Issue 23, June 06, 2011
Vol. 3, Issue: 23, 6/6/11
Welcome to Science Clips, CDC’s 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 Global Health – Malaria and Meningococcal Vaccines)
- Public health articles noted in the media
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Top Ten Articles of the Week
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Communicable Diseases
- Elimination of hepatocellular carcinoma and acute hepatitis B in children 25 years after a hepatitis B newborn and catch-up immunization programexternal icon
McMahon BJ, Bulkow LR, Singleton RJ, Williams J, Snowball M, Homan C, Parkinson AJ.
Hepatology. 2011 May 26.
- The seroprevalence of pandemic influenza H1N1 (2009) virus in Chinaexternal icon
Xu C, Bai T, Iuliano AD, Wang M, Yang L, Wen L, Zeng Y, Li X, Chen T, Wang W, Hu Y, Li Z, Zou S, Li D, Wang S, Feng Z, Zhang Y, Yu H, Yang W, Wang Y, Widdowson MA, Shu Y.
PLoS One. 2011 ;6(4):e17919.
- Elimination of hepatocellular carcinoma and acute hepatitis B in children 25 years after a hepatitis B newborn and catch-up immunization programexternal icon
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Epidemiology and Surveillance
- A laboratory-based surveillance system for Wuchereria bancrofti in Togo: a practical model for resource-poor settingsexternal icon
Mathieu E, Dorkenoo A, Otogbe FK, Budge PJ, Sodahlon YK.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Jun;84(6):988-93.
- A laboratory-based surveillance system for Wuchereria bancrofti in Togo: a practical model for resource-poor settingsexternal icon
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Health Communication and Education
- HIV/AIDS prevention, faith, and spirituality among black/African American and Latino communities in the United States: strengthening scientific faith-based efforts to shift the course of the epidemic and reduce HIV-related health disparitiesexternal icon
Sutton MY, Parks CP.
J Relig Health. 2011 May 28.
- HIV/AIDS prevention, faith, and spirituality among black/African American and Latino communities in the United States: strengthening scientific faith-based efforts to shift the course of the epidemic and reduce HIV-related health disparitiesexternal icon
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Health Disparities
- Racial and ethnic disparities in colorectal cancer screening persisted despite expansion of Medicare’s screening reimbursementexternal icon
White A, Vernon SW, Franzini L, Du XL.
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2011 May;20(5):811-7.
- Racial and ethnic disparities in colorectal cancer screening persisted despite expansion of Medicare’s screening reimbursementexternal icon
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Healthcare Economics
- Cost-effectiveness of HIV screening in STD clinics, emergency departments, and inpatient units: a model-based analysisexternal icon
Prabhu VS, Farnham PG, Hutchinson AB, Soorapanth S, Heffelfinger JD, Golden MR, Brooks JT, Rimland D, Sansom SL.
PLoS One. 2011 ;6(5):e19936.
- Cost-effectiveness of HIV screening in STD clinics, emergency departments, and inpatient units: a model-based analysisexternal icon
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Laboratory Sciences
- Establishment of the black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) as a novel animal model for comparing smallpox vaccines administered pre-exposure in both high and low-dose monkeypox challengesexternal icon
Keckler MS, Carroll DS, Gallardo-Romero NF, Lash RR, Salzer JS, Weiss SL, Patel N, Clemmons CJ, Smith SK, Hutson CL, Karem KL, Damon IK.
J Virol. 2011 Jun 1.
- Establishment of the black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) as a novel animal model for comparing smallpox vaccines administered pre-exposure in both high and low-dose monkeypox challengesexternal icon
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Maternal and Child Health
- Prenatal vitamins, one-carbon metabolism gene variants, and risk for autismexternal icon
Schmidt RJ, Hansen RL, Hartiala J, Allayee H, Schmidt LC, Tancredi DJ, Tassone F, Hertz-Picciotto I.
Epidemiology. 2011 May 23.
- Prenatal vitamins, one-carbon metabolism gene variants, and risk for autismexternal icon
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Public Health Leadership and Management
- NYC Epi Scholars program: promoting applied health disparities research in an urban public health department – a program modelexternal icon
Blake J, Choden T, Hemans-Henry C, Koppaka R, Greene C.
J Public Health Manag Pract. 2011 Jul-Aug;17(4):313-5.
