Issue 26, June 28, 2010

Vol. 2, Issue: 26, 6/28/10

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 Communicable Diseases – Influenza and Public Health Leadership and Management)
• Public health articles noted in the media

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1. Top Ten Articles of the Week

   • Communicable Diseases

     • Consistent condom use is associated with lower prevalence of human papillomavirus infection in menexternal icon
       Nielson CM, Harris RB, Nyitray AG, Dunne EF, Stone KM, Giuliano AR.
       J Infect Dis. 2010 Jun 22.
       

   • Communicable Diseases – Influenza

     • Comparative epidemiology of pandemic and seasonal influenza A in householdsexternal icon
       Cowling BJ, Chan KH, Fang VJ, Lau LL, So HC, Fung RO, Ma ES, et al.
       N Engl J Med. 2010 Jun 10;362(23):2175-84.
       

   • Drug Safety

     • Hormone therapy and fatal breast cancerexternal icon
       Norman SA, Weber AL, Localio AR, Marchbanks PA, Ursin G, Strom BL, Weiss LK, Burkman RT, Bernstein L, Deapen DM, Folger SG, Simon MS, Nadel MR.
       Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2010 May;19(5):440-7.
       

   • Environmental Health

     • School policies and practices that improve indoor air qualityexternal icon
       Everett Jones S, Smith AM, Wheeler LS, McManus T.
       J Sch Health. 2010 Jun;80(6):280-6.
       

   • Health Behavior and Risk

     • Physical activity and electronic media use in the SEARCH for diabetes in youth case-control studyexternal icon
       Lobelo F, Liese AD, Liu J, Mayer-Davis EJ, D’Agostino RB, Pate RR, Hamman RF, Dabelea D.
       Pediatrics. 2010 Jun;125(6):e1364-71.
       

   • Immunity and Immunization

     • Multiple vaccinations and the risk of medically attended feverexternal icon
       Lin ND, Kleinman K, Chan KA, Soumerai S, Mehta J, Mullooly JP, Shay DK, Kolczak M, Lieu TA.
       Vaccine. 2010 Jun 7;28(25):4169-74.
       

   • Laboratory Sciences

     • Seven direct methods for measuring HDL and LDL cholesterol compared with ultracentrifugation reference measurement proceduresexternal icon
       Miller WG, Myers GL, Sakurabayashi I, Bachmann LM, Caudill SP, Dziekonski A, Edwards S, Kimberly MM, Korzun WJ, Leary ET, Nakajima K, Nakamura M, Nilsson G, Shamburek RD, Vetrovec GW, Warnick GR, Remaley AT.
       Clin Chem. 2010 Jun;56(6):977-86.
       

   • Maternal and Child Health

     • Prolonged and exclusive breastfeeding reduces the risk of infectious diseases in infancyexternal icon
       Duijts L, Jaddoe VW, Hofman A, Moll HA.
       Pediatrics. 2010 Jun 21.
       

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     • Eleven years of occupational mortality in law enforcement: the census of fatal occupational injuries, 1992-2002external icon
       Tiesman HM, Hendricks SA, Bell JL, Amandus HA.
       Am J Ind Med. 2010 Jun 17.
       

   • Public Health Leadership and Management

     • Policy and system change and community coalitions: outcomes from allies against asthmaexternal icon
       Clark NM, Lachance L, Doctor LJ, Gilmore L, Kelly C, Krieger J, Lara M, et al.
       Am J Public Health. 2010 May;100(5):904-12.
       

2. CDC Authored Publications

   The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions

     1. Dr R Shiffmann’s Asthmador: relevant to our times, or a snake oil remedy?external icon
        Fedan JS, Piedimonte G.
        Curr Opin Pharmacol. 2010 Jun 17.
        
     2. Years of potential life lost and productivity losses from male urogenital cancer deaths-United States, 2004external icon
        Li C, Ekwueme DU, Rim SH, Tangka FK.
        Urology. 2010 Jun 21.
        

   • Communicable Diseases

     3. Viral hepatitis: continuing the dialogueexternal icon
        Holtzman D.
        Am J Public Health. 2010 Jun 17.
        
     4. Performance of abdominal ultrasound for diagnosis of tuberculosis in HIV-infected persons living in Cambodiaexternal icon
        Sculier D, Vannarith C, Pe R, Thai S, Kanara N, Borann S, Cain KP, Lynen L, Varma JK.
        J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2010 Jun 22.
        
     5. 1918 and 2009: a tale of two pandemicsexternal icon
        Redd SC, Frieden TR, Schuchat A, Briss PA.
        Public Health Rep. 2010 Apr;125 Suppl 3:3-5.
        
