Issue 12, March 25, 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
     • National estimates of insulin-related hypoglycemia and errors leading to emergency department visits and hospitalizations
       Geller AI, Shehab N, Lovegrove MC, Kegler SR, Weidenbach KN, Ryan GJ, Budnitz DS.
       JAMA Intern Med. 2014 Mar 10.
       
   • Communicable Diseases
     • The road to tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) elimination in Arkansas; a re-examination of risk groups
       Berzkalns A, Bates J, Ye W, Mukasa L, France AM, Patil N, Yang Z.
       PLoS One. 2014 ;9(3):e90664.
       
   • Disease Reservoirs and Vectors
     • Durability assessment results suggest a serviceable life of two, rather than three, years for the current long-lasting insecticidal (mosquito) net (LLIN) intervention in Benin
       Gnanguenon V, Azondekon R, Oke-Agbo F, Beach R, Akogbeto M.
       BMC Infect Dis. 2014 ;14(1):69.
       
   • Food Safety
     • Clinical outcomes of nalidixic acid, ceftriaxone, and multidrug-resistant nontyphoidal Salmonella infections compared with pansusceptible infections in FoodNet Sites, 2006-2008
       Krueger AL, Greene SA, Barzilay EJ, Henao O, Vugia D, Hanna S, Meyer S, Smith K, Pecic G, Hoefer D, Griffin PM.
       Foodborne Pathog Dis. 2014 Mar 11.
       
   • Healthcare Associated Infections
     • Classification tree analysis of race-specific subgroups at risk for a central venous catheter-related bloodstream infection
       Studnicki J, Ekezue BF, Tsulukidze M, Honore P, Moonesinghe R, Fisher J.
       Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2014 ;40(3):134-143.
       
   • Healthcare Economics
     • The incremental cost of switching from Option B to Option B+ for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV
       O'Brien L, Shaffer N, Sangrujee N, Abimbola TO.
       Bull World Health Organ. 2014 March;92(3):162-170.
       
   • Immunity and Immunization
     • Effectiveness of hospital-based postpartum procedures on pertussis vaccination among postpartum women
       Yeh S, Mink C, Kim M, Naylor S, Zangwill KM, Allred NJ.
       Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2014 Mar;210(3):237.e1-6.
       
     • Fatal varicella due to the vaccine-strain varicella-zoster virus
       Leung J, Siegel S, Jones JF, Schulte C, Blog D, Scott Schmid D, Bialek SR, Marin M.
       Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2013 Aug 27;10(1).
       
   • Informatics
     • Primary care physicians' challenges in ordering clinical laboratory tests and interpreting results
       Hickner J, Thompson PJ, Wilkinson T, Epner P, Sheehan M, Pollock AM, Lee J, Duke CC, Jackson BR, Taylor JR.
       J Am Board Fam Med. 2014 Mar-Apr;27(2):268-74.
       
   • Physical Activity
     • Leisure-time aerobic physical activity, muscle-strengthening activity and mortality risks among US adults: the NHANES linked mortality study
       Zhao G, Li C, Ford ES, Fulton JE, Carlson SA, Okoro CA, Wen XJ, Balluz LS.
       Br J Sports Med. 2014 Feb;48(3):244-9.
       
   
   
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. School-wide programs aimed at obesity among Latino youth in the United States: a review of the evidence
        Holub CK, Lobelo F, Mehta SM, Sanchez Romero LM, Arredondo EM, Elder JP.
        J Sch Health. 2014 Apr;84(4):239-46.
        
     2. Relationships between housing and food insecurity, frequent mental distress, and insufficient sleep among adults in 12 US states, 2009
        Liu Y, Njai RS, Greenlund KJ, Chapman DP, Croft JB.
        Prev Chronic Dis. 2014 ;11:E37.
        
     3. Impact of diagnosis of diabetes on health-related quality of life among high risk individuals: the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study
        Marrero D, Pan Q, Barrett-Connor E, de Groot M, Zhang P, Percy C, Florez H, Ackermann R, Montez M, Rubin RR.
        Qual Life Res. 2014 Feb;23(1):75-88.
        
   • Communicable Diseases
     4. Cross-sectional study of HPV-16 infection in a population-based subsample of Hispanic adults
        Ortiz AP, Unger ER, Munoz C, Panicker G, Tortolero-Luna G, Soto-Salgado M, Otero Y, Suarez E, Perez CM.
        BMJ Open. 2014 ;4(2):e004203.
        
