CDC Science Clips: Volume 7, Issue 20,  May 19, 2015

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. Key Scientific Articles in Feature Topic Areas

   • Zoonoses – Dengue and Chikungunya
     

     1. A critical assessment of vector control for dengue preventionExternal
        Achee NL, Gould F, Perkins TA, Reiner RC, Morrison AC, Ritchie SA, Gubler DJ, et al .
        PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015 May;9(5):e0003655.
     2. The global distribution and burden of dengueExternal
        Bhatt S, Gething PW, Brady OJ, Messina JP, Farlow AW, Moyes CL, Drake JM, et al .
        Nature. 2013 Apr 25;496(7446):504-7.
     3. Detection and serotyping of dengue virus in serum samples by multiplex reverse transcriptase PCR-ligase detection reaction assayExternal
        Das S, Pingle MR, Munoz-Jordan J, Rundell MS, Rondini S, Granger K, Chang GJ, et al .
        J Clin Microbiol. 2008 Oct;46(10):3276-84.
     4. Zika virus outbreak on Yap Island, Federated States of MicronesiaExternal
        Duffy MR, Chen TH, Hancock WT, Powers AM, Kool JL, Lanciotti RS, Pretrick M, Marfel M, et al .
        N Engl J Med. 2009 Jun 11;360(24):2536-43.
     5. Zika virus outside AfricaExternal
        Hayes EB.
        Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Sep;15(9):1347-50.
     6. Global spread of dengue virus types: mapping the 70 year historyExternal
        Messina JP, Brady OJ, Scott TW, Zou C, Pigott DM, Duda KA, Bhatt S, et al .
        Trends Microbiol. 2014 Mar;22(3):138-46.
     7. Highly sensitive detection of dengue virus nucleic acid in samples from clinically ill patientsExternal
        Munoz-Jordan JL, Collins CS, Vergne E, Santiago GA, Petersen L, Sun W, Linnen JM.
        J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Apr;47(4):927-31.
     8. Next generation dengue vaccines: a review of candidates in preclinical developmentExternal
        Schmitz J, Roehrig J, Barrett A, Hombach J.
        Vaccine. 2011 Sep 23;29(42):7276-84.
     9. Feeding strategies of anthropophilic mosquitoes result in increased risk of pathogen transmissionExternal
        Scott TW, Takken W.
        Trends Parasitol. 2012 Mar;28(3):114-21.
     10. Yellow fever vaccine: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)External
         Staples JE, Gershman M, Fischer M.
         MMWR Recomm Rep. 2010 Jul 30;59(Rr-7):1-27.
     11. Chikungunya fever: epidemiology, clinical syndrome, pathogenesis and therapyExternal
         Thiberville SD, Moyen N, Dupuis-Maguiraga L, Nougairede A, Gould EA, Roques P, de Lamballerie X.
         Antiviral Res. 2013 Sep;99(3):345-70.
     12. Dengue: guidelines for diagnosis, treatment, prevention and controlExternal
         World Health Organization .
         . 2009 ; available at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK143157/.

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
     

     13. Cluster of inhibitors among adult inpatients with haemophilia in a single institutionExternal
         Ishaku NG, Key NS, Miller CH, Nielsen B, Buckner T, Chen SL, Hooper WC, Soucie JM.
         Haemophilia. 2015 May 4.
     14. Cancer screening test use – United States, 2013External
         Sabatino SA, White MC, Thompson TD, Klabunde CN.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 May 8;64(17):464-8.
     15. Racial disparities in prostate cancer incidence rates by census division in the United States, 1999-2008External
         Cook MB, Rosenberg PS, McCarty FA, Wu M, King J, Eheman C, Anderson WF.
         Prostate. 2015 May;75(7):758-63.
     16. South African National Cancer Registry: effect of withheld data from private health systems on cancer incidence estimates
         Singh E, Underwood JM, Nattey C, Babb C, Sengayi M, Kellett P.
         S Afr Med J. 2015 ;105(2):107-109.

