Issue 11, October 12, 2009
Vol. 1, Issue: 11, 10/12/09
Welcome to Knowledge to Action Science Clips, CDC’s new weekly digest!
The report consists of three components:
- CDC-authored publications
- Key scientific articles in featured topic areas (this week featuring Communicable Diseases – 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) and Health Management and Planning)
- Public health articles noted in the media
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- CDC Authored Publications
The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.- Chronic Diseases and Conditions
- Highly variable population-based prevalence rates of unilateral hearing loss after the application of common case definitionsexternal icon
Ross DS, Visser SN, Holstrum WJ, Qin T, Kenneson A.
Ear Hear. 2009 Oct 7.
- Trends in diabetes treatment patterns among primary care providersexternal icon
Decker SL, Burt CW, Sisk JE.
J Ambulatory Care Manage. 2009 Oct-Dec;32(4):333-341.
- Validation of ECG-derived sleep architecture and ventilation in sleep apnea and chronic fatigue syndromeexternal icon
Decker MJ, Eyal S, Shinar Z, Fuxman Y, Cahan C, Reeves WC, Baharav A.
Sleep Breath. 2009 Oct 9.
- Highly variable population-based prevalence rates of unilateral hearing loss after the application of common case definitionsexternal icon
- Communicable Diseases
- Seroprevalence of Q fever in the United States, 2003-2004external icon
Anderson AD, Kruszon-Moran D, Loftis AD, McQuillan G, Nicholson WL, Priestley RA, Candee AJ, Patterson NE, Massung RF.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2009 Oct;81(4):691-4.
- A road map to control malaria, tuberculosis, and human immunodeficiency virus/AIDSexternal icon
Frieden TR, Teklehaimanot A, Chideya S, Farmer P, Kim JY, Raviglione MC.
Arch Intern Med. 2009 Oct 12;169(18):1650-2.
- Primary care guidelines for the management of persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus: 2009 update by the HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of Americaexternal icon
Aberg JA, Kaplan JE, Libman H, Emmanuel P, Anderson JR, Stone VE, Oleske JM, Currier JS, Gallant JE, H. I. V. Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Sep 1;49(5):651-81.
- Hemolytic uremic syndrome and death in persons with escherichia coli O157:H7 infection, Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network Sites, 2000-2006external icon
Gould LH, Demma L, Jones TF, Hurd S, Vugia DJ, Smith K, Shiferaw B, Segler S, Palmer A, Zansky S, Griffin PM.
Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Oct 14.
- Initial human transmission dynamics of the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus in North Americaexternal icon
Pourbohloul B, Ahued A, Davoudi B, Meza R, Meyers LA, Skowronski DM, Villasenor I, Galvan F, Cravioto P, Earn DJ, Dushoff J, Fisman D, Edmunds WJ, Hupert N, Scarpino SV, Trujillo J, Lutzow M, Morales J, Contreras A, Chavez C, Patrick DM, Brunham RC.
Influenza Other Respi Viruses. 2009 Sep;3(5):215-22.
- Mumps resurgences in the United States: a historical perspective on unexpected elementsexternal icon
Barskey AE, Glasser JW, LeBaron CW.
Vaccine. 2009 Oct 19;27(44):6186-95.
- Seroprevalence of Q fever in the United States, 2003-2004external icon
- Community Health Services
- Keep It Up: development of a community-based health screening and HIV prevention strategy for reaching young African American menexternal icon
O’Donnell L, Bonaparte B, Joseph H, Agronick G, Leow DM, Myint UA, Stueve A.
AIDS Educ Prev. 2009 Aug;21(4):299-313.
- Keep It Up: development of a community-based health screening and HIV prevention strategy for reaching young African American menexternal icon
- Environmental Health
- The costs of respiratory illnesses arising from Florida gulf coast Karenia brevis bloomsexternal icon
Hoagland P, Jin D, Polansky LY, Kirkpatrick B, Kirkpatrick G, Fleming LE, Reich A, Watkins SM, Ullmann SG, Backer LC.
Environ Health Perspect. 2009 Aug;117(8):1239-43.
- A U.S. partnership with India and Poland to track acute chemical releases to serve public healthexternal icon
Ruckart PZ, Orr M, Palaszewska-Tkacz A, Dewan A, Kapil V.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2009 Sep;6(9):2375-86.