     5. Influenza virus infection mimicking an acute abdomen in a female adolescent
        Vivar KL, Uyeki TM.
        Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2014 Mar;8(2):140-1.
        
     6. Performance and comparison of self-reported STI symptoms among high-risk populations - MSM, sex workers, persons living with HIV/AIDS - in El Salvador
        Shah NS, Kim E, de Maria Hernandez Ayala F, Escobar ME, Nieto AI, Kim AA, Paz-Bailey G.
        Int J STD AIDS. 2014 Mar 10.
        
     7. Likely female-to-female sexual transmission of HIV - Texas, 2012
        Chan SK, Thornton LR, Chronister KJ, Meyer J, Wolverton M, Johnson CK, Arafat RR, Joyce PM, Switzer WM, Heneine W, Shankar A, Granade T, Owen MS, Sprinkle P, Sullivan V.
        MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 Mar 14;63(10):209-12.
        
     8. Prevalence of HIV, sexually transmitted infections, and viral hepatitis by urbanicity, among men who have sex with men, injection drug users, and heterosexuals in the United States
        Oster AM, Sternberg M, Nebenzahl S, Broz D, Xu F, Hariri S, Miles I, Paz-Bailey G.
        Sex Transm Dis. 2014 Apr;41(4):272-9.
        
     9. Discrepancies between HIV prevention communication attitudes and actual conversations about HIV testing within social and sexual networks of African American men who have sex with men
        Tobin KE, Yang C, Sun C, Spikes P, Latkin CA.
        Sex Transm Dis. 2014 Apr;41(4):221-6.
        
   • Disaster Control and Emergency Medicine
     10. Classifying infectious disease outbreaks to improve timeliness and efficiency of response
         Posid JM, Goodman RA, Khan AS.
         Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2014 Mar 10:1-6.
         
   • Disease Reservoirs and Vectors
     11. Checklist of medically important Hymenoptera of Afghanistan
         Dunford JC, Turbyville JC, Leavengood JM.
         Insecta Mundi. 2014 .
         
   • Drug Safety
     12. Bone mineral density changes among HIV-uninfected young adults in a randomised trial of pre-exposure prophylaxis with tenofovir-emtricitabine or placebo in Botswana
         Kasonde M, Niska RW, Rose C, Henderson FL, Segolodi TM, Turner K, Smith DK, Thigpen MC, Paxton LA.
         PLoS One. 2014 ;9(3):e90111.
         
   • Environmental Health
     13. Gestational exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals and reciprocal social, repetitive, and stereotypic behaviors in 4- and 5-year-old children: the HOME Study
         Braun JM, Kalkbrenner AE, Just AC, Yolton K, Calafat AM, Sjodin A, Hauser R, Webster GM, Chen A, Lanphear BP.
         Environ Health Perspect. 2014 Mar 12.
         
   • Food Safety
     14. Notes from the field: multistate outbreak of human Salmonella infections linked to live poultry from a mail-order hatchery in Ohio - March-September 2013
         Basler C, Forshey TM, Machesky K, Erdman MC, Gomez TM, Nguyen TA, Behravesh CB.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 Mar 14;63(10):222.
         
   • Genetics and Genomics
     15. Prothrombin G20210A mutation is associated with young-onset stroke: the Genetics of Early-Onset Stroke Study and Meta-Analysis
         Jiang B, Ryan KA, Hamedani A, Cheng Y, Sparks MJ, Koontz D, Bean CJ, Gallagher M, Hooper WC, McArdle PF, O'Connell JR, Stine OC, Wozniak MA, Stern BJ, Mitchell BD, Kittner SJ, Cole JW.
         Stroke. 2014 Mar 11.
         
   • Health Disparities
     16. Racial and ethnic differences in health care utilization and outcomes among ulcerative colitis patients in an integrated health-care organization
         Li D, Collins B, Velayos FS, Liu L, Lewis JD, Allison JE, Flowers NT, Hutfless S, Abramson O, Herrinton LJ.
         Dig Dis Sci. 2014 Feb;59(2):287-94.
         
