Issue 16, April 23, 2012

Vol. 4, Issue: 16, 4/23/12

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 Public Health Law)
• Public health articles noted in the media

Clinically oriented guidelines and studies lead off this week's featured Science Clips articles. The new Infectious Disease Society of America sinusitis guidelines, contributed to by LA Hicks from CDC, address a common and seasonally relevant clinical scenario with important implications for public health. EIS officer SJ Swanson and colleagues, writing in the New England Journal of Medicine, document significant reductions in intestinal nematodes in U.S. immigrants empirically treated with the anthelminthic agent albendazole.

Additional articles with global health relevance include two laboratory-focused contributions. EK Rottinghaus, writing with multiple CDC collaborators, concludes that dried blood spot specimens may be useful for monitoring HIV drug resistance in resource-constrained settings. H Wang and others from the Division of Viral Diseases provide data on multiple virus infection, which may help explain rotavirus vaccine efficacy in low income countries.

Surveillance and screening represent core public health tools which cut across disciplines. In an analysis involving both mental health surveillance and emergency response, a group of authors led by ME King demonstrate the combined value of mental health triage and community assessment in a post-disaster setting. JR Mendell, writing with CDC and non-CDC colleagues, proposes a two-phase newborn screening method for Duchenne muscular dystrophy which is intended to minimize false positive results.

Marking health observances and important milestones in public health involves simultaneously looking back at history and forward to emerging developments. NIOSH Director John Howard commemorates the 1970 passage of the Occupational Safety and Health Act in an article published in Industrial Health; the review also surveys current occupational health accomplishments and challenges. As Autism Awareness Month draws to a close, a trio of articles in Nature from BM Neale, BJ O'Roak, and SJ Sanders explore the complex role of de novo mutations in the genetics of autism and autism spectrum disorders.

John Iskander

Editor, Science Clips

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1. Top Ten Articles of the Week

   • Communicable Diseases

     • IDSA clinical practice guideline for acute bacterial rhinosinusitis in children and adults
       Chow AW, Benninger MS, Brook I, Brozek JL, Goldstein EJ, Hicks LA, Pankey GA, Seleznick M, Volturo G, Wald ER, File TM.
       Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Apr;54(8):e72-e112.
       

   • Disaster Control and Emergency Services

     • A brief report of surveillance of traumatic experiences and exposures after the earthquake-tsunami in American Samoa, 2009
       King ME, Schreiber MD, Formanski SE, Fleming S, Bayleyegn TM, Lemusu SS.
       Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2012 Apr 16.
       

   • Genetics and Genomics

     • Patterns and rates of exonic de novo mutations in autism spectrum disorders
       Neale BM, Kou Y, Liu L, Ma'ayan A, Samocha KE, Sabo A, Lin CF, Stevens C, Wang LS, Makarov V, Polak P, Yoon S, Maguire J, Crawford EL, Campbell NG, Geller ET, Valladares O, Schafer C, Liu H, Zhao T, Cai G, Lihm J, Dannenfelser R, Jabado O, Peralta Z, Nagaswamy U, Muzny D, Reid JG, Newsham I, Wu Y, Lewis L, Han Y, Voight BF, Lim E, Rossin E, Kirby A, Flannick J, Fromer M, Shakir K, Fennell T, Garimella K, Banks E, Poplin R, Gabriel S, Depristo M, Wimbish JR, Boone BE, Levy SE, Betancur C, Sunyaev S, Boerwinkle E, Buxbaum JD, Cook EH, Devlin B, Gibbs RA, Roeder K, Schellenberg GD, Sutcliffe JS, Daly MJ.
       Nature. 2012 Apr 4.
       
     • Sporadic autism exomes reveal a highly interconnected protein network of de novo mutations
       O'Roak BJ, Vives L, Girirajan S, Karakoc E, Krumm N, Coe BP, Levy R, Ko A, Lee C, Smith JD, Turner EH, Stanaway IB, Vernot B, Malig M, Baker C, Reilly B, Akey JM, Borenstein E, Rieder MJ, Nickerson DA, Bernier R, Shendure J, Eichler EE.
       Nature. 2012 Apr 4.
       
     • De novo mutations revealed by whole-exome sequencing are strongly associated with autism
       Sanders SJ, Murtha MT, Gupta AR, Murdoch JD, Raubeson MJ, Willsey AJ, Ercan-Sencicek AG, Dilullo NM, Parikshak NN, Stein JL, Walker MF, Ober GT, Teran NA, Song Y, El-Fishawy P, Murtha RC, Choi M, Overton JD, Bjornson RD, Carriero NJ, Meyer KA, Bilguvar K, Mane SM, Sestan N, Lifton RP, Gunel M, Roeder K, Geschwind DH, Devlin B, State MW.
       Nature. 2012 Apr 4.
       