     6. The 1918-1919 influenza pandemic in the United States: lessons learned and challenges exposedexternal icon
        Stern AM, Cetron MS, Markel H.
        Public Health Rep. 2010 Apr;125 Suppl 3:6-8.
        
     7. “Better off in school”: school medical inspection as a public health strategy during the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic in the United Statesexternal icon
        Stern AM, Reilly MB, Cetron MS, Markel H.
        Public Health Rep. 2010 Apr;125 Suppl 3:63-70.
        
     8. Review of cytomegalovirus seroprevalence and demographic characteristics associated with infectionexternal icon
        Cannon MJ, Schmid DS, Hyde TB.
        Rev Med Virol. 2010 Jun 18.
        

   • Community Health Services

     9. Obesity prevention and diabetes screening at local health departmentsexternal icon
        Zhang X, Luo H, Gregg EW, Mukhtar Q, Rivera M, Barker L, Albright A.
        Am J Public Health. 2010 Jun 17.
        

   • Disease Reservoirs and Vectors

     10. Identification of Bartonella infections in febrile human patients from Thailand and their potential animal reservoirsexternal icon
         Kosoy M, Bai Y, Sheff K, Morway C, Baggett H, Maloney SA, Boonmar S, Bhengsri S, Dowell SF, Sitdhirasdr A, Lerdthusnee K, Richardson J, Peruski LF.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Jun;82(6):1140-5.
         
     11. Survival of bacteriophage MS2 on filtering facepiece respirator coupons
         Fisher E, Shaffer R.
         Appl Biosafety. 2010 Apr-Jun;15(2):71-76.
         

   • Environmental Health

     12. Source drinking water quality effects on chlorine disinfection of adenovirus, coxsackievirus, echovirus, and murine norovirusexternal icon
         Kahler AM, Cromeans TL, Roberts JM, Hill VR.
         Appl Environ Microbiol. 2010 Jun 18.
         

   • Epidemiology and Surveillance

     13. Household-based sero-epidemiologic survey after a yellow fever epidemic, Sudan, 2005external icon
         Farnon EC, Gould LH, Griffith KS, Osman MS, Kholy AE, Brair ME, Panella AJ, Kosoy O, Laven JJ, Godsey MS, Perea W, Hayes EB.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Jun;82(6):1146-52.
         
     14. The two faces of Hepatitis E virusexternal icon
         Teshale EH, Hu DJ, Holmberg SD.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2010 Jun 23.
         
     15. Evaluation of a records-review surveillance system used to determine the prevalence of autism spectrum disordersexternal icon
         Avchen RN, Wiggins LD, Devine O, Van Naarden Braun K, Rice C, Hobson NC, Schendel D, Yeargin-Allsopp M.
         J Autism Dev Disord. 2010 Jun 22.
         
     16. Perinatal Periods of Risk: analytic preparation and phase 1 analytic methods for investigating feto-infant mortalityexternal icon
         Sappenfield WM, Peck MG, Gilbert CS, Haynatzka VR, Bryant T3.
         Matern Child Health J. 2010 Jun 20.
         
     17. Perinatal Periods of Risk: phase 2 analytic methods for further investigating feto-infant mortalityexternal icon
         Sappenfield WM, Peck MG, Gilbert CS, Haynatzka VR, Bryant T3.
         Matern Child Health J. 2010 Jun 18.
         
     18. A systematic review of measures used in studies of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine acceptabilityexternal icon
         Allen JD, Coronado GD, Williams RS, Glenn B, Escoffery C, Fernandez M, Tuff RA, Wilson KM, Mullen PD.
         Vaccine. 2010 May 28;28(24):4027-37.
         

   • Genetics and Genomics

     19. Microprocessor of microRNAs: regulation and potential for therapeutic interventionexternal icon
         Beezhold KJ, Castranova V, Chen F.
         Mol Cancer. 2010 ;9:134.
         

   • Health Behavior and Risk

     20. Health information-seeking behaviors, health indicators, and health risksexternal icon
         Weaver JB, Mays D, Weaver SS, Hopkins GL, Eroglu D, Bernhardt JM.
         Am J Public Health. 2010 Jun 17.
         

   • Healthcare Associated Infections

     21. Preventing catheter-related bloodstream infections outside the intensive care unit: expanding prevention to new settingsexternal icon
         Kallen AJ, Patel PR, O’Grady NP.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2010 Jun 23.
         