   • Healthcare Associated Infections
     17. Healthcare-associated pertussis outbreak in Arizona: challenges and economic impact, 2011
         Yasmin S, Sunenshine R, Bisgard KM, Wiedeman C, Carrigan A, Sylvester T, Garcia G, Rose K, Wright S, Miller S, De La Huerta R, Houser H, D'Souza A, Anderson S, Howard K, Komatsu K, Klein R.
         J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2014 March;3(1):81-84.
         
   • Healthcare Economics
     18. Vaccine financing from the perspective of primary care physicians
         O'Leary ST, Allison MA, Lindley MC, Crane LA, Hurley LP, Brtnikova M, Beaty BL, Babbel CI, Jimenez-Zambrano A, Berman S, Kempe A.
         Pediatrics. 2014 Mar;133(3):367-74.
         
   • Immunity and Immunization
     19. Molecular epidemiology of silent introduction and sustained transmission of wild poliovirus type 1, Israel, 2013
         Shulman L, Gavrilin E, Jorba J, Martin J, Burns C, Manor Y, Moran-Gilad J, Sofer D, Hindiyeh M, Gamzu R, Mendelson E, Grotto I.
         Euro Surveill. 2014 ;19(7).
         
     20. The 2010 outbreak of poliomyelitis in Tajikistan: epidemiology and lessons learnt
         Yakovenko M, Gmyl A, Ivanova O, Eremeeva T, Ivanov A, Prostova M, Baykova O, Isaeva O, Lipskaya G, Shakaryan A, Kew O, Deshpande J, Agol V.
         Euro Surveill. 2014 ;19(7).
         
     21. Influence of pre-existing hemagglutination inhibition titers against historical influenza strains on antibody response to inactivated trivalent influenza vaccine in adults 50-80 years of age
         Ross TM, Lin CJ, Nowalk MP, Huang HH, Spencer SM, Shay DK, Sambhara S, Sundaram ME, Friedrich T, Sauereisen S, Bloom CE, Zimmerman RK.
         Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2014 Mar 10;10(5).
         
     22. Changing pertussis epidemiology: everything old is new again
         Clark TA.
         J Infect Dis. 2014 Apr;209(7):978-81.
         
     23. Prevalence of influenza-like illness and seasonal and pandemic H1N1 influenza vaccination coverage among workers - United States, 2009-10 influenza season
         Luckhaupt SE, Calvert GM, Li J, Sweeney M, Santibanez TA.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 Mar 14;63(10):217-21.
         
     24. Surveillance for yellow fever virus in non-human primates in southern Brazil, 2001-2011: a tool for prioritizing human populations for vaccination
         Almeida MA, Cardoso Jda C, Dos Santos E, da Fonseca DF, Cruz LL, Faraco FJ, Bercini MA, Vettorello KC, Porto MA, Mohrdieck R, Ranieri TM, Schermann MT, Sperb AF, Paz FZ, Nunes ZM, Romano AP, Costa ZG, Gomes SL, Flannery B.
         PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2014 Mar;8(3):e2741.
         
     25. Yellow fever outbreaks in unvaccinated populations, Brazil, 2008-2009
         Romano AP, Costa ZG, Ramos DG, Andrade MA, Jayme Vde S, Almeida MA, Vettorello KC, Mascheretti M, Flannery B.
         PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2014 Mar;8(3):e2740.
         
     26. Vaccine preventable diseases: time to re-examine global surveillance data?
         Macneil A, Dietz V, Cherian T.
         Vaccine. 2014 Mar 10.
         
   • Injury and Violence
     27. Circumstances and contributing causes of fall deaths among persons aged 65 and older: United States, 2010
         Stevens JA, Rudd RA.
         J Am Geriatr Soc. 2014 Mar 11.
         
   • Laboratory Sciences
     28. Gender, race and diet affect platelet function tests in normal subjects, contributing to a high rate of abnormal results
         Miller CH, Rice AS, Garrett K, Stein SF.
         Br J Haematol. 2014 Mar 12.
         
     29. Hepatitis C virus clearance correlates with HLA-DR expression on proliferating CD8+ T cells in immune-primed chimpanzees
         Zubkova I, Duan H, Wells F, Mostowski H, Chang E, Pirollo K, Krawczynski K, Lanford R, Major M.
         Hepatology. 2014 Mar;59(3):803-13.
         