   • Laboratory Sciences

     • Dried blood spot specimens are a suitable alternative sample type for HIV-1 viral load measurement and drug resistance genotyping in patients receiving first-line antiretroviral therapy
       Rottinghaus EK, Ugbena R, Diallo K, Bassey O, Azeez A, Devos J, Zhang G, Aberle-Grasse J, Nkengasong J, Yang C.
       Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Apr;54(8):1187-95.
       
     • Multiple virus infection alters rotavirus replication and expression of cytokines and toll-like receptors in intestinal epithelial cells
       Wang H, Moon S, Wang Y, Jiang B.
       Virus Res. 2012 Apr 9.
       

   • Maternal and Child Health

     • Evidence-based path to newborn screening for Duchenne muscular dystrophy
       Mendell JR, Shilling C, Leslie ND, Flanigan KM, Al-Dahhak R, Gastier-Foster J, Kneile K, Dunn DM, Duval B, Aoyagi A, Hamil C, Mahmoud M, Roush K, Bird L, Rankin C, Lilly H, Street N, Chandrasekar R, Weiss RB.
       Ann Neurol. 2012 Mar;71(3):304-13.
       

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     • Occupational safety and health in the USA: now and the future
       Howard J, Hearl F.
       Ind Health. 2012 ;50(2):80-3.
       

   • Parasitic Diseases

     • Albendazole therapy and enteric parasites in United States-bound refugees
       Swanson SJ, Phares CR, Mamo B, Smith KE, Cetron MS, Stauffer WM.
       N Engl J Med. 2012 Apr 19;366(16):1498-507.
       
   
   

2. CDC Authored Publications

   
   The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions

     1. United States national prevalence of electrocardiographic abnormalities in black and white middle-age (45- to 64-year) and older (>/=65-year) adults (from the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke study)
        Prineas RJ, Le A, Soliman EZ, Zhang ZM, Howard VJ, Ostchega Y, Howard G.
        Am J Cardiol. 2012 Apr 15;109(8):1223-8.
        
     2. Timeliness of cervical cancer diagnosis and initiation of treatment in the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program
        Benard VB, Howe W, Royalty J, Helsel W, Kammerer W, Richardson LC.
        J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2012 Apr 16.
        
     3. Preventable hospitalizations for congestive heart failure: establishing a baseline to monitor trends and disparities
        Will JC, Valderrama AL, Yoon PW.
        Prev Chronic Dis. 2012 Apr;9:E85.
        

   • Communicable Diseases

     4. Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus as an etiology of community-acquired pneumonia
        Moran GJ, Krishnadasan A, Gorwitz RJ, Fosheim GE, Albrecht V, Limbago B, Talan DA.
        Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Apr;54(8):1126-1133.
        
     5. Influenza and pregnancy in the United States: before, during, and after 2009 H1N1
        Rasmussen SA, Jamieson DJ.
        Clin Obstet Gynecol. 2012 Jun;55(2):487-97.
        
     6. Critical illness from 2009 pandemic influenza A virus and bacterial coinfection in the United States
        Rice TW, Rubinson L, Uyeki TM, Vaughn FL, John BB, Miller RR, Higgs E, Randolph AG, Smoot BE, Thompson BT.
        Crit Care Med. 2012 May;40(5):1487-1498.
        
     7. How can this be? Preventing death in patients with HIV-associated tuberculosis
        Marston BJ, De Cock KM.
        Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2012 May;16(5):569-70.
        
     8. Respiratory syncytial virus in Indonesian children
        Armstrong GL.
        Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2012 May;31(5):539.
        
     9. Risk factors for hospitalization with lower respiratory tract infections in children in rural Alaska
        Bulkow LR, Singleton RJ, Debyle C, Miernyk K, Redding G, Hummel KB, Chikoyak L, Hennessy TW.
        Pediatrics. 2012 Apr 16.
        
     10. Low rates of hepatitis screening and vaccination of HIV-infected MSM in HIV clinics
         Hoover KW, Butler M, Workowski KA, Follansbee S, Gratzer B, Hare CB, Johnston B, Theodore JL, Tao G, Smith BD, Chorba T, Kent CK.
         Sex Transm Dis. 2012 May;39(5):349-353.
         
     11. Effects of screening and partner notification on Chlamydia positivity in the United States: a modeling study
         Kretzschmar M, Satterwhite C, Leichliter J, Berman S.
         Sex Transm Dis. 2012 May;39(5):325-31.
         

   • Disease Reservoirs and Vectors

     12. Transmission dynamics of an insect-specific flavivirus in a naturally infected Culex pipiens laboratory colony and effects of co-infection on vector competence for West Nile virus
         Bolling BG, Olea-Popelka FJ, Eisen L, Moore CG, Blair CD.
         Virology. 2012 Jun 5;427(2):90-7.
         