   • Healthcare Economics

     22. Cancer treatment cost in the United States: has the burden shifted over time?external icon
         Tangka FK, Trogdon JG, Richardson LC, Howard D, Sabatino SA, Finkelstein EA.
         Cancer. 2010 May 10.
         

   • Immunity and Immunization

     23. Increases in levels of schistosome-specific immunoglobulin E and CD23(+) B cells in a cohort of Kenyan children undergoing repeated treatment and reinfection with Schistosoma mansoniexternal icon
         Black CL, Muok EM, Mwinzi PN, Carter JM, Karanja DM, Secor WE, Colley DG.
         J Infect Dis. 2010 Jun 18.
         

   • Injury and Violence

     24. It wouldn’t hurt to walk: promoting pedestrian injury researchexternal icon
         Sleet DA, Pollack K, Rivara F, Frattaroli S, Peek-Asa C.
         Inj Prev. 2010 Jun;16(3):211-2.
         

   • Laboratory Sciences

     25. Close encounters of the small kind: adverse effects of man-made materials interfacing with the nano-cosmos of biological systemsexternal icon
         Shvedova AA, Kagan VE, Fadeel B.
         Annu Rev Pharmacol Toxicol. 2010 ;50:63-88.
         
     26. Investigation of an apparent outbreak of Rhodococcus equi bacteremiaexternal icon
         Langer AJ, Feja K, Lasker BA, Hinrikson HP, Morey RE, Pellegrini GJ, Smith TL, Robertson C.
         Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2010 May;67(1):95-100.
         
     27. Astrovirus encephalitis in boy with X-linked agammaglobulinemiaexternal icon
         Quan PL, Wagner TA, Briese T, Torgerson TR, Hornig M, Tashmukhamedova A, Firth C, Palacios G, Baisre-De-Leon A, Paddock CD, Hutchison SK, Egholm M, Zaki SR, Goldman JE, Ochs HD, Lipkin WI.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Jun;16(6):918-25.
         
     28. Gamma/delta T cells promote the maturation of dendritic cells during West Nile virus infectionexternal icon
         Fang H, Welte T, Zheng X, Chang GJ, Holbrook MR, Soong L, Wang T.
         FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol. 2010 Jun 1;59(1):71-80.
         
     29. Monoclonal antibodies against toluene diisocyanate haptenated proteins from vapor-exposed miceexternal icon
         Ruwona TB, Johnson VJ, Schmechel D, Simoyi RH, Beezhold D, Siegel PD.
         Hybridoma (Larchmt). 2010 Jun;29(3):221-9.
         
     30. TLR-2 independent recognition of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by CD11c(+) pulmonary cells from old miceexternal icon
         Rottinghaus EK, Vesosky B, Turner J.
         Mech Ageing Dev. 2010 Jun 8.
         
     31. Receptor specificity and transmission of H2N2 subtype viruses isolated from the pandemic of 1957external icon
         Pappas C, Viswanathan K, Chandrasekaran A, Raman R, Katz JM, Sasisekharan R, Tumpey TM.
         PLoS One. 2010 ;5(6):e11158.
         
     32. Enrichment culture and molecular identification of diverse Bartonella species in stray dogsexternal icon
         Bai Y, Kosoy MY, Boonmar S, Sawatwong P, Sangmaneedet S, Peruski LF.
         Vet Microbiol. 2010 May 12.
         
     33. 5’PPP-RNA induced RIG-I activation inhibits drug-resistant avian H5N1 as well as 1918 and 2009 pandemic influenza virus replicationexternal icon
         Ranjan P, Jayashankar L, Deyde V, Zeng H, Davis WG, Pearce MB, Bowzard JB, Hoelscher MA, Jeisy-Scott V, Wiens ME, Gangappa S, Gubareva L, Garcia-Sastre A, Katz JM, Tumpey TM, Fujita T, Sambhara S.
         Virol J. 2010 May 21;7(1):102.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     34. BirthStats: percentage of preterm births, United States and selected European countries, 2004external icon
         MacDorman MF, Mathews TJ.
         Birth. 2010 Jun;37(2):168.
         
     35. Group B streptococcal disease in infants: progress in prevention and continued challengesexternal icon
         Verani JR, Schrag SJ.
         Clin Perinatol. 2010 Jun;37(2):375-92.
         
     36. Sociodemographic and dietary risk factors for natural infant intussusception in the United Statesexternal icon
         Johnson B, Gargiullo P, Murphy TV, Parashar UD, Patel MM.
         J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2010 Jun 16.
         
     37. Parents’ death and survival of their childrenexternal icon
         Yusuf HR, Atrash HK.
         Lancet. 2010 Jun 5;375(9730):1944-6.
         
