Issue 25, June 21, 2010

Vol. 2, Issue: 25, 6/21/10

Welcome to Knowledge to Action Science Clips, CDC’s new weekly digest!

The report consists of four components:

• Top Ten Articles of the Week
• CDC-authored publications
• Key scientific articles in featured topic areas (this week featuring Genetics and Genomics and Immunity and Immunization – Vaccine Safety)
• Public health articles noted in the media

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1. Top Ten Articles of the Week

   • Environmental Health

     • Environmental metrics for community health improvementexternal icon
       Jakubowski B, Frumkin H.
       Prev Chronic Dis. 2010 Jul;7(4):A76.
       

   • Epidemiology and Surveillance

     • Implementing integrated disease surveillance and response: four African countries’ experience, 1998-2005external icon
       Nsubuga P, Brown WG, Groseclose SL, Ahadzie L, Talisuna AO, Mmbuji P, Tshimanga M, Midzi S, Wurapa F, Bazeyo W, Amri M, Trostle M, White M.
       Glob Public Health. 2010 Jul;5(4):364-80.
       

   • Food Safety

     • Riding in shopping carts and exposure to raw meat and poultry products: prevalence of, and factors associated with, this risk factor for salmonella and campylobacter infection in children younger than 3 yearsexternal icon
       Patrick ME, Mahon BE, Zansky SM, Hurd S, Scallan E.
       J Food Prot. 2010 Jun;73(6):1097-100.
       

   • Genetics and Genomics

     • Preferences for genetic and behavioral health information: the impact of risk factors and disease attributionsexternal icon
       O’Neill SC, McBride CM, Alford SH, Kaphingst KA.
       Ann Behav Med. 2010 Jun 8.
       

   • Health Behavior and Risk

     • Influence of limit-setting and participation in physical activity on youth screen timeexternal icon
       Carlson SA, Fulton JE, Lee SM, Foley JT, Heitzler C, Huhman M.
       Pediatrics. 2010 Jun 14.
       

   • Health Communication and Education

     • The potential of black radio to disseminate health messages and reduce disparitiesexternal icon
       Hall IJ, Johnson-Turbes CA, Williams KN.
       Prev Chronic Dis. 2010 Jul;7(4):A87.
       

   • Immunity and Immunization – Vaccine Safety

     • Safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of gardasil given concomitantly with menactra and adacelexternal icon
       Reisinger KS, Block SL, Collins-Ogle M, Marchant C, Catlett M, Radley D, Sings HL, et al.
       Pediatrics. 2010 Jun;125(6):1142-51.
       

   • Injury and Violence

     • Unintentional child poisonings through ingestion of conventional and novel tobacco productsexternal icon
       Connolly GN, Richter P, Aleguas Jr. A, Pechacek TF, Stanfill SB, Alpert HR.
       Pediatrics. 2010 May;125(5):896-9.
       

   • Laboratory Sciences

     • Most-probable-number rapid viability PCR method to detect viable spores of Bacillus anthracis in swab samplesexternal icon
       Letant SE, Kane SR, Murphy GA, Alfaro TM, Hodges LR, Rose LJ, Raber E.
       J Microbiol Methods. 2010 May;81(2):200-2.
       

   • Program Evaluation

     • Evaluation of an innovative internet-based partner notification program for early syphilis case management, Washington, DC, January 2007-June 2008external icon
       Ehlman DC, Jackson M, Saenz G, Novak DS, Kachur R, Heath JT, Furness BW.
       Sex Transm Dis. 2010 Jun 9.
       

2. CDC Authored Publications

   The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions

     1. Astrogliosis in CNS pathologies: is there a role for microglia?external icon
        Zhang D, Hu X, Qian L, O’Callaghan JP, Hong JS.
        Mol Neurobiol. 2010 Jun;41(2-3):232-41.
        
     2. The pediatric obesity epidemic continues unabated in Bogalusa, Louisianaexternal icon
        Broyles S, Katzmarzyk PT, Srinivasan SR, Chen W, Bouchard C, Freedman DS, Berenson GS.
        Pediatrics. 2010 May;125(5):900-5.
        

