Issue 8, February 21, 2011

Vol. 3, Issue: 8, 2/21/11

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 Chronic Diseases and Conditions – Obesity, and Genetics and Genomics)
• Public health articles noted in the media

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1. Top Ten Articles of the Week

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions – Obesity

     • Nutrition labels on pre-packaged foods: a systematic reviewexternal icon
       Campos S, Doxey J, Hammond D.
       Public Health Nutr. 2011 Jan 18:1-11.
       

   • Communicable Diseases

     • Incidence and transmission patterns of acute hepatitis C in the United States, 1982-2006external icon
       Williams IT, Bell BP, Kuhnert W, Alter MJ.
       Arch Intern Med. 2011 Feb 14;171(3):242-8.
       
     • Scale-up and continuation of antiretroviral therapy in South African treatment programs, 2005-2009external icon
       Klausner JD, Serenata C, O’Bra H, Mattson CL, Brown J, Wilson M, Mbengashe T, Goldman TM.
       J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2011 Mar 1;56(3):292-5.
       

   • Epidemiology and Surveillance

     • Gaps remain in China’s ability to detect emerging infectious diseases despite advances since the onset of SARS and avian fluexternal icon
       Feng Z, Li W, Varma JK.
       Health Aff (Millwood). 2011 Jan;30(1):127-35.
       
     • Clinical preventive services for patients at risk for cardiovascular disease, National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 2005-2006external icon
       Yoon PW, Tong X, Schmidt SM, Matson-Koffman D.
       Prev Chronic Dis. 2011 Mar;8(2):A43.
       

   • Genetics and Genomics

     • How does a simple enquiry compare to a detailed family history questionnaire to identify coronary heart disease or diabetic familial risk?external icon
       Wijdenes-Pijl M, Henneman L, Cross-Bardell L, Timmermans DR, Qureshi N.
       Genet Med. 2011 Feb 1.
       

   • Laboratory Sciences

     • Proposed serum cholesterol reference measurement procedure by gas chromatography-isotope dilution mass spectrometryexternal icon
       Edwards SH, Kimberly MM, Pyatt SD, Stribling SL, Dobbin KD, Myers GL.
       Clin Chem. 2011 Feb 11.
       
     • New Delhi Metallo-{beta}-lactamase (NDM-1) producing Klebsiella pneumoniae: a case report and laboratory detection strategiesexternal icon
       Mochon AB, Garner OB, Hindler JA, Krogstad P, Ward KW, Lewinski MA, Rasheed JK, Anderson KF, Limbago BM, Humphries RM.
       J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Feb 16.
       

   • Nutritional Sciences

     • Dietary supplement use in the United States, 2003-2006external icon
       Bailey RL, Gahche JJ, Lentino CV, Dwyer JT, Engel JS, Thomas PR, Betz JM, Sempos CT, Picciano MF.
       J Nutr. 2011 Feb;141(2):261-6.
       
     • Improving fruit and vegetable consumption: use of farm-to-consumer venues among US adultsexternal icon
       Blanck HM, Thompson OM, Nebeling L, Yaroch AL.
       Prev Chronic Dis. 2011 Mar;8(2):A49.
       

2. CDC Authored Publications

   The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions

     1. High prevalence of echocardiographic abnormalities among HIV-infected persons in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapyexternal icon
        Mondy KE, Gottdiener J, Overton ET, Henry K, Bush T, Conley L, Hammer J, Carpenter CC, Kojic E, Patel P, Brooks JT.
        Clin Infect Dis. 2011 Feb;52(3):378-86.
        
     2. Prevalence and risk factors of cardiovascular disease (CVD) events among patients with haemophilia: experience of a single haemophilia treatment centre in the United States (US)external icon
        Sharathkumar AA, Soucie JM, Trawinski B, Greist A, Shapiro AD.
        Haemophilia. 2011 Feb 15.
        

   • Communicable Diseases

     3. Influenza susceptibility, severity, and shedding in HIV-infected adults: a review of the literatureexternal icon
        Sheth AN, Althoff KN, Brooks JT.
        Clin Infect Dis. 2011 Jan;52(2):219-27.
        
