Issue 5, January 31, 2011
Vol. 3, Issue: 5, 1/31/11
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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 Health Communication and Education)
- Public health articles noted in the media
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Top Ten Articles of the Week
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Communicable Diseases
- Is public transport a risk factor for acute respiratory infection?external icon
Troko J, Myles P, Gibson J, Hashim A, Enstone J, Kingdon S, Packham C, Amin S, Hayward A, Nguyen-Van-Tam J.
BMC Infect Dis. 2011 Jan 14;11(1):16.
- The burden of common infectious disease syndromes at the clinic and household level from population-based surveillance in rural and urban Kenyaexternal icon
Feikin DR, Olack B, Bigogo GM, Audi A, Cosmas L, Aura B, Burke H, Njenga MK, Williamson J, Breiman RF.
PLoS One. 2011 ;6(1):e16085.
- Is public transport a risk factor for acute respiratory infection?external icon
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Genetics and Genomics
- Extending the reach of public health genomics: what should be the agenda for public health in an era of genome-based and “personalized” medicine?external icon
Burke W, Burton H, Hall AE, Karmali M, Khoury MJ, Knoppers B, Meslin EM, Stanley F, Wright CF, Zimmern RL.
Genet Med. 2010 Dec;12(12):785-91.
- Extending the reach of public health genomics: what should be the agenda for public health in an era of genome-based and “personalized” medicine?external icon
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Health Communication and Education
- Mass media interventions for preventing smoking in young peopleexternal icon
Brinn MP, Carson KV, Esterman AJ, Chang AB, Smith BJ.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2010 ;11:CD001006.
- Effects of a mobile phone short message service on antiretroviral treatment adherence in Kenya (WelTel Kenya1): a randomised trialexternal icon
Lester RT, Ritvo P, Mills EJ, Kariri A, Karanja S, Chung MH, Jack W, et al.
Lancet. 2010 Nov 27;376(9755):1838-45.
- Pandemics in the age of twitter: content analysis of tweets during the 2009 H1N1 outbreakexternal icon
Chew C, Eysenbach G.
PLoS One. 2010 ;5(11):e14118.
- Mass media interventions for preventing smoking in young peopleexternal icon
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Healthcare Economics
- The economic value of improving the health of disadvantaged Americansexternal icon
Schoeni RF, Dow WH, Miller WD, Pamuk ER.
Am J Prev Med. 2011 Jan;40(1 Suppl 1):S67-72.
- The economic value of improving the health of disadvantaged Americansexternal icon
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Injury and Violence
- Older adult pedestrian injuries in the United States: causes and contributing circumstancesexternal icon
Naumann RB, Dellinger AM, Haileyesus T, Ryan GW.
Int J Inj Contr Saf Promot. 2011 Jan 17:1-9.
- Older adult pedestrian injuries in the United States: causes and contributing circumstancesexternal icon
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Laboratory Sciences
- Inactivation of murine norovirus, feline calicivirus and echovirus 12 as surrogates for human norovirus (NoV) and coliphage (F+) MS2 by ultraviolet light (254 nm) and the effect of cell association on UV inactivationexternal icon
Park GW, Linden KG, Sobsey MD.
Lett Appl Microbiol. 2011 Feb;52(2):162-7.
- Inactivation of murine norovirus, feline calicivirus and echovirus 12 as surrogates for human norovirus (NoV) and coliphage (F+) MS2 by ultraviolet light (254 nm) and the effect of cell association on UV inactivationexternal icon
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Maternal and Child Health
- Estimating the number of births to hepatitis B virus-infected women in 22 States, 2006external icon
Din ES, Wasley A, Jacques-Carroll L, Sirotkin B, Wang S.
Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2011 Jan 24.
- Estimating the number of births to hepatitis B virus-infected women in 22 States, 2006external 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
- Commentary: Is there a best index of weight for height?external icon
Flegal KM.
Int J Epidemiol. 2011 Jan 19.