   • Communicable Diseases

     3. Introduction: The natural history and immunobiology of chlamydia trachomatis genital infection and implications for chlamydia controlexternal icon
        Gottlieb SL, Brunham RC, Byrne GI, Martin DH, Xu F, Berman SM.
        J Infect Dis. 2010 Jun 15;201 Suppl 2:S85-7.
        
     4. Summary: The natural history and immunobiology of chlamydia trachomatis genital infection and implications for chlamydia controlexternal icon
        Gottlieb SL, Martin DH, Xu F, Byrne GI, Brunham RC.
        J Infect Dis. 2010 Jun 15;201 Suppl 2:S190-204.
        
     5. Multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis: a threat to global control of tuberculosisexternal icon
        Gandhi NR, Nunn P, Dheda K, Schaaf HS, Zignol M, van Soolingen D, Jensen P, Bayona J.
        Lancet. 2010 May 22;375(9728):1830-43.
        

   • Environmental Health

     6. Urinary concentrations of metabolites of pyrethroid insecticides in the general U.S. population: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2002external icon
        Barr DB, Olsson AO, Wong LY, Udunka S, Baker SE, Whitehead RD, Magsumbol MS, Williams BL, Needham LL.
        Environ Health Perspect. 2010 Jun;118(6):742-8.
        
     7. Distribution and determinants of pesticide mixtures in cord serum using principal component analysisexternal icon
        Neta G, Goldman LR, Barr D, Sjodin A, Apelberg BJ, Witter FR, Halden RU.
        Environ Sci Technol. 2010 Jun 15.
        
     8. Assessment of non-occupational exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons through personal air sampling and urinary biomonitoring
        Li Z, Mulholland JA, Romanoff LC, Pittman EN, Trinidad DA, Lewin MD, Sjodin A.
        J Environ Monit. 2010 ;12(5):1110-1118.
        

   • Epidemiology and Surveillance

     9. Building a framework for global surveillance of the public health implications of adverse childhood experiencesexternal icon
        Anda RF, Butchart A, Felitti VJ, Brown DW.
        Am J Prev Med. 2010 Jul;39(1):93-8.
        
     10. Distribution of 7-year risk of diabetes mellitus among United States adultsexternal icon
         Ford ES, Li C, Zhao G, Pearson WS, Gregg EW.
         Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2010 May 25.
         
     11. Epidemiology of Colorado tick fever in Montana, Utah, and Wyoming, 1995-2003external icon
         Brackney MM, Marfin AA, Staples JE, Stallones L, Keefe T, Black WC, Campbell GL.
         Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2010 May;10(4):381-5.
         

   • Genetics and Genomics

     12. SNPs in CAST are associated with Parkinson disease: a confirmation studyexternal icon
         Allen AS, Satten GA.
         Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2010 Jun 5;153B(4):973-9.
         

   • Health Behavior and Risk

     13. Community perceptions of bloody diarrhoea in an urban slum in South Asia: implications for introduction of a Shigella vaccineexternal icon
         Arvelo W, Blum LS, Nahar N, von Seidlein L, Nahar L, Pack RP, Brooks AW, Pach A, Breiman RF, Luby SP, Ram PK.
         Epidemiol Infect. 2010 Jun 14:1-7.
         
     14. Characteristics of complementary and alternative medicine use among adults with current asthma, 2006external icon
         Marino LA, Shen J.
         J Asthma. 2010 Jun 10.
         
     15. Use of the prostate-specific antigen test among men aged 75 years or older in the United States: 2006 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Systemexternal icon
         Li J, Zhao G, Pollack LA, Smith JL, Joseph DA.
         Prev Chronic Dis. 2010 Jul;7(4):A84.
         

   • Health Communication and Education

     16. Building trust through social media. CDC’s experience during the H1N1 influenza responseexternal icon
         Reynolds BJ.
         Mark Health Serv. 2010 Spring;30(2):18-21.
         

   • Healthcare Associated Infections

     17. Epidemiology, surveillance, and prevention of bloodstream infections in hemodialysis patientsexternal icon
         Patel PR, Kallen AJ, Arduino MJ.
         Am J Kidney Dis. 2010 Jun 14.
         

   • Healthcare Economics

     18. Ambulatory care visits for Pap tests, abnormal Pap test results, and cervical cancer procedures in the United Statesexternal icon
         Saraiya M, McCaig LF, Ekwueme DU.
         Am J Manag Care. 2010 ;16(6):e137-44.
         
