Issue 30, July 29, 2014

Each Tuesday, to enhance awareness of emerging scientific knowledge, selected science clips will be posted here for the public health community. The focus is applied public health research and prevention science that has the capacity to improve health now.

1. Top Ten Articles of the Week
   Selected weekly by a senior CDC scientist from the standard sections listed below.
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions
     • Prevalence of nodding syndrome – Uganda, 2012-2013External
       Iyengar PJ, Wamala J, Ratto J, Blanton C, Malimbo M, Lukwago L, Becknell S, Downing R, Bunga S, Sejvar J, Makumbi I.
       MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 Jul 18;63(28):603-6.
       

   • Communicable Diseases
     • Use of influenza antiviral agents by ambulatory care clinicians during the 2012-2013 influenza seasonExternal
       Havers F, Thaker S, Clippard JR, Jackson M, McLean HQ, Gaglani M, Monto AS, Zimmerman RK, Jackson L, Petrie JG, Nowalk MP, Moehling KK, Flannery B, Thompson MG, Fry AM.
       Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Jul 16.
       

   • Disease Reservoirs and Vectors
     • Rabies in rodents and lagomorphs in the United States, 1995-2010External
       Fitzpatrick JL, Dyer JL, Blanton JD, Kuzmin IV, Rupprecht CE.
       J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2014 Aug 1;245(3):333-7.
       

   • Injury and Violence
     • Increase in suicides associated with home eviction and foreclosure during the US housing crisis: findings from 16 National Violent Death Reporting System states, 2005-2010External
       Fowler KA, Gladden RM, Vagi KJ, Barnes J, Frazier L.
       Am J Public Health. 2014 Jul 17:e1-e6.
       

   • Laboratory Sciences
     • Multicenter feasibility study to assess external quality assessment panels for Xpert MTB/RIF assay in South AfricaExternal
       Scott L, Albert H, Gilpin C, Alexander H, DeGruy K, Stevens W.
       J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Jul;52(7):2493-9.
       

   • Maternal and Child Health
     • The association between race/ethnicity and major birth defects in the United States, 1999-2007External
       Canfield MA, Mai CT, Wang Y, O’Halloran A, Marengo LK, Olney RS, Borger CL, Rutkowski R, Fornoff J, Irwin N, Copeland G, Flood TJ, Meyer RE, Rickard R, Alverson CJ, Sweatlock J, Kirby RS.
       Am J Public Health. 2014 Jul 17:e1-e10.
       
     • Maternity leave duration and full-time/part-time work status are associated with US mothers’ ability to meet breastfeeding intentionsExternal
       Mirkovic KR, Perrine CG, Scanlon KS, Grummer-Strawn LM.
       J Hum Lact. 2014 Jul 17.
       
     • Stillbirth during infection with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirusExternal
       Payne DC, Iblan I, Alqasrawi S, Al Nsour M, Rha B, Tohme RA, Abedi GR, Farag NH, Haddadin A, Al Sanhouri T, Jarour N, Swerdlow DL, Jamieson DJ, Pallansch MA, Haynes LM, Gerber SI, Al Abdallat MM.
       J Infect Dis. 2014 Jun 15;209(12):1870-2.
       

   • Parasitic Diseases
     • Haiti National Program for the Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis – a model of success in the face of adversityExternal
       Oscar R, Lemoine JF, Direny AN, Desir L, Beau de Rochars VE, Poirier MJ, Varghese A, Obidegwu I, Lammie PJ, Streit TG, Milord MD.
       PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2014 Jul;8(7):e2915.
       

   • Public Health Law
     • Federal environmental and occupational toxicology regulations and reporting requirements: a practical approach to what the medical toxicologist needs to know, part 1External
       Schwartz MD, Dell’Aglio DM, Nickle R, Hornsby-Myers J.
       J Med Toxicol. 2014 Jul 15.
       