     38. Exposure to antibiotics in a United States-Mexico border birth cohortexternal icon
         Broussard CS, Goodman KJ, Nurgalieva ZZ, Fischbach LA, Gold BD.
         Pediatrics. 2010 Jun;125(6):e1468-74.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     39. Safety climate: new developments in conceptualization, theory, and researchexternal icon
         Huang YH, Chen PY, Grosch JW.
         Accid Anal Prev. 2010 Sep;42(5):1421-2.
         
     40. Job satisfaction is associated with elevated natural killer cell immunity among healthy white-collar employeesexternal icon
         Nakata A, Takahashi M, Irie M, Swanson NG.
         Brain Behav Immun. 2010 Jun 1.
         
     41. Metabolic syndrome and salivary cortisol: is there dysregulation among a group of active duty urban police officers?
         Austin-Ketch TL, Violanti J, Fekedulegn D, Andrew ME, Burchfiel C, Hartley T, Vena J.
         Diabetes Metab Syndr. 2010 June;4(2):82-88.
         
     42. Pulmonary toxicity and extrapulmonary tissue distribution of metals after repeated exposure to different welding fumesexternal icon
         Antonini JM, Roberts JR, Chapman RS, Soukup JM, Ghio AJ, Sriram K.
         Inhal Toxicol. 2010 Jun 19.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health – Mining

     43. A study of first moments in underground mine emergency response
         Kowalski-Trakofler KM, Vaught C, Brnich MJ, Jansky JH.
         J Homel Secur Emerg Manag. 2010 ;7(1).
         

   • Physical Activity

     44. Prevalence of highly active adults-Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2007external icon
         Adabonyan I, Loustalot F, Kruger J, Carlson SA, Fulton JE.
         Prev Med. 2010 Jun 1.
         

   • Reproductive Health

     45. Inpatient hospitalization for gynecologic disorders in the United Statesexternal icon
         Whiteman MK, Kuklina E, Jamieson DJ, Hillis SD, Marchbanks PA.
         Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Jun;202(6):541 e1-6.
         
     46. Screening and treatment to prevent sequelae in women with Chlamydia trachomatis genital infection: how much do we know?external icon
         Gottlieb SL, Berman SM, Low N.
         J Infect Dis. 2010 Jun 15;201 Suppl 2:S156-67.
         

   • Social and Behavioral Sciences

     47. The effect of caregiving on women in families with Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophyexternal icon
         Kenneson A, Bobo JK.
         Health Soc Care Community. 2010 Jun 16.
         

   • Statistics as Topic

     48. Likelihood-based methods for estimating the association between a health outcome and left- or interval-censored longitudinal exposure dataexternal icon
         Wannemuehler KA, Lyles RH, Manatunga AK, Terrell ML, Marcus M.
         Stat Med. 2010 Apr 20;29(16):1661-1672.
         

   • Veterinary Medicine

     49. Novel norovirus in dogs with diarrheaexternal icon
         Mesquita JR, Barclay L, Jose Nascimento MS, Vinje J.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Jun;16(6):980-2.
         

   • Zoonoses

     50. Ecological niche modeling of Francisella tularensis subspecies and clades in the United Statesexternal icon
         Nakazawa Y, Williams RA, Peterson AT, Mead PS, Kugeler KJ, Petersen JM.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 May;82(5):912-8.
         
     51. Rift Valley fever during rainy seasons, Madagascar, 2008 and 2009external icon
         Andriamandimby SF, Randrianarivo-Solofoniaina AE, Jeanmaire EM, Ravololomanana L, Razafimanantsoa LT, Rakotojoelinandrasana T, Razainirina J, Hoffmann J, Ravalohery JP, Rafisandratantsoa JT, Rollin PE, Reynes JM.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Jun;16(6):963-70.
         
     52. Shimoni bat virus, a new representative of the Lyssavirus genusexternal icon
         Kuzmin IV, Mayer AE, Niezgoda M, Markotter W, Agwanda B, Breiman RF, Rupprecht CE.
         Virus Res. 2010 May;149(2):197-210.
         

3. Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas

   • Communicable Diseases – Influenza

     53. Seroconversion and asymptomatic infections during oseltamivir prophylaxis against influenza A H1N1 2009external icon
         Lee VJ, Yap J, Tay JK, Barr I, Gao Q, Ho HJ, Tan BH, et al.
         BMC Infect Dis. 2010 Jun 10;10(1):164.
         