- Commentary: Is there a best index of weight for height?external icon
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Communicable Diseases
- Increasing rates of gastroenteritis hospital discharges in US adults and the contribution of norovirus, 1996-2007external icon
Lopman BA, Hall AJ, Curns AT, Parashar UD.
Clin Infect Dis. 2011 Feb;52(4):466-74.
- 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. 2011 Jan;139(1):45-51.
- Increasing rates of gastroenteritis hospital discharges in US adults and the contribution of norovirus, 1996-2007external icon
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Community Health Services
- Time and distance barriers to mammography facilities in the Atlanta metropolitan areaexternal icon
Peipins LA, Graham S, Young R, Lewis B, Foster S, Flanagan B, Dent A.
J Community Health. 2011 Jan 26.
- Time and distance barriers to mammography facilities in the Atlanta metropolitan areaexternal icon
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Disease Reservoirs and Vectors
- Eastern equine encephalitis: an emerging arboviral disease threat, Maine, 2009external icon
Gibney KB, Robinson S, Mutebi JP, Hoenig DE, Bernier BJ, Webber L, Lubelczyk C, Nett RJ, Fischer M.
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2011 Jan 23.
- Eastern equine encephalitis: an emerging arboviral disease threat, Maine, 2009external icon
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Genetics and Genomics
- Natural type 3/type 2 intertypic vaccine-related poliovirus recombinants with the first crossover sites within the VP1 capsid coding regionexternal icon
Zhang Y, Zhu S, Yan D, Liu G, Bai R, Wang D, Chen L, Zhu H, An H, Kew O, Xu W.
PLoS One. 2010 ;5(12):e15300.
- Natural type 3/type 2 intertypic vaccine-related poliovirus recombinants with the first crossover sites within the VP1 capsid coding regionexternal icon
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Healthcare Associated Infections
- Inactivation of surrogate coronaviruses on hard surfaces by health care germicidesexternal icon
Hulkower RL, Casanova LM, Rutala WA, Weber DJ, Sobsey MD.
Am J Infect Control. 2011 Jan 20.
- Inactivation of surrogate coronaviruses on hard surfaces by health care germicidesexternal icon
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Immunity and Immunization
- 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) and vaccine failure in pregnancyexternal icon
Louie JK, Wadford DA, Norman A, Jamieson DJ.
Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Feb;117(2 Pt 2):470-2.
- Repeat revaccination with 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine among adults aged 55-74 years living in Alaska: no evidence of hyporesponsivenessexternal icon
Hammitt LL, Bulkow LR, Singleton RJ, Nuorti JP, Hummel KB, Miernyk KM, Zanis C, Whaley M, Romero-Steiner S, Butler JC, Rudolph K, Hennessy TW.
Vaccine. 2011 Jan 18.
- 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) and vaccine failure in pregnancyexternal icon
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Injury and Violence
- Non-fatal conductive energy device-related injuries treated in US emergency departments, 2005-2008external icon
Haileyesus T, Annest JL, Mercy JA.
Inj Prev. 2011 Jan 21.
- Non-fatal conductive energy device-related injuries treated in US emergency departments, 2005-2008external icon
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Laboratory Sciences
- Dissolution of beryllium in artificial lung alveolar macrophage phagolysosomal fluidexternal icon
Stefaniak AB, Virji MA, Day GA.
Chemosphere. 2011 Jan 18.
- Analysis of active ricin and castor bean proteins in a ricin preparation, castor bean extract, and surface swabs from a public health investigationexternal icon
Schieltz DM, McGrath SC, McWilliams LG, Rees J, Bowen MD, Kools JJ, Dauphin LA, Gomez-Saladin E, Newton BN, Stang HL, Vick MJ, Thomas J, Pirkle JL, Barr JR.
Forensic Sci Int. 2011 Jan 18.