   • Environmental Health

     13. Letter to the editor: "Review of the epidemiologic literature on residential exposure to perchloroethylene" by John A. Bukowski
         Storm JE, Mazor KA, Aldous KM, Blount BC, Brodie SE, Serle JB.
         Crit Rev Toxicol. 2012 Apr;42(4):314-7.
         
     14. Public health performance management: opportunities for environmental public health
         Gerding J, Price J.
         J Environ Health. 2012 Apr;74(8):30-31.
         

   • Global Health

     15. The role of public health institutions in global health system strengthening efforts: the US CDC's perspective
         Bloland P, Simone P, Burkholder B, Slutsker L, De Cock KM.
         PLoS Med. 2012 Apr;9(4):e1001199.
         

   • Health Communication and Education

     16. Human papillomavirus vaccine discussions: an opportunity for mothers to talk with their daughters about sexual health
         McRee AL, Gottlieb SL, Reiter PL, Dittus PJ, Tucker Halpern C, Brewer NT.
         Sex Transm Dis. 2012 May;39(5):394-401.
         

   • Immunity and Immunization

     17. Immunosenescence and challenges of vaccination against influenza in the aging population
         Reber AJ, Chirkova T, Kim JH, Cao W, Biber R, Shay DK, Sambhara S.
         Aging Dis. 2012 Feb;3(1):68-90.
         
     18. Perspectives of pulmonologists on the 2009-2010 H1N1 vaccination effort
         Clark SJ, Cowan AE, Wortley PM.
         Pulm Med. 2012 ;2012:306207.
         

   • Injury and Violence

     19. Family context, victimization, and child trauma symptoms: variations in safe, stable, and nurturing relationships during early and middle childhood
         Turner HA, Finkelhor D, Ormrod R, Hamby S, Leeb RT, Mercy JA, Holt M.
         Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2012 Apr;82(2):209-19.
         
     20. Fulfilling a promise: the national action plan for child injury prevention
         Baldwin G, Sleet D, Gilchrist J, Degutis L.
         Inj Prev. 2012 Apr 13.
         

   • Laboratory Sciences

     21. UC781 microbicide gel retains anti-HIV activity in cervicovaginal lavages collected following twice daily vaginal application
         Haaland RE, Evans-Strickfaden T, Holder A, Pau CP, McNicholl JM, Chaikummao S, Chonwattana W, Hart CE.
         Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2012 Apr 16.
         
     22. Comparison of artificial neural network (ANN) and partial least squares (PLS) regression models for predicting respiratory ventilation: an exploratory study
         Lin MI, Groves W, Freivalds A, Lee E, Harper M.
         Eur J Appl Physiol. 2012 ;112(5):1603-1611.
         
     23. Laboratory-based surveillance of non-typhoidal Salmonella infections in Guangdong Province, China
         Deng X, Ran L, Wu S, Ke B, He D, Yang X, Zhang Y, Ke C, Klena JD, Yan M, Feng Z, Kan B, Liu X, Mikoleit M, Varma JK.
         Foodborne Pathog Dis. 2012 Apr;9(4):305-12.
         
     24. Analysis of a kinetic multi-segment foot model part I: model repeatability and kinematic validity
         Bruening DA, Cooney KM, Buczek FL.
         Gait Posture. 2012 Apr;35(4):529-34.
         
     25. Analysis of a kinetic multi-segment foot model part II: kinetics and clinical implications
         Bruening DA, Cooney KM, Buczek FL.
         Gait Posture. 2012 Apr;35(4):535-40.
         
     26. Alternatives to retroorbital blood collection in hispid cotton rats (Sigmodon hispidus)
         Ayers JD, Rota PA, Collins ML, Drew CP.
         J Am Assoc Lab Anim Sci. 2012 March;51(2):239-245.
         
     27. Dermal absorption of finite doses of volatile compounds
         Frasch HF.
         J Pharm Sci. 2012 Apr 12.
         
     28. Cell permeability, migration, and reactive oxygen species induced by multiwalled carbon nanotubes in human microvascular endothelial cells
         Pacurari M, Qian Y, Fu W, Schwegler-Berry D, Ding M, Castranova V, Guo NL.
         J Toxicol Environ Health A. 2012 ;75(3):129-47.
         
     29. Mechanisms of carbon nanotube-induced toxicity: focus on oxidative stress
         Shvedova AA, Pietroiusti A, Fadeel B, Kagan VE.
         Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2012 Apr 6.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     30. A case for using A-weighted equivalent energy as a damage risk criterion for impulse noise exposure
         Murphy WJ, McKinley RL.
         J Acoust Soc Am. 2012 Apr;131(4):3532.
         