- NYC Epi Scholars program: promoting applied health disparities research in an urban public health department – a program modelexternal icon
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Substance Use and Abuse
- Epidemiology of menthol cigarette use in the United Statesexternal icon
Caraballo RS, Asman K.
Tob Induc Dis. 2011 ;9 Suppl 1:S1.
- Epidemiology of menthol cigarette use in the United Statesexternal icon
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CDC Authored Publications
The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.
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Chronic Diseases and Conditions
- Awareness of heart attack symptoms among US adults in 2007, and changes in awareness from 2001 to 2007external icon
Fang J, Gillespie C, Keenan NL, Greenlund KJ.
Future Cardiol. 2011 May;7(3):311-20.
- Co-occurrence of obesity and patterns of alcohol use associated with elevated serum hepatic enzymes in US adultsexternal icon
Tsai J, Ford ES, Zhao G, Li C, Greenlund KJ, Croft JB.
J Behav Med. 2011 May 28.
- Awareness of heart attack symptoms among US adults in 2007, and changes in awareness from 2001 to 2007external icon
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Communicable Diseases
- Survey of diagnostic services for genital herpes in fourteen countries in Eastern Europeexternal icon
Domeika M, Babayan K, Ismailov R, Shimanskaya I, Chudomirova K, Brilene T, Kvlividze O, Deak J, Askarova G, Mamajeva G, Kucinskiene V, Frigo N, Savicheva A, Krasnoselskich T, Mavrov G, Kasymov O, Izvekova O, Unemo M, Ballard R.
Acta Derm Venereol. 2011 May;91(3):333-6.
- Enterovirus 71 meningoencephalitis complicating Rituximab therapyexternal icon
Ahmed R, Buckland M, Davies L, Halmagyi GM, Rogers SL, Oberste S, Barnett MH.
J Neurol Sci. 2011 Jun 15;305(1-2):149-51.
- Survey of diagnostic services for genital herpes in fourteen countries in Eastern Europeexternal icon
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Disaster Control and Emergency Services
- Chlorine dioxide inactivation of bacterial threat agentsexternal icon
Shams AM, O’Connell H, Arduino MJ, Rose LJ.
Lett Appl Microbiol. 2011 May 30.
- Chlorine dioxide inactivation of bacterial threat agentsexternal icon
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Environmental Health
- Personal care product use and urinary levels of phthalate metabolites in Mexican womenexternal icon
Romero-Franco M, Hernandez-Ramirez RU, Calafat AM, Cebrian ME, Needham LL, Teitelbaum S, Wolff MS, Lopez-Carrillo L.
Environ Int. 2011 Jul;37(5):867-71.
- Personal care product use and urinary levels of phthalate metabolites in Mexican womenexternal icon
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Genetics and Genomics
- Detection of G3P[3] and G3P[9] rotavirus strains in American Indian children with evidence of gene reassortment between human and animal rotavirusesexternal icon
Grant L, Esona M, Gentsch J, Watt J, Reid R, Weatherholtz R, Santosham M, Parashar U, O’Brien K.
J Med Virol. 2011 Jul;83(7):1288-99.
- Detection of G3P[3] and G3P[9] rotavirus strains in American Indian children with evidence of gene reassortment between human and animal rotavirusesexternal icon
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Health Behavior and Risk
- Homophobia and racism experienced by Latino men who have sex with men in the United States: correlates of exposure and associations with HIV risk behaviorsexternal icon
Mizuno Y, Borkowf C, Millett GA, Bingham T, Ayala G, Stueve A.
AIDS Behav. 2011 Jun 1.
- Homophobia and racism experienced by Latino men who have sex with men in the United States: correlates of exposure and associations with HIV risk behaviorsexternal icon
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Immunity and Immunization
- The need for innovative strategies to improve immunisation services in rural Zimbabweexternal icon
Chadambuka A, Chimusoro A, Apollo T, Tshimanga M, Namusisi O, Luman ET.
Disasters. 2011 May 31.
- Evaluation of immunization rates and safety among children with inborn errors of metabolismexternal icon
Klein NP, Aukes L, Lee J, Fireman B, Shapira SK, Slade B, Baxter R, Summar M.
Pediatrics. 2011 May;127(5):e1139-46.
- Toward the development of a hepatitis E vaccineexternal icon
Kamili S.
Virus Res. 2011 May 18.
- The need for innovative strategies to improve immunisation services in rural Zimbabweexternal icon
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Laboratory Sciences
- Evaluation of three serological tests manufactured in Belarus for the diagnosis of syphilisexternal icon
Shimanskaya I, Zhurauskaya L, Pankratov O, Unemo M, Ballard R, Domeika M.