- Detection of low-level K65R variants in nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor-naive chronic and acute HIV-1 subtype C infectionsexternal icon
Li JF, Lipscomb JT, Wei X, Martinson NA, Morris L, Heneine W, Johnson JA.
J Infect Dis. 2011 Jan 21.
- Measurement of airborne nanoparticle surface area using a filter-based gas adsorption method for inhalation toxicology experimentsexternal icon
Lebouf RF, Stefaniak AB, Chen BT, Frazer DG, Virji MA.
Nanotoxicology. 2011 Jan 24.
- Characterization of Burkholderia rhizoxinica and B. endofungorum isolated from clinical specimensexternal icon
Gee JE, Glass MB, Lackner G, Helsel LO, Daneshvar M, Hollis DG, Jordan J, Morey R, Steigerwalt A, Hertweck C.
PLoS One. 2011 ;6(1):e15731.
- Dissolution of beryllium in artificial lung alveolar macrophage phagolysosomal fluidexternal icon
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Maternal and Child Health
- Letter to the editor: Ventricular septal defects and the national birth defects prevention studyexternal icon
Rasmussen SA, Riehle-Colarusso T, Shapira SK, Honein MA, Reefhuis J.
Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2011 Jan;91(1):66.
- T cell cytokines and the risk of blood stream infection in extremely low birth weight infantsexternal icon
Schelonka RL, Maheshwari A, Carlo WA, Taylor S, Hansen NI, Schendel DE, Thorsen P, Skogstrand K, Hougaard DM, Higgins RD.
Cytokine. 2011 Feb;53(2):249-255.
- Associations between maternal fever and influenza and congenital heart defectsexternal icon
Oster ME, Riehle-Colarusso T, Alverson CJ, Correa A.
J Pediatr. 2011 Jan 20.
- Letter to the editor: Ventricular septal defects and the national birth defects prevention studyexternal icon
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Nutritional Sciences
- Vitamin D and all-cause mortality among adults in USA: findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Linked Mortality Studyexternal icon
Ford ES, Zhao G, Tsai J, Li C.
Int J Epidemiol. 2011 Jan 25.
- Vitamin D and all-cause mortality among adults in USA: findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Linked Mortality Studyexternal icon
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Occupational Safety and Health
- Identification and measurement of diacetyl substitutes in dry bakery mix productionexternal icon
Day G, Lebouf R, Grote A, Pendergrass S, Cummings K, Kreiss K, Kullman G.
J Occup Environ Hyg. 2011 Feb;8(2):93-103.
- Identification and measurement of diacetyl substitutes in dry bakery mix productionexternal icon
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Substance Use and Abuse
- The role of menthol in cigarettes as a reinforcer of smoking behaviorexternal icon
Ahijevych K, Garrett BE.
Nicotine Tob Res. 2010 Dec;12 Suppl 2:S110-6.
- The role of menthol in cigarettes as a reinforcer of smoking behaviorexternal icon
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Veterinary Medicine
- Genetic heterogeneity and variation in viral load during equid herpesvirus-2 infection of foalsexternal icon
Brault SA, Bird BH, Balasuriya UB, MacLachlan NJ.
Vet Microbiol. 2011 Jan 27;147(3-4):253-61.
- Genetic heterogeneity and variation in viral load during equid herpesvirus-2 infection of foalsexternal icon
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Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas
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Health Communication and Education
- Smoking-cessation interventions for U.S. young adults: a systematic reviewexternal icon
Villanti AC, McKay HS, Abrams DB, Holtgrave DR, Bowie JV.
Am J Prev Med. 2010 Dec;39(6):564-74.
- Interactive computer-based interventions for sexual health promotionexternal icon
Bailey JV, Murray E, Rait G, Mercer CH, Morris RW, Peacock R, Cassell J.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2010 (9):CD006483.
- Tailored versus generic interventions for skin cancer risk reduction for family members of melanoma patientsexternal icon
Manne S, Jacobsen PB, Ming ME, Winkel G, Dessureault S, Lessin SR.