- Enhancing the public health perspective on onsite wastewater systemsexternal icon
Zarate-Bermudez MA.
J Environ Health. 2009 Oct;72(3):59-61.
- The costs of respiratory illnesses arising from Florida gulf coast Karenia brevis bloomsexternal icon
- Epidemiology and Surveillance
- Youth Attitude to Noise Scale (YANS) questionnaire adaptation into Brazilian Portugueseexternal icon
Zocoli AM, Morata TC, Marques JM.
Braz J Otorhinolaryngol. 2009 Jul-Aug;75(4):485-92.
- Validation of self-reported data on assisted conception in the Danish National Birth Cohortexternal icon
Hvidtjorn D, Grove J, Schendel D, Schieve LA, Ernst E, Olsen J, Thorsen P.
Hum Reprod. 2009 Sep;24(9):2332-40.
- Prediction model to maximize impact of syphilis partner notification-San Francisco, 2004-2008external icon
Marcus JL, Katz MH, Katz KA, Bernstein KT, Wolf W, Klausner JD.
Sex Transm Dis. 2009 Oct 9.
- Youth Attitude to Noise Scale (YANS) questionnaire adaptation into Brazilian Portugueseexternal icon
- Genetics and Genomics
- Personal utility and genomic information: look before you leapexternal icon
Grosse SD, McBride CM, Evans JP, Khoury MJ.
Genet Med. 2009 Aug;11(8):575-6.
- Development of genomic DNA reference materials for genetic testing of disorders common in people of Ashkenazi Jewish descentexternal icon
Kalman L, Wilson JA, Buller A, Dixon J, Edelmann L, Geller L, Highsmith WE, Holtegaard L, Kornreich R, Rohlfs EM, Payeur TL, Sellers T, Toji L, Muralidharan K.
J Mol Diagn. 2009 Oct 8.
- Personal utility and genomic information: look before you leapexternal icon
- Health Behavior and Risk
- Rapid assessment of HIV risk behavior in drug using sex workers in three cities in South Africaexternal icon
Parry CD, Dewing S, Petersen P, Carney T, Needle R, Kroeger K, Treger L.
AIDS Behav. 2009 Oct;13(5):849-59.
- Correlates of forced sex among populations of men who have sex with men in Thailandexternal icon
Guadamuz TE, Wimonsate W, Varangrat A, Phanuphak P, Jommaroeng R, Mock PA, Tappero JW, van Griensven F.
Arch Sex Behav. 2009 Oct 15.
- Concurrency, sex partner risk, and high-risk human papillomavirus infection among African American, Asian, and Hispanic womenexternal icon
Javanbakht M, Gorbach PM, Amani B, Walker S, Cranston RD, Datta SD, Kerndt PR.
Sex Transm Dis. 2009 Oct 9.
- Rapid assessment of HIV risk behavior in drug using sex workers in three cities in South Africaexternal icon
- Health Disparities
- Mental health disparitiesexternal icon
Safran MA, Mays RA, Huang LN, McCuan R, Pham PK, Fisher SK, McDuffie KY, Trachtenberg A.
Am J Public Health. 2009 Nov;99(11):1962-6.
- Health system barriers affecting the implementation of collaborative TB-HIV services in Ugandaexternal icon
Okot-Chono R, Mugisha F, Adatu F, Madraa E, Dlodlo R, Fujiwara P.
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2009 Aug;13(8):955-61.
- Mental health disparitiesexternal icon
- Healthcare Associated Infections
- Multistate outbreak of Serratia marcescens bloodstream infections caused by contamination of prefilled heparin and isotonic sodium chloride solution syringesexternal icon
Blossom D, Noble-Wang J, Su J, Pur S, Chemaly R, Shams A, Jensen B, Pascoe N, Gullion J, Casey E, Hayden M, Arduino M, Budnitz DS, Raad I, Trenholme G, Srinivasan A, Serratia in Prefilled Syringes Investigation Team.
Arch Intern Med. 2009 Oct 12;169(18):1705-11.