     4. Strong influence of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DP gene variants on development of persistent chronic hepatitis B virus carriers in the Han Chinese populationexternal icon
        Guo X, Zhang Y, Li J, Ma J, Wei Z, Tan W, O’Brien SJ.
        Hepatology. 2011 Feb;53(2):422-8.
        
     5. Epidemiology of syphilis among Hispanic women and associations with congenital syphilis, Maricopa County, Arizonaexternal icon
        Kirkcaldy RD, Su JR, Taylor MM, Koumans E, Mickey T, Winscott M, Kenney K, Weinstock HS.
        Sex Transm Dis. 2011 Feb 10.
        

   • Epidemiology and Surveillance

     6. Postdiarrheal hemolytic uremic syndrome in persons aged 65 and older in FoodNet sites, 2000-2006external icon
        Gould LH, Jordan JG, Dunn J, Apostol M, Griffin PM.
        J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011 Feb;59(2):366-368.
        
     7. Concordance in the measurement of quality of life and health indicators between two methods of computer-assisted interviews: self-administered and by telephoneexternal icon
        Klevens J, Trick WE, Kee R, Angulo F, Garcia D, Sadowski LS.
        Qual Life Res. 2011 Feb 13.
        
     8. Comments on ‘Some methodological issues in biosurveillance’external icon
        Rolka HR.
        Stat Med. 2011 Feb 28;30(5):416-9.
        

   • Genetics and Genomics

     9. Public health genomics: the end of the beginningexternal icon
        Khoury MJ.
        Genet Med. 2011 Feb 9.
        
     10. Sequencing and phylogenetic analysis of the coding region of six common rotavirus strains: evidence for intragenogroup reassortment among co-circulating G1P[8] and G2P[4] strains from the United Statesexternal icon
         Banyai K, Mijatovic-Rustempasic S, Hull JJ, Esona MD, Freeman MM, Frace AM, Bowen MD, Gentsch JR.
         J Med Virol. 2011 Mar;83(3):532-9.
         
     11. Rapid pneumococcal evolution in response to clinical interventionsexternal icon
         Croucher NJ, Harris SR, Fraser C, Quail MA, Burton J, van der Linden M, McGee L, von Gottberg A, Song JH, Ko KS, Pichon B, Baker S, Parry CM, Lambertsen LM, Shahinas D, Pillai DR, Mitchell TJ, Dougan G, Tomasz A, Klugman KP, Parkhill J, Hanage WP, Bentley SD.
         Science. 2011 Jan 28;331(6016):430-4.
         
     12. Genetic bases of the temperature-sensitive phenotype of a master donor virus used in live attenuated influenza vaccines: A/Leningrad/134/17/57 (H2N2)external icon
         Isakova-Sivak I, Chen LM, Matsuoka Y, Voeten JT, Kiseleva I, Heldens JG, den Bosch HV, Klimov A, Rudenko L, Cox NJ, Donis RO.
         Virology. 2011 Feb 9.
         

   • Health Behavior and Risk

     13. Longitudinal examination of alcohol use: a predictor of risky sexual behavior and Trichomonas vaginalis among African-American female adolescentsexternal icon
         Seth P, Sales JM, DiClemente RJ, Wingood GM, Rose E, Patel SN.
         Sex Transm Dis. 2011 Feb;38(2):96-101.
         

   • Health Communication and Education

     14. Patient-provider communication and human papillomavirus vaccine acceptanceexternal icon
         Rand CM, Schaffer SJ, Humiston SG, Albertin CS, Shone LP, Heintz EV, Blumkin AK, Stokley S, Szilagyi PG.
         Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2011 Feb;50(2):106-13.
         

   • Health Disparities

     15. Health disparities in low-income families with infants and toddlers: needs and challenges related to disabilityexternal icon
         Swanson ME, Wall S, Kisker E, Peterson C.
         J Child Health Care. 2011 Feb 11.
         

   • Immunity and Immunization

     16. Carriage of Haemophilus influenzae among Brazilian children attending day care centers in the era of widespread Hib vaccinationexternal icon
         de Carvalho CX, Kipnis A, Thorn L, de Andrade JG, Pimenta F, Brandileone MC, Zanella RC, Flannery B, Sgambatti S, Andrade AL.
         Vaccine. 2011 Feb 4;29(7):1438-42.
         