   • Communicable Diseases
     

     17. Epidemiology of drug-resistant tuberculosis among children and adolescents in South Africa, 2005-2010External
         Moore BK, Anyalechi E, van der Walt M, Smith S, Erasmus L, Lancaster J, Morris S, Ndjeka N, Ershova J, Ismail N, Burton D, Menzies H.
         Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2015 Jun;19(6):663-9.
     18. Implementation and operational research: evaluation of Swaziland’s hub-and-spoke model for decentralizing access to antiretroviral therapy servicesExternal
         Auld AF, Kamiru H, Azih C, Baughman AL, Nuwagaba-Biribonwoha H, Ehrenkranz P, Agolory S, Sahabo R, Ellerbrock TV, Okello V, Bicego G.
         J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2015 May 1;69(1):e1-e12.
     19. Implementation and operational research: evaluation of loss-to-follow-up and postoperative adverse events in a voluntary medical male circumcision program in Nyanza Province, KenyaExternal
         Reed JB, Grund J, Liu Y, Mwandi Z, Howard AA, McNairy ML, Chesang K, Cherutich P, Bock N.
         J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2015 May 1;69(1):e13-23.
     20. Race and the public health impact potential of PrEP in the United StatesExternal
         Schneider JA, Bouris A, Smith DK.
         J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2015 May 6.
     21. Differences in treatment of Chlamydia trachomatis by ambulatory care settingExternal
         Pearson WS, Gift TL, Leichliter JS, Jenkins WD.
         J Community Health. 2015 May 5.
     22. Increased incidence of cancer and cancer-related mortality among persons with chronic hepatitis C infection, 2006-2010External
         Allison RD, Tong X, Moorman AC, Ly KN, Rupp L, Xu F, Gordon SC, Holmberg SD.
         J Hepatol. 2015 Apr 30.
     23. What is the added benefit of oropharyngeal swabs compared to nasal swabs alone for respiratory virus detection in hospitalized children aged <10 years?External
         Dawood FS, Jara J, Estripeaut D, Vergara O, Luciani K, Corro M, de Leon T, Saldana R, Castillo Baires JM, Rauda Flores R, Cazares RA, Brizuela de Fuentes YS, Franco D, Gaitan M, Schneider E, Berman L, Azziz-Baumgartner E, Widdowson MA.
         J Infect Dis. 2015 May 5.
     24. Investigation of an outbreak of variant influenza A (H3N2) virus associated with an agricultural fair – Ohio, August 2012External
         Greenbaum A, Quinn C, Bailer J, Su S, Havers F, Durand LO, Jiang V, Page S, Budd J, Shaw M, Biggerstaff M, de Fijter S, Smith K, Reed C, Epperson S, Brammer L, Feltz D, Sohner K, Ford J, Jain S, Gargiullo P, Weiss E, Burg P, DiOrio M, Fowler B, Finelli L, Jhung MA.
         J Infect Dis. 2015 May 5.
     25. Relationship between Ebola virus real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction-based threshold cycle value and virus isolation from human plasmaExternal
         Spengler JR, McElroy AK, Harmon JR, Stroher U, Nichol ST, Spiropoulou CF.
         J Infect Dis. 2015 May 3.
     26. Emergence of multidrug resistant influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus variants in an immunocompromised child treated with oseltamivir and zanamivirExternal
         Tamura D, DeBiasi RL, Okomo-Adhiambo M, Mishin VP, Campbell AP, Loechelt B, Wiedermann BL, Fry AM, Gubareva LV.
         J Infect Dis. 2015 May 5.
     27. Possible sexual transmission of Ebola virus – Liberia, 2015External
         Christie A, Davies-Wayne GJ, Cordier-Lasalle T, Blackley DJ, Laney AS, Williams DE, Shinde SA, Badio M, Lo T, Mate SE, Ladner JT, Wiley MR, Kugelman JR, Palacios G, Holbrook MR, Janosko KB, Wit E, Doremalen N, Munster VJ, Pettitt J, Schoepp RJ, Verhenne L, Evlampidou I, Kollie KK, Sieh SB, Gasasira A, Bolay F, Kateh FN, Nyenswah TG, De Cock KM.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 May 8;64(17):479-81.
     28. Identification and linkage to care of HCV-infected persons in five health centers – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2012-2014External
         Coyle C, Viner K, Hughes E, Kwakwa H, Zibbell JE, Vellozzi C, Holtzman D.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 May 8;64(17):459-63.
     29. Increases in hepatitis C virus infection related to injection drug use among persons aged </=30 years – Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia, 2006-2012External
         Zibbell JE, Iqbal K, Patel RC, Suryaprasad A, Sanders KJ, Moore-Moravian L, Serrecchia J, Blankenship S, Ward JW, Holtzman D.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 May 8;64(17):453-8.
     30. Persistence of Ebola virus in ocular fluid during convalescenceExternal
         Varkey JB, Shantha JG, Crozier I, Kraft CS, Lyon GM, Mehta AK, Kumar G, Smith JR, Kainulainen MH, Whitmer S, Stroher U, Uyeki TM, Ribner BS, Yeh S.
         N Engl J Med. 2015 May 7.
     31. Dynamics of influenza seasonality at sub-regional levels in India and implications for vaccination timingExternal
         Chadha MS, Potdar VA, Saha S, Koul PA, Broor S, Dar L, Chawla-Sarkar M, Biswas D, Gunasekaran P, Abraham AM, Shrikhande S, Jain A, Anukumar B, Lal RB, Mishra AC.
         PLoS One. 2015 ;10(5):e0124122.
     32. Impact of maternal HIV seroconversion during pregnancy on early mother to child transmission of HIV (MTCT) measured at 4-8 weeks postpartum in South Africa 2011-2012: a national population-based evaluationExternal
         Dinh TH, Delaney KP, Goga A, Jackson D, Lombard C, Woldesenbet S, Mogashoa M, Pillay Y, Shaffer N.
         PLoS One. 2015 ;10(5):e0125525.
     33. Remembering mumpsExternal
         Latner DR, Hickman CJ.
         PLoS Pathog. 2015 May;11(5):e1004791.
     34. Antigenic cooperation among intrahost HCV variants organized into a complex network of cross-immunoreactivityExternal
         Skums P, Bunimovich L, Khudyakov Y.
         Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 May 4.