Acta Derm Venereol. 2011 May;91(3):299-302.
- Efficacy of a tetravalent chimeric dengue vaccine (DENVax) in cynomolgus macaquesexternal icon
Osorio JE, Brewoo JN, Silengo SJ, Arguello J, Moldovan IR, Tary-Lehmann M, Powell TD, Livengood JA, Kinney RM, Huang CY, Stinchcomb DT.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Jun;84(6):978-87.
- Evaluation of mailed pediatric buccal cytobrushes for use in a case-control study of birth defectsexternal icon
Gallagher ML, Sturchio C, Smith A, Koontz D, Jenkins MM, Honein MA, Rasmussen SA.
Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2011 May 31.
- Intra- and inter-modality comparisons of storage phosphor computed radiography and conventional film-screen radiography in the recognition of small pneumoconiotic opacitiesexternal icon
Laney AS, Petsonk EL, Attfield MD.
Chest. 2011 May 26.
- Triggering of the Newcastle disease virus fusion protein by a chimeric attachment protein that binds to Nipah virus receptorsexternal icon
Mirza AM, Aguilar HC, Zhu Q, Mahon PJ, Rota PA, Lee B, Iorio RM.
J Biol Chem. 2011 May 20;286(20):17851-60.
- Protection against rectal transmission of an emtricitabine (FTC)-resistant SHIV162p3M184V mutant by intermittent prophylaxis with Truvadaexternal icon
Cong ME, Youngpairoj AS, Zheng Q, Aung W, Mitchell J, Sweeney E, Hanson DL, Hendry RM, Dobard C, Heneine W, Garcia-Lerma JG.
J Virol. 2011 Jun 1.
- Evaluation of three serological tests manufactured in Belarus for the diagnosis of syphilisexternal icon
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Maternal and Child Health
- The variability of childhood diarrhea in Karachi, Pakistan, 2002-2006external icon
Luby SP, Agboatwalla M, Hoekstra RM.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Jun;84(6):870-7.
- Stillbirths: the way forward in high-income countriesexternal icon
Flenady V, Middleton P, Smith GC, Duke W, Erwich JJ, Khong TY, Neilson J, Ezzati M, Koopmans L, Ellwood D, Fretts R, Froen JF.
Lancet. 2011 May 14;377(9778):1703-17.
- The variability of childhood diarrhea in Karachi, Pakistan, 2002-2006external icon
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Occupational Safety and Health
- Some important oversights in the assessment of whole-body vibration exposure based on ISO-2631-1external icon
Dong RG, Welcome DE, McDowell TW.
Appl Ergon. 2011 May 30.
- Impact of air velocity on the detection of fires in conveyor belt haulageways
Perera IE, Litton CD.
Fire Technol. 2011 :1-14.
- Predicting the performance of cost-effective rollover protective structure designs
Harris JR, Winn GL, Ayers PD, McKenzie Jr EA.
Saf Sci. 2011 .
- Some important oversights in the assessment of whole-body vibration exposure based on ISO-2631-1external icon
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Parasitic Diseases
- Economic impact of cystic echinococcosis in Peruexternal icon
Moro PL, Budke CM, Schantz PM, Vasquez J, Santivanez SJ, Villavicencio J.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2011 May;5(5):e1179.
- Chagas disease has now gone globalexternal icon
Tanowitz HB, Weiss LM, Montgomery SP.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2011 ;5(4):e1136.
- Economic impact of cystic echinococcosis in Peruexternal icon
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Public Health Leadership and Management
- Measuring disability and monitoring the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: the work of the Washington Group on Disability Statisticsexternal icon
Madans JH, Loeb ME, Altman BM.
BMC Public Health. 2011 ;11 Suppl 4:S4.
- Measuring disability and monitoring the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: the work of the Washington Group on Disability Statisticsexternal icon
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Vital Statistics
- Ambulatory medical care utilization estimates for 2007external icon
Schappert SM, Rechtsteiner EA.
Vital Health Stat 13. 2011 Apr(169):1-38.
- Ambulatory medical care utilization estimates for 2007external icon
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Zoonoses
- Seroepidemiologic survey for Coxiella burnetii among hospitalized US troops deployed to Iraqexternal icon
Anderson AD, Baker TR, Littrell AC, Mott RL, Niebuhr DW, Smoak BL.