- Mycobacterium abscessus post-injection abscesses from extrinsic contamination of multiple-dose bottles of normal saline in a rural clinicexternal icon
Yuan J, Liu Y, Yang Z, Cai Y, Deng Z, Qin P, Li T, Dong Z, Yan Z, Zhou D, Luo H, Ma H, Pang X, Fontaine RE.
Int J Infect Dis. 2009 Sep;13(5):537-42.
- Nontuberculous mycobacteria infections in immunocompromised patients: single institution experienceexternal icon
Wei MC, Banaei N, Yakrus MA, Stoll T, Gutierrez KM, Agarwal R.
J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2009 Aug;31(8):556-60.
- Multistate outbreak of Serratia marcescens bloodstream infections caused by contamination of prefilled heparin and isotonic sodium chloride solution syringesexternal icon
- Immunity and Immunization
- Adult clinical and immunologic outcomes of the national antiretroviral treatment program in Rwanda during 2004-2005external icon
Lowrance DW, Ndamage F, Kayirangwa E, Ndagije F, Lo W, Hoover DR, Hanson J, Elul B, Ayaba A, Ellerbrock T, Rukundo A, Shumbusho F, Nash D, Mugabo J, Assimwe A.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2009 Sep 1;52(1):49-55.
- Provider chart audits and outreach to parents: impact in improving childhood immunization coverage and immunization information system completenessexternal icon
Kolasa MS, Lutz JP, Cofsky A, Jones T.
J Public Health Manag Pract. 2009 Nov-Dec;15(6):459-63.
- Adult clinical and immunologic outcomes of the national antiretroviral treatment program in Rwanda during 2004-2005external icon
- Informatics
- Profiling characteristics of internet medical information usersexternal icon
Weaver JB, Mays D, Lindner G, Eroglu D, Fridinger F, Bernhardt JM.
J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2009 Sep-Oct;16(5):714-22.
- Profiling characteristics of internet medical information usersexternal icon
- Injury and Violence
- Robbery and violence prevention in small retail businessesexternal icon
Chronister T, Oxnard PD, Casteel C, Peek Asa C, Amandus H, Hartley D.
Police Chief. 2009 Oct;LXXVI(10):1-5.
- Robbery and violence prevention in small retail businessesexternal icon
- Laboratory Sciences
- Bacteriophage cocktail for the prevention of biofilm formation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa on catheters in an in vitro model systemexternal icon
Fu W, Forster T, Mayer O, Curtin JJ, Lehman SM, Donlan RM.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2009 Oct 12.
- Genotyping of Mycoplasma pneumoniae isolates using real-time PCR and high-resolution melt analysisexternal icon
Schwartz SB, Thurman KA, Mitchell SL, Wolff BJ, Winchell JM.
Clin Microbiol Infect. 2009 Aug;15(8):756-62.
- Modern uses of electron microscopy for detection of virusesexternal icon
Goldsmith CS, Miller SE.
Clin Microbiol Rev. 2009 Oct;22(4):552-63.
- Overlapping signature genes between hepatocellular carcinoma and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinomaexternal icon
Chen F, Li S, Castranova V.
Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2009 Nov;21(11):1320-1.
- Characterization of the highly regulated antigen BBA05 in the enzootic cycle of Borrelia burgdorferiexternal icon
Xu H, He M, Pang X, Xu ZC, Piesman J, Yang XF.
Infect Immun. 2009 Oct 12.
- Cryo-electron tomography elucidates the molecular architecture of Treponema pallidum, the syphilis spirocheteexternal icon
Izard J, Renken C, Hsieh CE, Desrosiers DC, Dunham-Ems S, La Vake C, Gebhardt LL, Limberger RJ, Cox DL, Marko M, Radolf JD.
J Bacteriol. 2009 Oct 9.
- Identification of P1 variants of Mycoplasma pneumoniae using High Resolution Melt Analysisexternal icon
Schwartz SB, Mitchell SL, Thurman KA, Wolff BJ, Winchell JM.
J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Oct 14.
- Bacteriophage cocktail for the prevention of biofilm formation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa on catheters in an in vitro model systemexternal icon
- Maternal and Child Health
- Use of traditional and complementary health practices in prenatal, delivery and postnatal care in the context of HIV transmission from mother to child (PMTCT) in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
Peltzer K, Phaswana-Mafuya N, Treger L.
Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med. 2009 ;6(2):155-162.