2. CDC Authored Publications
   The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.
   Articles published in the past 6-8 weeks authored by CDC or ATSDR staff.
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions
     1. Lung cancer incidence trends
        Henley SJ, Richards TB, Underwood JM, Eheman CR, Plescia M, McAfee TA.
        Oncol Times. 2014 nd;36(12):64-66.
        
     2. Physicians’ beliefs about effectiveness of cancer screening tests: a national survey of family physicians, general internists, and obstetrician-gynecologistsExternal
        Miller JW, Baldwin LM, Matthews B, Trivers KF, Andrilla CH, Lishner D, Goff BA.
        Prev Med. 2014 Jul 16.
        

   • Communicable Diseases
     3. Hispanics/Latinos and the HIV continuum of care in the southern USA: a qualitative review of the literature, 2002-2013External
        Morales-Aleman MM, Sutton MY.
        AIDS Care. 2014 Jul 16:1-13.
        
     4. HIV diagnoses among men who have sex with men and women – United States and 6 dependent areas, 2008-2011External
        Singh S, Hu X, Wheeler W, Hall HI.
        Am J Public Health. 2014 Jul 17:e1-e7.
        
     5. Does alcohol consumption during multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment affect outcome? A population-based study in Kerala, IndiaExternal
        Duraisamy K, Mrithyunjayan S, Ghosh S, Nair SA, Balakrishnan S, Subramoniapillai J, Oeltmann JE, Moonan PK, Kumar AM.
        Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2014 Jun;11(5):712-8.
        
     6. The efficacy and safety of gentamicin plus azithromycin and gemifloxacin plus azithromycin as treatment of uncomplicated gonorrheaExternal
        Kirkcaldy RD, Weinstock HS, Moore PC, Philip SS, Wiesenfeld HC, Papp JR, Kerndt PR, Johnson S, Ghanem KG, Hook EW.
        Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Jul 16.
        
     7. Discontinuation of antiretroviral therapy among adults receiving HIV care in the United StatesExternal
        Hughes AJ, Mattson CL, Scheer S, Beer L, Skarbinski J.
        J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2014 May 1;66(1):80-9.
        
     8. Molecular epidemiology of pertussis epidemic – Washington State, 2012External
        Bowden KE, Williams MM, Cassiday PK, Milton A, Pawloski L, Harrison M, Martin SW, Meyer S, Qin X, DeBolt C, Tasslimi A, Syed N, Sorrell R, Tran M, Hiatt B, Tondella ML.
        J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Jul 16.
        
     9. Dual contraceptive use among adolescents and young adults: correlates and implications for condom use and sexually transmitted infection outcomesExternal
        Hood JE, Hogben M, Chartier M, Bolan G, Bauer H.
        J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care. 2014 Jul;40(3):200-7.
        
     10. Trends in diagnoses of HIV infection in the United States, 2002-2011External
         Johnson AS, Hall HI, Hu X, Lansky A, Holtgrave DR, Mermin J.
         JAMA. 2014 Jul 23;312(4):432-434.
         

   • Community Health Services
     11. Preferences and decision needs of Boston-area travelers to countries with risk of yellow fever virus transmission: implications for health care providersExternal
         Lown BA, Chen LH, Han PV, Jentes ES, Wilson ME, Benoit CM, Avery KA, Ooi W, Hamer DH, Barnett ED.
         J Travel Med. 2014 Jul;21(4):266-71.
         

   • Disease Reservoirs and Vectors
     12. Reservoir targeted vaccine against Borrelia burgdorferi: a new strategy to prevent Lyme disease transmissionExternal
         Richer LM, Brisson D, Melo R, Ostfeld RS, Zeidner N, Gomes-Solecki M.
         J Infect Dis. 2014 Jun 15;209(12):1972-80.
         