   • Genetics and Genomics
     

     35. Genome wide identification of new genes and pathways in patients with both autoimmune thyroiditis and type 1 diabetesExternal
         Tomer Y, Dolan LM, Kahaly G, Divers J, D’Agostino RB, Imperatore G, Dabelea D, Marcovina S, Black MH, Pihoker C, Hasham A, Hammerstad SS, Greenberg DA, Lotay V, Zhang W, Monti MC, Matheis N.
         J Autoimmun. 2015 Apr 27.
     36. Dominance of Giardia duodenalis assemblage A and Enterocytozoon bieneusi genotype BEB6 in sheep in Inner Mongolia, ChinaExternal
         Ye J, Xiao L, Wang Y, Guo Y, Roellig DM, Feng Y.
         Vet Parasitol. 2015 Apr 24.

   • Health Disparities
     

     37. Trends in disparity by sex and race/ethnicity for the leading causes of death in the United States – 1999-2010External
         Chang MH, Moonesinghe R, Athar HM, Truman BI.
         J Public Health Manag Pract. 2015 May 5.
     38. Vital Signs: leading causes of death, prevalence of diseases and risk factors, and use of health services among Hispanics in the United States – 2009-2013External
         Dominguez K, Penman-Aguilar A, Chang MH, Moonesinghe R, Castellanos T, Rodriguez-Lainz A, Schieber R.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 May 8;64(17):469-78.

   • Healthcare Associated Infections
     

     39. Transmission of hepatitis C virus from organ donors despite nucleic acid test screeningExternal
         Suryaprasad A, Basavaraju SV, Hocevar SN, Theodoropoulos N, Zuckerman RA, Hayden T, Forbi J, Pegues D, Levine M, Martin SI, Kuehnert MJ, Blumberg EA.
         Am J Transplant. 2015 May 5.
     40. Incident hepatitis among repeat blood donors: a sentinel event signaling possible health care-associated infection and need for reporting to public health authoritiesExternal
         Moorman AC, Stramer SL, Schaefer MK, Collier MG, Suryaprasad A, Kuehnert MJ, Moore Z, Rowan E, Habicht K, Bradley K, Fucci MC, Hopkins C, Xu F.
         Transfusion. 2015 Apr 22.

   • Immunity and Immunization
     

     41. Vaccination Week in the Americas, 2011: an opportunity to assess the routine vaccination program in the Bolivarian Republic of VenezuelaExternal
         Sanchez D, Sodha SV, Kurtis HJ, Ghisays G, Wannemuehler KA, Danovaro-Holliday MC, Ropero-Alvarez AM.
         BMC Public Health. 2015 ;15:395.
     42. ACA provisions associated with increase in percentage of young adult women initiating and completing the HPV vaccineExternal
         Lipton BJ, Decker SL.
         Health Aff (Millwood). 2015 May 1;34(5):757-64.
     43. Invasive pneumococcal disease following the introduction of 13-valent conjugate vaccine in children in New York City from 2007 to 2012External
         Farnham AC, Zimmerman CM, Papadouka V, Konty KJ, Zucker JR, Nattanmai GV, Jose S, Rosen JB.
         JAMA Pediatr. 2015 May 4.
     44. Present status of human papillomavirus vaccine development and implementationExternal
         Herrero R, Gonzalez P, Markowitz LE.
         Lancet Oncol. 2015 May;16(5):e206-e216.
     45. Tdap vaccine effectiveness in adolescents during the 2012 Washington State pertussis epidemicExternal
         Acosta AM, DeBolt C, Tasslimi A, Lewis M, Stewart LK, Misegades LK, Messonnier NE, Clark TA, Martin SW, Patel M.
         Pediatrics. 2015 May 4.
     46. First pertussis vaccine dose and prevention of infant mortalityExternal
         Tiwari TS, Baughman AL, Clark TA.
         Pediatrics. 2015 May 4.
     47. Immunology of protection from Ebola virus infectionExternal
         Krause PR, Bryant PR, Clark T, Dempsey W, Henchal E, Michael NL, Regules JA, Gruber MF.
         Sci Transl Med. 2015 May 6;7(286):286ps11.
     48. Promoting influenza vaccination: insights from a qualitative meta-analysis of 14 years of influenza-related communications research by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)External
         Nowak GJ, Sheedy K, Bursey K, Smith TM, Basket M.
         Vaccine. 2015 Apr 28.