     19. Dental insurance for persons under age 65 years with private health insurance: United States, 2008external icon
         Bloom B, Cohen RA.
         NCHS Data Brief. 2010 Jun(40):1-8.
         

   • Immunity and Immunization

     20. Use of respiratory syncytial virus surveillance data to optimize the timing of immunoprophylaxisexternal icon
         Panozzo CA, Stockman LJ, Curns AT, Anderson LJ.
         Pediatrics. 2010 Jun 14.
         
     21. A dynamic model of pneumococcal infection in the United States: implications for prevention through vaccinationexternal icon
         Van Effelterre T, Moore MR, Fierens F, Whitney CG, White L, Pelton SI, Hausdorff WP.
         Vaccine. 2010 May 7;28(21):3650-60.
         

   • Laboratory Sciences

     22. Improved molecular detection of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in mollusks and other environmental samples with a species-specific ITS1-based TaqMan assayexternal icon
         Qvarnstrom Y, da Silva AC, Teem JL, Hollingsworth R, Bishop H, Graeff-Teixeira C, da Silva AJ.
         Appl Environ Microbiol. 2010 Jun 11.
         
     23. Characterization of the human cervical mucous proteomeexternal icon
         Panicker G, Ye Y, Wang D, Unger ER.
         Clin Proteomics. 2010 Jun;6(1-2):18-28.
         
     24. Diagnostic accuracy and analytical sensitivity of IDEIA (TM) norovirus assay for routine screening of human norovirusexternal icon
         Costantini V, Grenz L, Fritzinger A, Lewis D, Biggs C, Hale A, Vinje J.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Jun 16.
         
     25. Characterization of the antiviral and inflammatory responses against Nipah virus in endothelial cells and neuronsexternal icon
         Lo MK, Miller D, Aljofan M, Mungall BA, Rollin PE, Bellini WJ, Rota PA.
         Virology. 2010 Aug 15;404(1):78-88.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     26. Infant morbidity and mortality attributable to prenatal smoking in the U.Sexternal icon
         Dietz PM, England LJ, Shapiro-Mendoza CK, Tong VT, Farr SL, Callaghan WM.
         Am J Prev Med. 2010 Jul;39(1):45-52.
         
     27. QALY weights for neurosensory impairments in pediatric economic evaluations: case studies and a critiqueexternal icon
         Grosse SD, Prosser LA, Asakawa K, Feeny D.
         Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res. 2010 Jun;10(3):293-308.
         
     28. Risk factors for invasive pneumococcal disease in children in the era of conjugate vaccine useexternal icon
         Pilishvili T, Zell ER, Farley MM, Schaffner W, Lynfield R, Nyquist AC, Vazquez M, Bennett NM, Reingold A, Thomas A, Jackson D, Schuchat A, Whitney CG.
         Pediatrics. 2010 Jun 14.
         

   • Obituary

     29. Fondly remembered: Marty Fishbein
         Rietmeijer K, McFarlane M.
         Sex Transm Dis. 2010 Jun;37(6):345-345.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     30. Pressure distribution on the anatomic landmarks of the knee and the effect of kneepadsexternal icon
         Porter WL, Mayton AG, Moore SM.
         Appl Ergon. 2010 Jun 14.
         
     31. A bounding estimate of neutron dose based on measured photon dose around single pass reactors at the Hanford siteexternal icon
         Taulbee TD, Glover SE, Macievic GV, Hunacek M, Smith C, DeBord GW, Morris D, Fix J.
         Health Phys. 2010 Jul;99(1):26-38.
         
     32. Workplace spirometry monitoring for respiratory disease prevention: a methods reviewexternal icon
         Hnizdo E, Glindmeyer HW, Petsonk EL.
         Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2010 Jul;14(7):796-805.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health – Mining

     33. Directional control-response relationships for mining equipmentexternal icon
         Burgess-Limerick R, Krupenia V, Wallis G, Pratim-Bannerjee A, Steiner L.
         Ergonomics. 2010 Jun;53(6):748-57.
         