   • Informatics

     17. A new methane control and prediction software suite for longwall mines
         Dougherty HN, Karacan CO.
         Comput Geosci. 2011 .
         

   • Laboratory Sciences

     18. Laboratory diagnosis of sexually transmitted infections in Belarusexternal icon
         Pankratov O, Shimanskaya I, Pankratov V, Navrotsky A, Ballard RC, Unemo M, Domeika M.
         Acta Derm Venereol. 2011 Jan;91(1):64-5.
         
     19. Effect of CD4+ T-cell count and antiretroviral treatment on two serological HIV incidence assaysexternal icon
         Hladik W, Olara D, Mermin J, Moore D, Were W, Alexander L, Downing R.
         AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2011 Feb 13.
         
     20. The changing spectrum of DNA-based specimen provenance testing in surgical pathologyexternal icon
         Pfeifer JD, Zehnbauer B, Payton J.
         Am J Clin Pathol. 2011 Jan;135(1):132-8.
         
     21. Short-term inhalation of stainless steel welding fume causes sustained lung toxicity but no tumorigenesis in lung tumor susceptible A/J miceexternal icon
         Zeidler-Erdely PC, Battelli LA, Stone S, Chen BT, Frazer DG, Young SH, Erdely A, Kashon ML, Andrews R, Antonini JM.
         Inhal Toxicol. 2011 Feb;23(2):112-20.
         
     22. Clinical and laboratory characteristics of invasive infections due to MRSA isolates demonstrating Vancomycin MICs of 2 {mu}g/mL: lack of effect of hVISA phenotypeexternal icon
         Satola SW, Lessa FC, Ray SM, Bulens SN, Lynfield R, Schaffner W, Dumyati G, Nadle J, Patel JB.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Feb 16.
         
     23. Characterization of CD8+ T-cell response in acute and resolved hepatitis A virus infectionexternal icon
         Schulte I, Hitziger T, Giugliano S, Timm J, Gold H, Heinemann FM, Khudyakov Y, Strasser M, Konig C, Castermans E, Mok JY, van Esch WJ, Bertoletti A, Schumacher TN, Roggendorf M.
         J Hepatol. 2011 Feb;54(2):201-8.
         
     24. Genotoxicity of carbon nanofibers: are they potentially more or less dangerous than carbon nanotubes or asbestos?external icon
         Kisin ER, Murray AR, Sargent L, Lowry D, Chirila M, Siegrist KJ, Schwegler-Berry D, Leonard S, Castranova V, Fadeel B, Kagan VE, Shvedova AA.
         Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2011 Feb 7.
         
     25. Induction of immune memory by a multisubunit chlamydial vaccineexternal icon
         Eko FO, Ekong E, He Q, Black CM, Igietseme JU.
         Vaccine. 2011 Feb 4;29(7):1472-80.
         
     26. Human monoclonal antibodies to West Nile virus identify epitopes on the prM proteinexternal icon
         Calvert AE, Kalantarov GF, Chang GJ, Trakht I, Blair CD, Roehrig JT.
         Virology. 2011 Feb 5;410(1):30-7.
         

   • Nutritional Sciences

     27. Low vitamin D among HIV-infected adults: prevalence of and risk factors for low vitamin D Levels in a cohort of HIV-infected adults and comparison to prevalence among adults in the US general populationexternal icon
         Dao CN, Patel P, Overton ET, Rhame F, Pals SL, Johnson C, Bush T, Brooks JT.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2011 Feb;52(3):396-405.
         
     28. Iodine status of the U.S. population, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2005-2006 and 2007-2008external icon
         Caldwell KL, Makhmudov A, Ely E, Jones RL, Wang RY.
         Thyroid. 2011 Feb 16.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health – Mining

     29. Underground mine refuge chamber expectations training: program development and evaluationexternal icon
         Margolis KA, Westerman CY, Kowalski-Trakofler KM.
         Saf Sci. 2011 March;49 (3):522-530.
         