- Cluster of necrotizing enterocolitis in a neonatal intensive care unit: New Mexico, 2007external icon
Wendelboe AM, Smelser C, Lucero CA, McDonald LC.
Am J Infect Control. 2009 Oct 10.
- Progress in protecting, promoting, and supporting breastfeeding: 1984-2009external icon
Grummer-Strawn LM, Shealy KR.
Breastfeed Med. 2009 Oct;4:S31-S39.
- Molecular epidemiology and risk factors for nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant S. aureus in infants attending day-care centers in Brazilexternal icon
Lamaro-Cardoso J, de Lencastre H, Kipnis A, Pimenta FC, Oliveira LS, Oliveira RM, Nouer S, Aires-de-Sousa M, Milheirico C, Andrade AL.
J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Oct 14.
- Use of traditional and complementary health practices in prenatal, delivery and postnatal care in the context of HIV transmission from mother to child (PMTCT) in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
- Nutritional Sciences
- Folic acid source, usual intake, and folate and vitamin B-12 status in US adults: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2003-2006external icon
Yang Q, Cogswell ME, Hamner HC, Carriquiry A, Bailey LB, Pfeiffer CM, Berry RJ.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2009 Oct 14.
- Folic acid source, usual intake, and folate and vitamin B-12 status in US adults: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2003-2006external icon
- Occupational Safety and Health
- Harness sizing and strap length configurations
Hsiao H, Whitestone J, Taylor S, Godby M, Guan J.
Hum Factors. 2009 Aug;51(4):497-518.
- Vibration disrupts vascular function in a model of metabolic syndrome
Krajnak K, Waugh S, Johnson C, Miller R, Kiedrowski M.
Ind Health. 2009 Sep;47(5):533-542.
- Respiratory protection against airborne nanoparticles: a review
Shaffer RE, Rengasamy S.
J Nanopart Res. 2009 Oct;11(7):1661-1672.
- Current perception threshold and the HAVS Stockholm sensorineural scaleexternal icon
House R, Krajnak K, Manno M, Lander L.
Occup Med (Lond). 2009 Oct;59(7):476-82.
- Harness sizing and strap length configurations
- Occupational Safety and Health – Mining
- Chemical-related injuries and illnesses in U.S. mining
Scott DF, Merritt EM, Miller AL, Drake PL.
Min Eng. 2009 Jul;61(7):41-46.
- Chemical-related injuries and illnesses in U.S. mining
- Social and Behavioral Sciences
- Impact of spina bifida on parental caregivers: findings from a survey of Arkansas families
Grosse SD, Flores AL, Ouyang L, Robbins JM, Tilford JM.
J Child Fam Stud. 2009 Oct;18(5):574-581.
- Impact of spina bifida on parental caregivers: findings from a survey of Arkansas families
- Zoonoses
- Flea diversity and infestation prevalence on rodents in a plague-endemic region of Ugandaexternal icon
Amatre G, Babi N, Enscore RE, Ogen-Odoi A, Atiku LA, Akol A, Gage KL, Eisen RJ.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2009 Oct;81(4):718-24.
- Prevalence and molecular characterization of cryptosporidium spp. in wild, laboratory, and pet rodents in Chinaexternal icon
Lv C, Zhang L, Wang R, Jian F, Zhang S, Ning C, Wang H, Feng C, Wang X, Ren X, Qi M, Xiao L.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2009 Oct 9.
- Flea diversity and infestation prevalence on rodents in a plague-endemic region of Ugandaexternal icon
- Chronic Diseases and Conditions
- Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas
- Communicable Diseases – 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1)
- Bacterial pneumonias during an influenza pandemic: how will we allocate antibiotics?external icon
Cinti SK, Barnosky AR, Gay SE, Goold SD, Lozon MM, Kim K, Rodgers PE, et al.
Biosecur Bioterror. 2009 Sep;7(3):311-6.
- Transmission of pandemic H1N1 influenza virus and impact of prior exposure to seasonal strains or interferon treatmentexternal icon
Steel J, Staeheli P, Mubareka S, Garcia-Sastre A, Palese P, Lowen AC.
J Virol. 2009 Oct 14.