Health Psychol. 2010 Nov;29(6):583-93.
- The power of theme and language in multi-cultural communities: which tobacco prevention messages are most persuasive to Mexican-American youth?
Kelly K, Comello ML, Stanley LR, Gonzalez GR.
J Advert Res. 2010 Sep;50(3):265-278.
- Parental attitudes toward human papillomavirus vaccination: evaluation of an educational intervention, 2008external icon
Kennedy A, Sapsis KF, Stokley S, Curtis CR, Gust D.
J Health Commun. 2011 Dec 15:1-14.
- Diffusion of social media among public relations practitioners in health departments across various community population sizes
Avery E, Lariscy R, Amador E, Ickowitz T, Primm C, Taylor A.
J Public Relat Res. 2010 ;22(3):336 – 358.
- Use of mass media campaigns to change health behaviourexternal icon
Wakefield MA, Loken B, Hornik RC.
Lancet. 2010 Oct 9;376(9748):1261-71.
- Spontaneous diffusion of an effective skin cancer prevention program through web-based access to program materialsexternal icon
Hall DM, Escoffery C, Nehl E, Glanz K.
Prev Chronic Dis. 2010 Nov;7(6):A125.
- Using market research to characterize college students and identify potential targets for influencing health behaviors
Berg CJ, Ling PM, Guo H, Windle M, Thomas JL, Ahluwalia JS, An LC.
Soc Mar Q. 2010 ;16(4):41 – 69.
- Smoking-cessation interventions for U.S. young adults: a systematic reviewexternal icon
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Public Health Articles Noted in the Media
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MMWR in the Media
- Interim guidance: preexposure prophylaxis for the prevention of HIV infection in men who have sex with menexternal icon
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 Jan 28;60(03):65-68.
- Lead poisoning of a child associated with use of a Cambodian amulet – New York City, 2009external icon
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 ;60(03):69-71.
- Updated recommendations for use of meningococcal conjugate vaccines – Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), 2010external icon
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 Jan 28;60(03):72-76.
- Education and income – United States, 2005-2009
Beckles GL, Truman BI.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 Jan 14;60(Suppl 1):13-17.
- Interim guidance: preexposure prophylaxis for the prevention of HIV infection in men who have sex with menexternal icon
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Communicable Diseases
- Herpes zoster vaccine in older adults and the risk of subsequent herpes zoster diseaseexternal icon
Tseng HF, Smith N, Harpaz R, Bialek SR, Sy LS, Jacobsen SJ.
JAMA. 2011 Jan 12;305(2):160-6.
- Herpes zoster vaccine in older adults and the risk of subsequent herpes zoster diseaseexternal icon
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Environmental Health
- Road traffic noise and stroke: a prospective cohort studyexternal icon
Sorensen M, Hvidberg M, Andersen ZJ, Nordsborg RB, Lillelund KG, Jakobsen J, Tjonneland A, Overvad K, Raaschou-Nielsen O.
Eur Heart J. 2011 Jan 25.
- Road traffic noise and stroke: a prospective cohort studyexternal icon
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Maternal and Child Health
- Adverse outcomes from IVFexternal icon
Bewley S, Foo L, Braude P. (NO pdf available)
BMJ. 2011 Jan 27;342:d436.
- Sleep duration, sleep regularity, body weight, and metabolic homeostasis in school-aged childrenexternal icon
Spruyt K, Molfese DL, Gozal D.
Pediatrics. 2011 Jan 24.
- Adverse outcomes from IVFexternal icon
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Nutritional Sciences
- Habitual intake of flavonoid subclasses and incident hypertension in adultsexternal icon
Cassidy A, O’Reilly EJ, Kay C, Sampson L, Franz M, Forman J, Curhan G, Rimm EB.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2011 Feb;93(2):338-47.
- Habitual intake of flavonoid subclasses and incident hypertension in adultsexternal icon
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