     13. Cryptococcus gattii in North American Pacific Northwest: whole-population genome analysis provides insights into species evolution and dispersalExternal
         Engelthaler DM, Hicks ND, Gillece JD, Roe CC, Schupp JM, Driebe EM, Gilgado F, Carriconde F, Trilles L, Firacative C, Ngamskulrungroj P, Castaneda E, Lazera Mdos S, Melhem MS, Perez-Bercoff A, Huttley G, Sorrell TC, Voelz K, May RC, Fisher MC, Thompson GR, Lockhart SR, Keim P, Meyer W.
         MBio. 2014 Jul/Aug;5(4).
         
     14. Engineered single nucleotide polymorphisms in the mosquito MEK docking site alter Plasmodium berghei development in Anopheles gambiaeExternal
         Brenton AA, Souvannaseng L, Cheung K, Anishchenko M, Brault AC, Luckhart S.
         Parasit Vectors. 2014 Jun 23;7(1):287.
         

   • Genetics and Genomics
     15. Imputation and subset based association analysis across different cancer types identifies multiple independent risk loci in the TERT-CLPTM1L region on chromosome 5p15.33External
         Wang Z, Zhu B, Zhang M, Parikh H, Jia J, Chung CC, Sampson JN, Hoskins JW, Hutchinson A, Burdette L, Ibrahim A, Hautman C, Raj PS, Abnet CC, Adjei AA, Ahlbom A, Albanes D, Allen NE, Ambrosone CB, Aldrich M, Amiano P, Amos C, Andersson U, Andriole G, Andrulis IL, Arici C, Arslan AA, Austin MA, Baris D, Barkauskas DA, Bassig BA, Beane Freeman LE, Berg CD, Berndt SI, Bertazzi PA, Biritwum RB, Black A, Blot W, Boeing H, Boffetta P, Bolton K, Boutron-Ruault MC, Bracci PM, Brennan P, Brinton LA, Brotzman M, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, Buring JE, Butler MA, Cai Q, Cancel-Tassin G, Canzian F, Cao G, Caporaso NE, Carrato A, Carreon T, Carta A, Chang GC, Chang IS, Chang-Claude J, Che X, Chen CJ, Chen CY, Chen CH, Chen C, Chen KY, Chen YM, Chokkalingam AP, Chu LW, Clavel-Chapelon F, Colditz GA, Colt JS, Conti D, Cook MB, Cortessis VK, Crawford ED, Cussenot O, Davis FG, De Vivo I, Deng X, Ding T, Dinney CP, Di Stefano AL, Diver WR, Duell EJ, Elena JW, Fan JH, Feigelson HS, Feychting M, Figueroa JD, Flanagan AM, Fraumeni JF, Freedman ND, Fridley BL, Fuchs CS, Gago-Dominguez M, Gallinger S, Gao YT, Gapstur SM, Garcia-Closas M, Garcia-Closas R, Gastier-Foster JM, Gaziano JM, Gerhard DS, Giffen CA, Giles GG, Gillanders EM, Giovannucci EL, Goggins M, Gokgoz N, Goldstein AM, Gonzalez C, Gorlick R, Greene MH, Gross M, Grossman HB, Grubb R, Gu J, Guan P, Haiman CA, Hallmans G, Hankinson SE, Harris