   • Physical Activity

     30. Health-related quality of life and the physical activity levels of middle-aged women, California Health Interview Survey, 2005external icon
         Luncheon C, Zack M.
         Prev Chronic Dis. 2011 Mar;8(2):A36.
         

   • Program Evaluation

     31. Program science: an initiative to improve the planning, implementation and evaluation of HIV/sexually transmitted infection prevention programmesexternal icon
         Blanchard JF, Aral SO.
         Sex Transm Infect. 2011 Feb;87(1):2-3.
         

   • Public Health Ethics

     32. Consent for future genetic research: the NHANES experience in 2007-2008external icon
         McQuillan GM, Porter KS.
         IRB. 2011 Jan-Feb;33(1):9-14.
         

   • Public Health Law

     33. Pursuing health equity: zoning codes and public healthexternal icon
         Ransom MM, Greiner A, Kochtitzky C, Major KS.
         J Law Med Ethics. 2011 Mar;39 Suppl 1:94-7.
         

   • Public Health Leadership and Management

     34. Addressing the needs of the whole child: what public health can do to answer the education sector’s call for a stronger partnershipexternal icon
         Allensworth D, Lewallen TC, Stevenson B, Katz S.
         Prev Chronic Dis. 2011 Mar;8(2):A44.
         
     35. Facilitators and barriers to implementing a local policy to reduce sodium consumption in the County of Los Angeles government, California, 2009external icon
         Gase LN, Kuo T, Dunet DO, Simon PA.
         Prev Chronic Dis. 2011 Mar;8(2):A33.
         
     36. An organizing framework for translation in public health: the knowledge to action frameworkexternal icon
         Wilson KM, Brady TJ, Lesesne C.
         Prev Chronic Dis. 2011 Mar;8(2):A46.
         

   • Reproductive Health

     37. Use of contraception among US women with frequent mental distressexternal icon
         Farr SL, Curtis KM, Robbins CL, Zapata LB, Dietz PM.
         Contraception. 2011 Feb;83(2):127-33.
         
     38. Effect of treatment assignment on intravaginal cleansing in a randomized study of the diaphragm with candidate microbicideexternal icon
         Penman-Aguilar A, Legardy-Williams J, Turner AN, Rabozakandriana TO, Williams D, Razafindravoavy S, Behets F, Van Damme K, Jamieson DJ.
         J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2011 Feb;20(2):187-95.
         

   • Social and Behavioral Sciences

     39. Role of social networks in shaping disease transmission during a community outbreak of 2009 H1N1 pandemic influenzaexternal icon
         Cauchemez S, Bhattarai A, Marchbanks TL, Fagan RP, Ostroff S, Ferguson NM, Swerdlow D.
         Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Jan 31.
         

   • Statistics as Topic

     40. Ecological-type inference in matched-pair studies with fixed marginal totalsexternal icon
         Barker LK, Griffin SO, Jeon S, Gray SK, Vidakovic B.
         Stat Med. 2011 Feb 28;30(5):541-8.
         
     41. Important issues related to using pooled samples for environmental chemical biomonitoringexternal icon
         Caudill SP.
         Stat Med. 2011 Feb 28;30(5):515-21.
         

   • Veterinary Medicine

     42. Cryptosporidium andersoni is the predominant species in post-weaned and adult dairy cattle in Chinaexternal icon
         Wang R, Ma G, Zhao J, Lu Q, Wang H, Zhang L, Jian F, Ning C, Xiao L.
         Parasitol Int. 2011 Jan;60(1):1-4.
         

3. Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions – Obesity

     43. Food insecurity and weight status among U.S. children and families: a review of the literatureexternal icon
         Larson NI, Story MT.
         Am J Prev Med. 2011 Feb;40(2):166-73.
         
     44. Health discourse in Swedish television food advertising during children’s peak viewing timesexternal icon
         Prell H, Palmblad E, Lissner L, Berg C.
         Appetite. 2011 Feb 2.
         