Zoonoses Public Health. 2011 Jun;58(4):276-83.
- Seroepidemiologic survey for Coxiella burnetii among hospitalized US troops deployed to Iraqexternal icon
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Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas
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Global Health – Malaria and Meningococcal Vaccines
- An evaluation of emerging vaccines for childhood meningococcal diseaseexternal icon
Choudhuri D, Huda T, Theodoratou E, Nair H, Zgaga L, Falconer R, Luksic I, et al.
BMC Public Health. 2011 ;11 Suppl 3:S29.
- The mysteries of immunity to malariaexternal icon
Greenwood B, Targett G.
Lancet. 2011 May 21;377(9779):1729-30.
- Long-term protection against malaria after experimental sporozoite inoculation: an open-label follow-up studyexternal icon
Roestenberg M, Teirlinck AC, McCall MB, Teelen K, Makamdop KN, Wiersma J, Arens T, et al.
Lancet. 2011 May 21;377(9779):1770-6.
- Immunological correlates of protection for the RTS,S candidate malaria vaccineexternal icon
Greenwood B.
Lancet Infect Dis. 2011 Feb;11(2):75-6.
- Efficacy of RTS,S/AS01E malaria vaccine and exploratory analysis on anti-circumsporozoite antibody titres and protection in children aged 5-17 months in Kenya and Tanzania: a randomised controlled trialexternal icon
Olotu A, Lusingu J, Leach A, Lievens M, Vekemans J, Msham S, Lang T, et al.
Lancet Infect Dis. 2011 Feb;11(2):102-9.
- A research agenda to underpin malaria eradicationexternal icon
Alonso PL, Brown G, Arevalo-Herrera M, Binka F, Chitnis C, Collins F, Doumbo OK, et al.
PLoS Med. 2011 ;8(1):e1000406.
- Likely health outcomes for untreated acute febrile illness in the tropics in decision and economic models; a Delphi surveyexternal icon
Lubell Y, Staedke SG, Greenwood BM, Kamya MR, Molyneux M, Newton PN, Reyburn H, et al.
PLoS One. 2011 ;6(2):e17439.
- The global meningococcal initiative: recommendations for reducing the global burden of meningococcal diseaseexternal icon
Harrison LH, Pelton SI, Wilder-Smith A, Holst J, Safadi MA, Vazquez JA, Taha MK, et al.
Vaccine. 2011 Apr 18;29(18):3363-71.
- An evaluation of emerging vaccines for childhood meningococcal diseaseexternal icon
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Public Health Articles Noted in the Media
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MMWR in the Media
- HIV surveillance – United States, 1981-2008external icon
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 June 3;60(21):689-693.
- Thirty years of HIV – 1981-2011
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 June 3;60(21):689.
- Update: influenza activity – United States, 2010-11 season, and composition of the 2011-12 influenza vaccineexternal icon
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 June 3;60(21):705-712.
- Vaccination coverage among children in kindergarten – United States, 2009-10 school yearexternal icon
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 June 3;60(21):700-704.
- HIV surveillance – United States, 1981-2008external icon
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Chronic Diseases and Conditions
- Effects of moderate red wine consumption on liver fat and blood lipids: a prospective randomized studyexternal icon
Kechagias S, Zanjani S, Gjellan S, Leinhard OD, Kihlberg J, Smedby O, Johansson L, Kullberg J, Ahlstrom H, Lindstrom T, Nystrom FH.
Ann Med. 2011 May 23.
- Impact of diabetes on work cessation: data from the GAZEL cohort studyexternal icon
Herquelot E, Gueguen A, Bonenfant S, Dray-Spira R.
Diabetes Care. 2011 Jun;34(6):1344-9.
- Effects of moderate red wine consumption on liver fat and blood lipids: a prospective randomized studyexternal icon
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Maternal and Child Health
- Mother’s body size and placental size predict coronary heart disease in menexternal icon
Eriksson JG, Kajantie E, Thornburg KL, Osmond C, Barker DJ.
Eur Heart J. 2011 Jun 1.
- Childhood appendectomy, tonsillectomy, and risk for premature acute myocardial infarction–a nationwide population-based cohort studyexternal icon
Janszky I, Mukamal KJ, Dalman C, Hammar N, Ahnve S.
Eur Heart J. 2011 Jun 1.
- Mother’s body size and placental size predict coronary heart disease in menexternal icon
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