CC, Hartge P, Hattinger C, Hayes RB, He Q, Helman L, Henderson BE, Henriksson R, Hoffman-Bolton J, Hohensee C, Holly EA, Hong YC, Hoover RN, Hosgood HD, Hsiao CF, Hsing AW, Hsiung CA, Hu N, Hu W, Hu Z, Huang MS, Hunter DJ, Inskip PD, Ito H, Jacobs EJ, Jacobs KB, Jenab M, Ji BT, Johansen C, Johansson M, Johnson A, Kaaks R, Kamat AM, Kamineni A, Karagas M, Khanna C, Khaw KT, Kim C, Kim IS, Kim YH, Kim YC, Kim YT, Kang CH, Jung YJ, Kitahara CM, Klein AP, Klein R, Kogevinas M, Koh WP, Kohno T, Kolonel LN, Kooperberg C, Kratz CP, Krogh V, Kunitoh H, Kurtz RC, Kurucu N, Lan Q, Lathrop M, Lau CC, Lecanda F, Lee KM, Lee MP, Le Marchand L, Lerner SP, Li D, Liao LM, Lim WY, Lin D, Lin J, Lindstrom S, Linet MS, Lissowska J, Liu J, Ljungberg B, Lloreta J, Lu D, Ma J, Malats N, Mannisto S, Marina N, Mastrangelo G, Matsuo K, McGlynn KA, McKean-Cowdin R, McNeill LH, McWilliams RR, Melin BS, Meltzer PS, Mensah JE, Miao X, Michaud DS, Mondul AM, Moore LE, Muir K, Niwa S, Olson SH, Orr N, Panico S, Park JY, Patel AV, Patino-Garcia A, Pavanello S, Peeters PH, Peplonska B, Peters U, Petersen GM, Picci P, Pike MC, Porru S, Prescott J, Pu X, Purdue MP, Qiao YL, Rajaraman P, Riboli E, Risch HA, Rodabough RJ, Rothman N, Ruder AM, Ryu JS, Sanson M, Schned A, Schumacher FR, Schwartz AG, Schwartz KL, Schwenn M, Scotlandi K, Seow A, Serra C, Serra M, Sesso HD, Severi G, Shen H, Shen M, Shete S, Shiraishi K, Shu XO, Siddiq A, Sierrasesumaga L, Sierri S, Sihoe AD, Silverman DT, Simon M, Southey MC, Spector L, Spitz M, Stampfer M, Stattin P, Stern MC, Stevens VL, Stolzenberg-Solomon RZ, Stram DO, Strom SS, Su WC, Sund M, Sung SW, Swerdlow A, Tan W, Tanaka H, Tang W, Tang ZZ, Tardon A, Tay E, Taylor PR, Tettey Y, Thomas DM, Tirabosco R, Tjonneland A, Tobias GS, Toro JR, Travis RC, Trichopoulos D, Troisi R, Truelove A, Tsai YH, Tucker MA, Tumino R, Van Den Berg D, Van Den Eeden SK, Vermeulen R, Vineis P, Visvanathan K, Vogel U, Wang C, Wang C, Wang J, Wang SS, Weiderpass E, Weinstein SJ, Wentzensen N, Wheeler W, White E, Wiencke JK, Wolk A, Wolpin BM, Wong MP, Wrensch M, Wu C, Wu T, Wu X, Wu YL, Wunder JS, Xiang YB, Xu J, Yang HP, Yang PC, Yatabe Y, Ye Y, Yeboah ED, Yin Z, Ying C, Yu CJ, Yu K, Yuan JM, Zanetti KA, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A, Zheng W, Zhou B, Mirabello L, Savage SA, Kraft P, Chanock SJ, Yeager M, Landi MT, Shi J, Chatterjee N, Amundadottir LT.
         Hum Mol Genet. 2014 Jul 15.
         