     30. Recommendations for the laboratory-based detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae - 2014
         Papp JR, Schachter J, Gaydos CA, Van Der Pol B.
         MMWR Recomm Rep. 2014 Mar 14;63(Rr-02):1-19.
         
     31. Postexposure protection of macaques from vaginal SHIV infection by topical integrase inhibitors
         Dobard C, Sharma S, Parikh UM, West R, Taylor A, Martin A, Pau CP, Hanson DL, Lipscomb J, Smith J, Novembre F, Hazuda D, Garcia-Lerma JG, Heneine W.
         Sci Transl Med. 2014 Mar 12;6(227):227ra35.
         
   • Maternal and Child Health
     32. Mid-arm circumference and recommended blood pressure cuffs for children and adolescents aged between 3 and 19 years: data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2010
         Ostchega Y, Hughes JP, Prineas RJ, Zhang G, Nwankwo T, Chiappa MM.
         Blood Press Monit. 2014 Feb;19(1):26-31.
         
     33. Febrile illness and pro-inflammatory cytokines are associated with lower neurodevelopmental scores in Bangladeshi infants living in poverty
         Jiang NM, Tofail F, Moonah SN, Scharf RJ, Taniuchi M, Ma JZ, Hamadani JD, Gurley ES, Houpt ER, Azziz-Baumgartner E, Haque R, Petri WA.
         BMC Pediatr. 2014 ;14(1):50.
         
     34. Can a minimal intervention reduce secondhand smoke exposure among children with asthma from low income minority families? Results of a randomized trial
         Streja L, Crespi CM, Bastani R, Wong GC, Jones CA, Bernert JT, Tashkin D, Hammond SK, Berman BA.
         J Immigr Minor Health. 2014 Apr;16(2):256-64.
         
     35. Factors associated with human immunodeficiency virus screening of women during pregnancy, labor and delivery, United States, 2005-2006
         Fitz Harris LF, Taylor AW, Zhang F, Borkowf CB, Arthur BC, Jacques-Carroll L, Wang SA, Nesheim SR.
         Matern Child Health J. 2014 Apr;18(3):648-56.
         
     36. Are gestational diabetes mellitus and preconception diabetes mellitus less common in non-Hispanic black women than in non-Hispanic white women?
         Kim C, Kim SY, Sappenfield W, Wilson HG, Salihu HM, Sharma AJ.
         Matern Child Health J. 2014 Apr;18(3):698-706.
         
     37. Seasonal variation of 25-hydroxyvitamin D among non-Hispanic black and white pregnant women from three US pregnancy cohorts
         Luque-Fernandez MA, Gelaye B, Vanderweele T, Ferre C, Siega-Riz AM, Holzman C, Enquobahrie DA, Dole N, Williams MA.
         Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2014 Mar;28(2):166-76.
         
   • Nutritional Sciences
     38. Urine sodium excretion increased slightly among U.S. adults between 1988 and 2010
         Pfeiffer CM, Hughes JP, Cogswell ME, Burt VL, Lacher DA, Lavoie DJ, Rabinowitz DJ, Johnson CL, Pirkle JL.
         J Nutr. 2014 Mar 12.
         
     39. Trends in caffeine intake among US children and adolescents
         Branum AM, Rossen LM, Schoendorf KC.
         Pediatrics. 2014 Mar;133(3):386-93.
         
   • Occupational Safety and Health - Mining
     40. Directional control-response compatibility relationships assessed by physical simulation of an underground bolting machine
         Steiner L, Burgess-Limerick R, Porter W.
         Hum Factors. 2014 ;56(2):384-391.
         
     41. Intelligent machine guard monitoringing: a wireless system to improve miner safety
         Reyes MA, King GW, Miller GG.
         IEEE Industry Applications Magazine. 2014 ;20(2):69-75.
         
   • Parasitic Diseases
     42. Molecular analysis of chloroquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine resistance-associated alleles in Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Nicaragua
         Sridaran S, Rodriguez B, Mercedes Soto A, Macedo De Oliveira A, Udhayakumar V.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2014 Mar 10.
         
     43. Balamuthia mandrillaris encephalitis: survival of a child with severe meningoencephalitis and review of the literature
         Moriarty P, Burke C, McCrossin D, Campbell R, Cherian S, Shahab MS, Visvesvara GS, Nourse C.
         J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2014 March;3(1):e4-e9.
         
