am J Prev Med. 2022 Mar 3.
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Laboratory Sciences
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Software testing in microbial bioinformatics: A call to actionexternal icon
van der Putten BC, Mendes CI, Talbot BM, de Korne-Elenbaas J, Mamede R, Vila-Cerqueira P, Coelho LP, Gulvik CA, Katz LS, The Asm Ngs Hackathon P.
Microb Genom. 2022 Mar;8(3). -
Specimen self-collection for SARS-CoV-2 testing: Patient performance and preferences-Atlanta, Georgia, August-October 2020external icon
O'Laughlin K, Espinosa CC, Smith-Jeffcoat SE, Koh M, Khalil GM, Hoffman A, Rebolledo PA, Schechter MC, Stewart RJ, da Silva J, Biedron C, Bankamp B, Folster J, Gargis AS, Bowen MD, Paulick A, Wang YF, Tate JE, Kirking HL.
PLoS One. 2022 ;17(3):e0264085.
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Maternal and Child Health
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Key predictors of primary care providers' self-efficacy in caring for children with overweight or obesityexternal icon
Liebhart JL, Goodman AB, Lindros J, Krafft C, Cook SR, Baker A, Hassink SG.
Acad Pediatr. 2022 Mar 2. -
WHO method for estimating congenital syphilis to inform surveillance and service provision, Paraguayexternal icon
Heath K, Alonso M, Aguilar G, Samudio T, Korenromp E, Rowley J, Suleiman A, Shwe YY, Htin KC, Ishikawa N, Owiredu MN, Taylor M.
Bull World Health Organ. 2022 Mar 1;100(3):231-236. -
Measuring state-level infant and toddler well-being in the United States: Gaps in data lead to gaps in understandingexternal icon
Ryberg R, Wiggins L, Moore KA, Daily S, Piña G, Klin A.
Child Indic Res. 2022 . -
Maternity care practices and breastfeeding intentions at one month among low-income womenexternal icon
Beauregard JL, Nelson JM, Li R, Perrine CG, Hamner HC.
Pediatrics. 2022 Mar 7.
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Medicine
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Urethrocutaneous fistula following VMMC: a case series from March 2013 to October 2019 in ZAZIC's voluntary medical male circumcision program in Zimbabweexternal icon
Murenje V, Omollo V, Gonouya P, Hove J, Munyaradzi T, Marongwe P, Tshimanga M, Chitimbire V, Xaba S, Mandisarisa J, Balachandra S, Makunike-Chikwinya B, Holec M, Mangwiro T, Barnhart S, Feldacker C.
BMC Urol. 2022 Feb 16;22(1):20.
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Occupational Safety and Health
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Reducing occupational exposure to SARS-CoV-2: A survey of changes in caseload and controls among medical examiner and coroners' offices in Pennsylvania during 2020external icon
Attwood WR, Quinn T, Chiu SK, Li JF, Steege AL.
J Occup Environ Hyg. 2022 Mar 7:1-14.
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Parasitic Diseases
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Factors associated with knowledge about malaria prevention among women of reproductive age, Tete Province, Mozambique, 2019-2020external icon
Afai G, Rossetto EV, Baltazar CS, Candrinho B, Saifodine A, Zulliger R.
Malar J. 2022 Mar 5;21(1):76. -
Investigation of Plasmodium falciparum pfhrp2 and pfhrp3 gene deletions and performance of a rapid diagnostic test for identifying asymptomatic malaria infection in northern Ethiopia, 2015external icon
Leonard CM, Assefa A, McCaffery JN, Herman C, Plucinski M, Sime H, Mohammed H, Kebede A, Solomon H, Haile M, Murphy M, Hwang J, Rogier E.
Malar J. 2022 Mar 4;21(1):70.
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Physical Activity
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Daily steps and all-cause mortality: a meta-analysis of 15 international cohortsexternal icon
Paluch AE, Bajpai S, Bassett DR, Carnethon MR, Ekelund U, Evenson KR, Galuska DA, Jefferis BJ, Kraus WE, Lee IM, Matthews CE, Omura JD, Patel AV, Pieper CF, Rees-Punia E, Dallmeier D, Klenk J, Whincup PH, Dooley EE, Pettee Gabriel K, Palta P, Pompeii LA, Chernofsky A, Larson MG, Vasan RS, Spartano N, Ballin M, Nordström P, Nordström A, Anderssen SA, Hansen BH, Cochrane JA, Dwyer T, Wang J, Ferrucci L, Liu F, Schrack J, Urbanek J, Saint-Maurice PF, Yamamoto N, Yoshitake Y, Newton RL, Yang S, Shiroma EJ, Fulton JE.
Lancet Public Health. 2022 Mar;7(3):e219-e228.
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Substance Use and Abuse
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Pulmonary and critical care considerations for e-cigarette, or vaping, product use-associated lung injury (EVALI)external icon
Hayes D, Board A, Calfee C, Ellington S, Pollack LA, Kathuria H, Eakin MN, Weissman DN, Callahan SJ, Esper AM, Crotty Alexander LE, Sharma NS, Meyer NJ, Smith LS, Novosad S, Evans ME, Goodman AB, Click ES, Robinson RT, Ewart G, Twentyman E.
Chest. 2022 Mar 4. -
Concerns among people who use opioids during the COVID-19 pandemic: a natural language processing analysis of social media postsexternal icon
Sarker A, Nataraj N, Siu W, Li S, Jones CM, Sumner SA.
Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy. 2022 Mar 5;17(1):16. -
High-risk injection-related practices associated with anti-HCV positivity among young adults seeking services in three small cities in Wisconsinexternal icon
Rogers-Brown J, Sublett F, Canary L, Rein DB, Bhat M, Thompson WW, Vellozzi C, Asher A.
Subst Use Misuse. 2022 Mar 4:1-9.
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Veterinary Medicine
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Histologic lesions in placentas of northern fur seals (callorhinus ursinus) from a population with high placental prevalence of coxiella burnetiiexternal icon
Conway R, Duncan C, Foster RA, Kersh GJ, Raverty S, Gelatt T, Frank C.
J Wildl Dis. 2022 Mar 4.
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Zoonotic and Vectorborne Diseases
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Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding tick-borne disease prevention in Lyme disease-endemic areas of the Upper Midwest, United Statesexternal icon
Beck A, Bjork J, Biggerstaff BJ, Eisen L, Eisen R, Foster E, Signs K, Tsao JI, Kough E, Peterson M, Schiffman E, Muganda CP, Osborn R, Wozniak R, Bron GM, Phaneuf D, Smith D, Bartholomay L, Paskewitz S, Hinckley AF.
Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2022 Feb 19;13(3):101925. -
Anaplasmosis-related fatality in Vermont: A case reportexternal icon
Leikauskas JA, Read JS, Kelso P, Nichols Heitman K, Armstrong PA, Kwit NA.
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2022 Mar 9. -
Potential quantitative effect of a laboratory-based approach to Lyme disease surveillance in high-incidence statesexternal icon
Kugeler KJ, Cervantes K, Brown CM, Horiuchi K, Schiffman E, Lind L, Barkley J, Broyhill J, Murphy J, Crum D, Robinson S, Kwit NA, Mullins J, Sun J, Hinckley AF.
Zoonoses Public Health. 2022 Mar 6.
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Antimicrobial Resistance and Antibiotic Stewardship
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