   • Healthcare Associated Infections
     16. Strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections through hand hygieneExternal
         Ellingson K, Haas JP, Aiello AE, Kusek L, Maragakis LL, Olmsted RN, Perencevich E, Polgreen PM, Schweizer ML, Trexler P, VanAmringe M, Yokoe DS.
         Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2014 Aug;35(8):937-60.
         

   • Healthcare Economics
     17. Medicaid enrollment gap length and number of Medicaid enrollment periods among US childrenExternal
         Simon AE, Schoendorf KC.
         Am J Public Health. 2014 Jul 17:e1-e7.
         

   • Immunity and Immunization
     18. Pertussis vaccine in pregnancy – first dose for every infant?External
         McIntyre PB, Clark TA.
         Lancet. 2014 Jul 15.
         

   • Informatics
     19. Quantifying travel behavior for infectious disease research: a comparison of data from surveys and mobile phonesExternal
         Wesolowski A, Stresman G, Eagle N, Stevenson J, Owaga C, Marube E, Bousema T, Drakeley C, Cox J, Buckee CO.
         Sci Rep. 2014 Jul 14;4:5678.
         

   • Injury and Violence
     20. Pedestrian traffic deaths among residents, visitors, and homeless persons – Clark County, Nevada, 2008-2011External
         Hickox KL, Williams N, Beck LF, Coleman T, Fudenberg J, Robinson B, Middaugh J.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 Jul 18;63(28):597-602.
         

   • Laboratory Sciences
     21. Evaluation of pump pulsation in respirable size-selective sampling: part III. Investigation of European standard methods
         Soo J, Lee EG, Lee LA, Kashon ML, Harper M.
         Ann Occup Hyg. 2014 July 21, 2014.
         
     22. Cancer screening and genetics: a tale of two paradigmsExternal
         Hamilton JG, Edwards HM, Khoury MJ, Taplin SH.
         Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2014 Jun;23(6):909-16.
         
     23. Influenza A viral nucleoprotein interacts with cytoskeleton scaffolding protein alpha-actinin-4 for viral replicationExternal
         Sharma S, Mayank AK, Nailwal H, Tripathi S, Patel JR, Bowzard JB, Gaur P, Donis RO, Katz JM, Cox NJ, Lal RB, Farooqi H, Sambhara S, Lal SK.
         FEBS J. 2014 Jul;281(13):2899-914.
         
     24. Suitability of the molecular subtyping methods intergenic spacer region, direct genome restriction analysis, and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis for clinical and environmental Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolatesExternal
         Ludeke CH, Fischer M, LaFon P, Cooper K, Jones JL.
         Foodborne Pathog Dis. 2014 Jul;11(7):520-8.
         
     25. Evaluation of the performance and acceptability of two oral fluid HIV rapid tests in MozambiqueExternal
         Sema Baltazar C, Raposo C, Jani IV, Shodell D, Correia D, Goncalves da Silva C, Kalou M, Patel H, Parekh B.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Jul 16.
         
     26. Early activation of STAT3 regulates reactive astrogliosis induced by diverse forms of neurotoxicityExternal
         O’Callaghan JP, Kelly KA, VanGilder RL, Sofroniew MV, Miller DB.
         PLoS One. 2014 Jul 15;9(7):e102003.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health
     27. Role of health insurance on the survival of infants with congenital heart defectsExternal
         Kucik JE, Cassell CH, Alverson CJ, Donohue P, Tanner JP, Minkovitz CS, Correia J, Burke T, Kirby RS.
         Am J Public Health. 2014 Jul 17:e1-e9.
         
     28. Ectopic pregnancy among American Indian and Alaska Native women, 2002-2009External
         de Ravello L, Folkema A, Tulloch S, Taylor M, Reilley B, Hoover K, Holman R, Creanga A.
         Matern Child Health J. 2014 Jul 15.
         

   • Nutritional Sciences
     29. Notes from the field: update: vitamin B12 deficiency among Bhutanese refugees resettling in the United States, 2012External
         Cuffe K, Stauffer W, Painter J, Shetty S, Montour J, Zhou W.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 Jul 18;63(28):607.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health
     30. Employed adults with asthma who have frequent workplace exposuresExternal
         White GE, Mazurek JM, Storey E.
         J Asthma. 2014 Jul 16:1-17.
         
     31. Exposures and cross-shift lung function declines in wildland firefightersExternal
         Gaughan DM, Piacitelli CA, Chen BT, Law BF, Virji MA, Edwards NT, Enright PL, Schwegler-Berry DE, Leonard SS, Wagner GR, Kobzik L, Kales SN, Hughes MD, Christiani DC, Siegel PD, Cox-Ganser JM, Hoover MD.
         J Occup Environ Hyg. 2014 Sep;11(9):591-603.
         

   • Parasitic Diseases
     32. The history of 20th century malaria control in PeruExternal
         Griffing SM, Gamboa D, Udhayakumar V.
         Malar J. 2013 Aug 30;12:303.
         

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