   • Substance Use and Abuse
     44. A duration analysis of the role of cigarette prices on smoking initiation and cessation in developing countries
         Kostova D, Chaloupka FJ, Shang C.
         Eur J Health Econ. 2014 Mar 9.
         
     45. Alcohol-attributable deaths and years of potential life lost - 11 states, 2006-2010
         Gonzales K, Roeber J, Kanny D, Tran A, Saiki C, Johnson H, Yeoman K, Safranek T, Creppage K, Lepp A, Miller T, Tarkhashvili N, Lynch KE, Watson JR, Phil D, Henderson D, Christenson M, Geiger SD.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 Mar 14;63(10):213-6.
         
     46. Mortality risks associated with average drinking level and episodic heavy drinking
         Schoenborn CA, Stommel M, Ward BW.
         Subst Use Misuse. 2014 Mar 12.
         
     47. Secondhand smoke and smoking restrictions in casinos: a review of the evidence
         Babb S, McNeil C, Kruger J, Tynan MA.
         Tob Control. 2014 Mar 7.
         
   
   
3. Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas
   Subject matter experts decide what topic to feature, and articles are selected from the last 3 to 6 months of published literature. Key topic coincides monthly with other CDC products (e.g. Vital Signs).
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions - Colorectal Cancer
     48. Understanding current racial/ethnic disparities in colorectal cancer screening in the United States: the contribution of socioeconomic status and access to care
         Liss DT, Baker DW.
         Am J Prev Med. 2014 Mar;46(3):228-36.
         
     49. Accuracy of fecal immunochemical tests for colorectal cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis
         Lee J, Liles E, Bent S, Levin T, Corley D.
         Annals of Internal Medicine. 2014 ;160(3):171-181.
         
     50. Strategies and opportunities to STOP colon cancer in priority populations: pragmatic pilot study design and outcomes
         Coronado GD, Vollmer WM, Petrik A, Aguirre J, Kapka T, Devoe J, Puro J, et al..
         BMC Cancer. 2014 ;14:55.
         
     51. Improving colon cancer screening in community clinics
         Davis T, Arnold C, Rademaker A, Bennett C, Bailey S, Platt D, Reynolds C, et al..
         Cancer. 2013 Nov 1;119(21):3879-86.
         
     52. Screening for colorectal cancer: using data to set prevention priorities
         Colditz GA, McGowan LD, James AS, Bohlke K, Goodman MS.
         Cancer Causes Control. 2014 Jan;25(1):93-8.
         
     53. Diabetes and colorectal cancer screening among men and women in the USA: National Health Interview Survey: 2008, 2010
         Miller EA, Tarasenko YN, Parker JD, Schoendorf KC.
         Cancer Causes Control. 2014 Feb 23.
         
     54. A randomized trial to increase colonoscopy screening in members of high risk families in the Colorectal Cancer Family Registry and Cancer Genetics Network
         Lowery JT, Horick N, Kinney AY, Finkelstein DM, Garrett K, Haile RW, Lindor NM, et al..
         Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2014 Feb 5.
         
     55. Colonoscopy utilization and outcomes 2000 to 2011
         Lieberman DA, Williams JL, Holub JL, Morris CD, Logan JR, Eisen GM, Carney P.
         Gastrointest Endosc. 2014 Feb 21.
         
     56. Increasing colorectal cancer screening in an overdue population: participation and cost impacts of adding telephone calls to a FIT mailing program
         Schlichting JA, Mengeling MA, Makki NM, Malhotra A, Halfdanarson TR, Klutts JS, Levy BT, et al..
         J Community Health. 2014 Apr;39(2):239-47.
         
     57. Get screened: a randomized trial of the incremental benefits of reminders, recall, and outreach on cancer screening
         Fortuna RJ, Idris A, Winters P, Humiston SG, Scofield S, Hendren S, Ford P, et al..
         J Gen Intern Med. 2014 Jan;29(1):90-7.
         
     58. Patient-physician colorectal cancer screening discussion content and patients' use of colorectal cancer screening
         Lafata JE, Cooper G, Divine G, Oja-Tebbe N, Flocke SA.
         Patient Educ Couns. 2014 Jan;94(1):76-82.
         
   
   

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