   • Injury and Violence
     

     49. Experience of forced sex and subsequent sexual, drug, and mental health outcomes: African American and Hispanic women in the southeastern United States
         Jones D, Marks G, Villar-Loubet O, Weiss SM, O?Daniels C, Borkowf CB, Simpson C, Adimora AA, McLellan-Lemal E.
         Int J Sex Health. 2015 .

   • Laboratory Sciences
     

     50. Experience in implementing a quality management system in a tuberculosis laboratory, Kisumu, KenyaExternal
         Musau S, McCarthy K, Okumu A, Shinnick T, Wandiga S, Williamson J, Cain K.
         Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2015 Jun;19(6):693-5.

   • Occupational Safety and Health
     

     51. Risk of cancer among firefighters in California, 1988-2007External
         Tsai RJ, Luckhaupt SE, Schumacher P, Cress RD, Deapen DM, Calvert GM.
         Am J Ind Med. 2015 May 6.
     52. Genetic variants in TNFalpha, TGFB1, PTGS1 and PTGS2 genes are associated with diisocyanate-induced asthmaExternal
         Yucesoy B, Kashon ML, Johnson VJ, Lummus ZL, Fluharty K, Gautrin D, Cartier A, Boulet LP, Sastre J, Quirce S, Tarlo SM, Cruz MJ, Munoz X, Luster MI, Bernstein DI.
         J Immunotoxicol. 2015 Feb 27:1-8.
     53. Qualitative evaluation of a role play bullying simulationExternal
         Gillespie GL, Brown K, Grubb P, Shay A, Montoya K.
         J Nurs Educ Pract. 2015 Apr;5(6):73-80.
     54. Risks to health care workers from nano-enabled medical productsExternal
         Murashov V, Howard J.
         J Occup Environ Hyg. 2015 Jun;12(6):D75-85.

   • Parasitic Diseases
     

     55. Preventing community-wide transmission of Cryptosporidium: a proactive public health response to a swimming pool-associated outbreak – Auglaize County, Ohio, USAExternal
         Cope JR, Prosser A, Nowicki S, Roberts MW, Roberts JM, Scheer D, Anderson C, Longsworth A, Parsons C, Goldschmidt D, Johnston S, Bishop H, Xiao L, Hill V, Beach M, Hlavsa MC.
         Epidemiol Infect. 2015 Apr 24:1-9.

   • Physical Activity
     

     56. Salivary and serum cortisol levels during recovery from intense exercise and prolonged, moderate exercise
         Powell J, DiLeo T, Roberge R, Coca A, Kim JH.
         Biol Sport. 2015 ;32(2):91-95.

   • Substance Use and Abuse
     

     57. Trends and characteristics of heroin overdoses in Wisconsin, 2003-2012External
         Meiman J, Tomasallo C, Paulozzi L.
         Drug Alcohol Depend. 2015 Apr 18.
     58. Law enforcement officers’ involvement level in Hurricane Katrina and alcohol useExternal
         Heavey SC, Homish GG, Andrew ME, McCanlies E, Mnatsakanova A, Violanti JM, Burchfiel CM.
         Int J Emerg Mental Health Hum Resil. 2015 ;17(1):267-273.

   • Vital Statistics
     

     59. Annual summary of vital statistics: 2012-2013External
         Osterman MJ, Kochanek KD, MacDorman MF, Strobino DM, Guyer B.
         Pediatrics. 2015 May 4.

   • Zoonoses
     

     60. Assessing prevention measures and Sin Nombre hantavirus seroprevalence among workers at Yosemite National ParkExternal
         Wilken JA, Jackson R, Materna BL, Windham GC, Enge B, Messenger S, Xia D, Knust B, Buttke D, Roisman R.
         Am J Ind Med. 2015 May 5.
     61. Seasonality and survival associated with three outbreak seasons of West Nile virus disease in Oklahoma – 2003, 2007, and 2012External
         Johnson MG, Adams J, McDonald-Hamm C, Wendelboe A, Bradley KK.
         J Med Virol. 2015 May 6.

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