     54. Low secondary transmission of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) in households following an outbreak at a summer camp: relationship to timing of exposureexternal icon
         Doyle TJ, Hopkins RS.
         Epidemiol Infect. 2010 Jun 21:1-7.
         
     55. A school outbreak of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 infection: assessment of secondary household transmission and the protective role of oseltamivirexternal icon
         Leung YH, Li MP, Chuang SK.
         Epidemiol Infect. 2010 Jun 21:1-4.
         
     56. Oseltamivir ring prophylaxis for containment of 2009 H1N1 influenza outbreaksexternal icon
         Lee VJ, Yap J, Cook AR, Chen MI, Tay JK, Tan BH, Loh JP, et al.
         N Engl J Med. 2010 Jun 10;362(23):2166-74.
         

   • Public Health Leadership and Management

     57. Building capacity in health facility management: guiding principles for skills transfer in Liberiaexternal icon
         Rowe LA, Brillant SB, Cleveland E, Dahn BT, Ramanadhan S, Podesta M, Bradley EH.
         Hum Resour Health. 2010 ;8:5.
         
     58. The group employed model as a foundation for health care delivery reformexternal icon
         Minott J, Helms D, Luft H, Guterman S, Weil H.
         Issue Brief (Commonw Fund). 2010 Apr;83:1-24.
         
     59. Financing of health systems to achieve the health millennium development goals in low-income countriesexternal icon
         Fryatt R, Mills A, Nordstrom A.
         Lancet. 2010 Jan 30;375(9712):419-26.
         
     60. Using ideas management to identify ways to improve care in the NHS and in organisationsexternal icon
         Mugglestone M, Baxter H.
         Nurs Times. 2010 Jan 26-Feb 1;106(3):10-1.
         
     61. Improving health workforce recruitment and retention in rural and remote regions of Nigeriaexternal icon
         Awofeso N.
         Rural Remote Health. 2010 Jan-Mar;10(1):1319.
         
     62. Newborn screening progress in developing countries–overcoming internal barriersexternal icon
         Padilla CD, Krotoski D, Therrell BL.
         Semin Perinatol. 2010 Apr;34(2):145-55.
         

4. Public Health Articles Noted in the Media

   • MMWR in the Media

     63. Sodium intake among adults — United States, 2005-2006
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010 Jun 25;59(24):746-749.
         

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions

     64. Serum vitamin D levels and severe asthma exacerbations in the Childhood Asthma Management Program studyexternal icon
         Brehm JM, Schuemann B, Fuhlbrigge AL, Hollis BW, Strunk RC, Zeiger RS, Weiss ST, Litonjua AA, Childhood Asthma Management Program Research Group.
         J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2010 Jun 8.
         
     65. Early-onset depression, anxiety, and risk of subsequent coronary heart disease: 37-year follow-up of 49,321 young Swedish men
         Janszky I, Ahnve S, Lundberg I, Hemmingsson T.
         J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010 ;56(1):31-37.
         

   • Communicable Diseases

     66. Low secondary transmission of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) in households following an outbreak at a summer camp: relationship to timing of exposureexternal icon
         Doyle TJ, Hopkins RS.
         Epidemiol Infect. 2010 Jun 21:1-7.
         
     67. A school outbreak of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 infection: assessment of secondary household transmission and the protective role of oseltamivirexternal icon
         Leung YH, Li MP, Chuang SK.
         Epidemiol Infect. 2010 Jun 21:1-4.
         

   • Health Disparities

     68. Race and ethnicity and breast cancer outcomes in an underinsured populationexternal icon
         Komenaka IK, Martinez ME, Pennington RE, Hsu CH, Clare SE, Thompson PA, Murphy C, Zork NM, Goulet RJ.
         J Natl Cancer Inst. 2010 Jun 23.
         
     69. Infection rate and acute organ dysfunction risk as explanations for racial differences in severe sepsisexternal icon
         Mayr FB, Yende S, Linde-Zwirble WT, Peck-Palmer OM, Barnato AE, Weissfeld LA, Angus DC.
         JAMA. 2010 Jun 23;303(24):2495-503.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     70. Delivery mode shapes the acquisition and structure of the initial microbiota across multiple body habitats in newbornsexternal icon
         Dominguez-Bello MG, Costello EK, Contreras M, Magris M, Hidalgo G, Fierer N, Knight R.
         Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Jun 21.
         
     71. Childbearing, child-rearing, cardiovascular risk factors, and progression of carotid intima-media thickness. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns studyexternal icon
         Skilton MR, Bonnet F, Begg LM, Juonala M, Kahonen M, Lehtimaki T, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT.
         Stroke. 2010 Jun 10.