   • Public Health Leadership and Management

     34. Cervical cancer screening with both human papillomavirus and Papanicolaou testing vs Papanicolaou testing alone: what screening intervals are physicians recommending?external icon
         Saraiya M, Berkowitz Z, Yabroff KR, Wideroff L, Kobrin S, Benard V.
         Arch Intern Med. 2010 Jun 14;170(11):977-85.
         
     35. Developing WHO guidelines with pragmatic, structured, evidence-based processes: a case studyexternal icon
         Chang LW, Kennedy CE, Kennedy GE, Lindegren ML, Marston BJ, Kaplan JE, Sweat MD, Bunnell RE, O’Reilly K, Rutherford GW, Mermin JH.
         Glob Public Health. 2010 Jul;5(4):395-412.
         
     36. Knowledge of interim recommendations and use of Hib vaccine during vaccine shortagesexternal icon
         Kempe A, Babbel C, Wallace GS, Stokley S, Daley MF, Crane LA, Beaty B, Black SR, Barrow J, Dickinson LM.
         Pediatrics. 2010 May;125(5):914-20.
         

   • Public Health, General

     37. Evaluating metrics to improve population healthexternal icon
         Bilheimer LT.
         Prev Chronic Dis. 2010 Jul;7(4):A69.
         

   • Statistics as Topic

     38. Nearest neighbor estimates of entropy for multivariate circular distributionsexternal icon
         Misra N, Singh H, Hnizdo V.
         Entropy. 2010 May;12(5):1125-1144.
         
     39. Performance of using multiple stepwise algorithms for variable selectionexternal icon
         Wiegand RE.
         Stat Med. 2010 May 26;29(15):1647-1659.
         

   • Zoonoses

     40. Winter ecology of Buggy Creek virus (Togaviridae, Alphavirus) in the Central Great Plainsexternal icon
         Brown CR, Strickler SA, Moore AT, Knutie SA, Padhi A, Brown MB, Young GR, O’Brien VA, Foster JE, Komar N.
         Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2010 May;10(4):355-63.
         

3. Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas

   • Genetics and Genomics

     41. The clinical utility of molecular diagnostic testing for primary immune deficiency disorders: a case based reviewexternal icon
         Ameratunga R, Woon ST, Neas K, Love DR.
         Allergy Asthma Clin Immunol. 2010 Jun 8;6(1):12.
         
     42. The genetics of obesity and the metabolic syndromeexternal icon
         Monda KL, North KE, Hunt SC, Rao DC, Province MA, Kraja AT.
         Endocr Metab Immune Disord Drug Targets. 2010 Jun 1;10(2):86-108.
         
     43. Candidate genes for non-diabetic ESRD in African Americans: a genome-wide association study using pooled DNAexternal icon
         Bostrom MA, Lu L, Chou J, Hicks PJ, Xu J, Langefeld CD, Bowden DW, et al.
         Hum Genet. 2010 Jun 8.
         
     44. Advancing public health genomics in Africa through prospective cohort studiesexternal icon
         Dalal S, Holmes MD, Ramesar RS.
         J Epidemiol Community Health. 2010 Jul;64(7):585-6.
         
     45. Cystic fibrosis newborn screening: using experience to optimize the screening algorithmexternal icon
         Hale JE, Parad RB, Dorkin HL, Gerstle R, Lapey A, O’Sullivan BP, Spencer T, et al.
         J Inherit Metab Dis. 2010 Jun 3.
         
     46. CISH and susceptibility to infectious diseasesexternal icon
         Khor CC, Vannberg FO, Chapman SJ, Guo H, Wong SH, Walley AJ, Vukcevic D, et al.
         N Engl J Med. 2010 Jun 3;362(22):2092-101.
         
     47. Functional impact of global rare copy number variation in autism spectrum disordersexternal icon
         Pinto D, Pagnamenta AT, Klei L, Anney R, Merico D, Regan R, Conroy J, et al.
         Nature. 2010 Jun 9.
         

   • Immunity and Immunization – Vaccine Safety

     48. Safety of herpes zoster vaccine in the shingles prevention study: a randomized trialexternal icon
         Simberkoff MS, Arbeit RD, Johnson GR, Oxman MN, Boardman KD, Williams HM, Levin MJ, et al.
         Ann Intern Med. 2010 May 4;152(9):545-54.
         