     31. Occupational coccidioidomycosis in California: outbreak investigation, respirator recommendations, and surveillance findings
         Das R, McNary J, Fitzsimmons K, Dobraca D, Cummings K, Mohle-Boetani J, Wheeler C, McDowell A, Iossifova Y, Bailey R, Kreiss K, Materna B.
         J Occup Environ Med. 2012 Apr 12.
         
     32. An investigation on the dynamic stability of scissor lift
         Dong RG, Pan CS, Hartsell JJ, Welcome DE, Lutz T, Brumfield A, Harris JR, Wu JZ, Wimer B, Mucino V, Means K.
         Open J Saf Sci Technnol. 2012 Mar;2(1):8-15.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health - Mining

     33. A visual warning system to reduce struck-by or pinning accidents involving mobile mining equipment
         Sammarco J, Gallagher S, Mayton A, Srednicki J.
         Appl Ergon. 2012 Apr 12.
         

   • Reproductive Health

     34. Case-crossover analysis of condom use and herpes simplex virus type 2 acquisition
         Stanaway JD, Wald A, Martin ET, Gottlieb SL, Magaret AS.
         Sex Transm Dis. 2012 May;39(5):388-93.
         

   • Social and Behavioral Sciences

     35. Systematic review of behavior change research on point-of-use water treatment interventions in countries categorized as low- to medium-development on the human development index
         Parker Fiebelkorn A, Person B, Quick RE, Vindigni SM, Jhung M, Bowen A, Riley PL.
         Soc Sci Med. 2012 Mar 21.
         

   • Substance Use and Abuse

     36. Binge drinking intensity and health-related quality of life among US adult binge drinkers
         Wen XJ, Kanny D, Thompson WW, Okoro CA, Town M, Balluz LS.
         Prev Chronic Dis. 2012 Apr;9:E86.
         

   • Veterinary Medicine

     37. Common occurrence of a unique Cryptosporidium ryanae variant in zebu cattle and water buffaloes in the buffer zone of the Chitwan National Park, Nepal
         Feng Y, Raj Karna S, Dearen TK, Singh DK, Adhikari LN, Shrestha A, Xiao L.
         Vet Parasitol. 2012 Apr 30;185(2-4):309-14.
         
   
   

3. Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas

   • Public Health Law

     38. Life after the ban: an assessment of US syringe exchange programs' attitudes about and early experiences with federal funding
         Green TC, Martin EG, Bowman SE, Mann MR, Beletsky L.
         Am J Public Health. 2012 May;102(5):e9-e16.
         
     39. A new resolution for global mental health
         Hock RS, Or F, Kolappa K, Burkey MD, Surkan PJ, Eaton WW.
         Lancet. 2012 Apr 14;379(9824):1367-8.
         
     40. WHO plans new yaws eradication campaign
         Maurice J.
         Lancet. 2012 Apr 14;379(9824):1377-8.
         
     41. Not all that glitters: mercury poisoning in Colombia
         Webster PC.
         Lancet. 2012 Apr 14;379(9824):1379-80.
         
     42. Examining compliance with a statewide law banning junk food and beverage marketing in Maine schools
         Polacsek M, O'Rourke K, O'Brien L, Blum JW, Donahue S.
         Public Health Rep. 2012 Mar-Apr;127(2):216-23.
         
     43. Using state laws to vaccinate the health-care workforce
         Stewart AM.
         Public Health Rep. 2012 Mar-Apr;127(2):224-7.
         
     44. Trends in the risk of U.S. polio outbreaks and poliovirus vaccine availability for response
         Thompson KM, Wallace GS, Tebbens RJ, Smith PJ, Barskey AE, Pallansch MA, Gallagher KM, et al.
         Public Health Rep. 2012 Jan-Feb;127(1):23-37.
         
     45. Michigan Clostridium difficile hospital discharges: frequency, mortality, and charges, 2002-2008
         VerLee KE, Finks JL, Wilkins MJ, Wells EV.
         Public Health Rep. 2012 Jan-Feb;127(1):62-71.
         
   
   

4. Public Health Articles Noted in the Media

   • MMWR in the Media

     46. Human papillomavirus-associated cancers - United States, 2004-2008
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2012 Apr 20;61(15):258-61.
         
     47. Measles - United States, 2011
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2012 Apr 20;61(15):253-7.
         
     48. Vital signs: unintentional injury deaths among persons aged 0-19 years - United States, 2000-2009
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2012 Apr 20;61(15):270-6.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     49. Birth defects in children conceived by in vitro fertilization and intracytoplasmic sperm injection: a meta-analysis
         Wen J, Jiang J, Ding C, Dai J, Liu Y, Xia Y, Liu J, Hu Z.
         Fertil Steril. 2012 Apr 3.
         
   
   

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