- Critically ill patients with 2009 influenza A(H1N1) in Mexicoexternal icon
Dominguez-Cherit G, Lapinsky SE, Macias AE, Pinto R, Espinosa-Perez L, de la Torre A, Poblano-Morales M, et al.
JAMA. 2009 Oct 12.
- Critically ill patients with 2009 influenza A(H1N1) infection in Canadaexternal icon
Kumar A, Zarychanski R, Pinto R, Cook DJ, Marshall J, Lacroix J, Stelfox T, et al.
JAMA. 2009 Oct 12.
- Critical care services and 2009 H1N1 influenza in Australia and New Zealandexternal icon
The ANZIC Influenza Investigators.
N Engl J Med. 2009 Oct 8.
- Glycans on influenza hemagglutinin affect receptor binding and immune responseexternal icon
Wang CC, Chen JR, Tseng YC, Hsu CH, Hung YF, Chen SW, Chen CM, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Oct 12.
- Bacterial pneumonias during an influenza pandemic: how will we allocate antibiotics?external icon
- Public Health Leadership and Management
- MDG 5: how close are we to success?external icon
Islam M, Yoshida S.
BJOG. 2009 Oct;116 Suppl 1:2-5.
- Chronic disease management in sub-saharan Africa: whose business is it?external icon
Bischoff A, Ekoe T, Perone N, Slama S, Loutan L.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2009 Aug;6(8):2258-70.
- HIV infection and tuberculosis in South Africa: an urgent need to escalate the public health responseexternal icon
Abdool Karim SS, Churchyard GJ, Abdool Karim Q, Lawn SD.
Lancet. 2009 Sep 12;374(9693):921-33.
- MDG 5: how close are we to success?external icon
- Communicable Diseases – 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1)
- Public Health Articles Noted in the Media
- Chronic Diseases and Conditions
- Mobile phone use and risk of tumors: a meta-analysisexternal icon
Myung SK, Ju W, McDonnell DD, Lee YJ, Kazinets G, Cheng CT, Moskowitz JM.
J Clin Oncol. 2009 Oct 15.
- Mobile phone use and risk of tumors: a meta-analysisexternal icon
- Communicable Diseases
- Illness in long-term travelers visiting GeoSentinel clinicsexternal icon
Chen L, Wilson M, Davis X, Loutan L, Schwartz E, Keystone J, Hale D, Lim P, McCarthy A, Gkrania-Klotsas E, Schlagenhauf P.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Nov.
- Illness in long-term travelers visiting GeoSentinel clinicsexternal icon
- Healthcare Associated Infections
- Multistate outbreak of Serratia marcescens bloodstream infections caused by contamination of prefilled heparin and isotonic sodium chloride solution syringesexternal icon
Blossom D, Noble-Wang J, Su J, Pur S, Chemaly R, Shams A, Jensen B, Pascoe N, Gullion J, Casey E, Hayden M, Arduino M, Budnitz DS, Raad I, Trenholme G, Srinivasan A, Serratia in Prefilled Syringes Investigation Team.
Arch Intern Med. 2009 Oct 14;169(18):1705-11.
- Multistate outbreak of Serratia marcescens bloodstream infections caused by contamination of prefilled heparin and isotonic sodium chloride solution syringesexternal icon
- Immunity and Immunization
- Adverse reactions to vaccinesexternal icon
Kelso J, Li J, Nicklas R, Blessing-Moore J, Cox L, Lang D, Oppenheimer J, Portnoy J, Randolph C, Schuller D, Spector S, Tilles S, Wallace D, Ballas Z, Baker J, Bellanti J, Ein D, Grammer L.
Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2009 Oct;103(Suppl 2):S1-14.
- Rapid decline in presentations for genital warts after the implementation of a national quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccination program for young womenexternal icon
Fairley C, Hocking J, Gurrin L, Chen M, Donovan B, Bradshaw C.
Sex Transm Infect. 2009 .
- Adverse reactions to vaccinesexternal icon
- Injury and Violence
- Incidence and mortality of hip fractures in the United Statesexternal icon
Brauer CA, Coca-Perraillon M, Cutler DM, Rosen AB.
JAMA. 2009 Oct 15;302(14):1573-9.
- Incidence and mortality of hip fractures in the United Statesexternal icon
- Chronic Diseases and Conditions
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