     49. Safety and immunogenicity of a 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine compared to those of a 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine given as a three-dose series with routine vaccines in healthy infants and toddlersexternal icon
         Esposito S, Tansey S, Thompson A, Razmpour A, Liang J, Jones TR, Ferrera G, et al.
         Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2010 Jun;17(6):1017-26.
         
     50. The new H1N1 and HPV vaccines and old fearsexternal icon
         Balofsky A, Agmon-Levin N, Shoenfeld Y.
         Curr Opin Rheumatol. 2010 Jul;22(4):431-6.
         
     51. Current controversies in the USA regarding vaccine safetyexternal icon
         Chatterjee A, O’Keefe C.
         Expert Rev Vaccines. 2010 May;9(5):497-502.
         
     52. Safety and immunogenicity of a booster dose of the 10-valent pneumococcal nontypeable haemophilus influenzae protein D conjugate vaccine coadministered with measles-mumps-rubella-varicella vaccine in children aged 12 to 16 monthsexternal icon
         Vesikari T, Karvonen A, Lindblad N, Korhonen T, Lommel P, Willems P, Dieussaert I, et al.
         Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2010 Jun;29(6):e47-56.
         
     53. A population-based evaluation of a publicly funded, school-based HPV vaccine program in British Columbia, Canada: parental factors associated with HPV vaccine receiptexternal icon
         Ogilvie G, Anderson M, Marra F, McNeil S, Pielak K, Dawar M, McIvor M, et al.
         PLoS Med. 2010 ;7(5):e1000270.
         
     54. Perceived seriousness of seasonal and A(H1N1) influenzas, attitudes toward vaccination, and vaccine uptake among U.S. adults: does the source of information matter?external icon
         Maurer J, Uscher-Pines L, Harris KM.
         Prev Med. 2010 May 24.
         
     55. Factors underlying parental decisions about combination childhood vaccinations including MMR: a systematic reviewexternal icon
         Brown KF, Kroll JS, Hudson MJ, Ramsay M, Green J, Long SJ, Vincent CA, et al.
         Vaccine. 2010 Jun 11;28(26):4235-48.
         

4. Public Health Articles Noted in the Media

   • MMWR in the Media

     56. Emergency department visits involving nonmedical use of selected prescription drugs – United States, 2004-2008
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010 June 18;59(23):705-709.
         
     57. Notifiable diseases and mortality tables
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010 June 18;59(23):721-734.
         
     58. Perceived health needs and receipt of services during pregnancy – Oklahoma and South Carolina, 2004-2007
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010 June 18;59(23):710-714.
         
     59. Travel-associated dengue surveillance – United States, 2006-2008
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010 June 18;59(23):715-719.
         

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions

     60. Baseline and on-treatment high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and the risk of cancer in randomized controlled trials of lipid-altering therapy
         Jafri H, Alsheikh-Ali AA, Karas RH.
         J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010 June 22;55:2846-2854.
         
     61. Are mastectomy rates really increasing in the United States?external icon
         Habermann EB, Abbott A, Parsons HM, Virnig BA, Al-Refaie WB, Tuttle TM.
         J Clin Oncol. 2010 Jun 14.
         
     62. High rates of obesity and chronic disease among United Methodist clergyexternal icon
         Proeschold-Bell RJ, LeGrand SH.
         Obesity (Silver Spring). 2010 May 6.
         

   • Communicable Diseases

     63. Analysis of in vivo dynamics of influenza virus infection in mice using a GFP reporter virusexternal icon
         Manicassamy B, Manicassamy S, Belicha-Villanueva A, Pisanelli G, Pulendran B, Garcia-Sastre A.
         Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Jun 7.
         

   • Health Behavior and Risk

     64. Influence of limit-setting and participation in physical activity on youth screen timeexternal icon
         Carlson SA, Fulton JE, Lee SM, Foley JT, Heitzler C, Huhman M.
         Pediatrics. 2010 Jun 14.
         

   • Public Health Leadership and Management

     65. Cervical cancer screening with both human papillomavirus and Papanicolaou testing vs Papanicolaou testing alone: what screening intervals are physicians recommending?external icon
         Saraiya M, Berkowitz Z, Yabroff KR, Wideroff L, Kobrin S, Benard V.
         Arch Intern Med. 2010 Jun 14;170(11):977-85.
         

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