     45. Obesity prevention in the family day care setting: impact of the Romp & Chomp intervention on opportunities for children’s physical activity and healthy eatingexternal icon
         de Silva-Sanigorski A, Elea D, Bell C, Kremer P, Carpenter L, Nichols M, Smith M, et al.
         Child Care Health Dev. 2011 Jan 31.
         
     46. The relationship between low-income and minority children’s physical activity and academic-related outcomes: a review of the literatureexternal icon
         Efrat M.
         Health Educ Behav. 2011 Feb 1.
         
     47. School and district wellness councils and availability of low-nutrient, energy-dense vending fare in Minnesota middle and high schoolsexternal icon
         Kubik MY, Lytle LA, Farbakhsh K.
         J Am Diet Assoc. 2010 Jan;111(1):150-5.
         
     48. HEALTHY intervention: fitness, physical activity and metabolic syndrome resultsexternal icon
         Jago R, McMurray RG, Drews KL, Moe EL, Murray T, Pham TH, Venditti EM, et al.
         Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2011 Jan 12.
         
     49. Impact of patient-doctor race concordance on rates of weight-related counseling in visits by black and white obese individualsexternal icon
         Bleich SN, Simon AE, Cooper LA.
         Obesity (Silver Spring). 2011 Jan 13.
         

   • Genetics and Genomics

     50. Emerging landscape of genomics in the electronic health record for personalized medicineexternal icon
         Ullman-Cullere MH, Mathew JP.
         Hum Mutat. 2011 Feb 1.
         
     51. Utility of genetic determinants of lipids and cardiovascular events in assessing riskexternal icon
         Holmes MV, Harrison S, Talmud PJ, Hingorani AD, Humphries SE.
         Nat Rev Cardiol. 2011 Feb 15.
         
     52. Charting a course for genomic medicine from base pairs to bedsideexternal icon
         Green ED, Guyer MS, Manolio TA, Peterson JL.
         Nature. 2011 Feb 10;470(7333):204-13.
         
     53. Survey of US public attitudes toward pharmacogenetic testingexternal icon
         Haga SB, O’Daniel JM, Tindall GM, Lipkus IR, Agans R.
         Pharmacogenomics J. 2011 Feb 15.
         
     54. Integrating mechanistic and polymorphism data to characterize human genetic susceptibility for environmental chemical risk assessment in the 21st centuryexternal icon
         Mortensen HM, Euling SY.
         Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2011 Feb 1.
         

4. Public Health Articles Noted in the Media

   • MMWR in the Media

     55. Notes from the field: deaths from acute hepatitis b virus infection associated with assisted blood glucose monitoring in an assisted-living facility – North Carolina, August-October 2010external icon
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 February 18;60(6):182.
         
     56. Prevalence of doctor-diagnosed arthritis and arthritis-attributable effects among Hispanic adults, by Hispanic subgroup – United States, 2002, 2003, 2006, and 2009external icon
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 Feb 18;60(6):167-171.
         
     57. Update: influenza activity – United States, October 3, 2010 – February 5, 2011external icon
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 February 18;60(6):175-181.
         

   • Communicable Diseases

     58. Incidence and transmission patterns of acute hepatitis C in the United States, 1982-2006external icon
         Williams IT, Bell BP, Kuhnert W, Alter MJ.
         Arch Intern Med. 2011 Feb 14;171(3):242-8.
         
     59. Activie tuberculosis among homeless persons, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1998-2007.pdf icon
         Khan K, Rea E, McDermaid C, Stuart R, Chambers C, Wang J, Chan A, Gardam M, Jamieson F, Yang J, Hwang SW.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 March;17(3).
         
     60. Clinical spectrum of acute otitis media complicating upper respiratory tract viral infectionexternal icon
         Kalu SU, Ataya RS, McCormick DP, Patel JA, Revai K, Chonmaitree T.
         Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2011 Feb;30(2):95-9.
         

   • Substance Use and Abuse

     61. Smoking and risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a pooled analysis of 5 prospective cohortsexternal icon
         Wang H, O’Reilly EJ, Weisskopf MG, Logroscino G, McCullough ML, Thun MJ, Schatzkin A, Kolonel LN, Ascherio A.
         Arch Neurol. 2011 Feb;68(2):207-13.
         

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