Issue 42, October 14, 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. 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. Leptin, adiponectin, and heart rate variability among police officers
        Charles LE, Burchfiel CM, Sarkisian K, Li S, Miller DB, Gu JK, Fekedulegn D, Violanti JM, Andrew ME.
        Am J Hum Biol. 2014 Oct 1.
        
     2. Associations between trends in race/ethnicity, aging, and body mass index with diabetes prevalence in the United States: a series of cross-sectional studies
        Menke A, Rust KF, Fradkin J, Cheng YJ, Cowie CC.
        Ann Intern Med. 2014 Sep 2;161(5):328-35.
        
     3. An inventory of healthy weight practices in federally funded haemophilia treatment centres in the United States
        Adams E, Deutsche J, Okoroh E, Owens-McAlister S, Majumdar S, Ullman M, Damiano ML, Recht M.
        Haemophilia. 2014 Sep;20(5):639-43.
        
     4. Developing a framework and priorities to promote mobility among older adults
        Anderson LA, Slonim A, Yen IH, Jones DL, Allen P, Hunter RH, Goins RT, et al .
        Health Educ Behav. 2014 Oct;41(1 Suppl):10s-8s.
        
     5. Fostering engagement and independence: opportunities and challenges for an aging society
        Anderson LA, Prohaska TR.
        Health Educ Behav. 2014 Oct;41(1 Suppl):5s-9s.
        
     6. Elevation of circulating TNF receptors 1 and 2 increases the risk of end-stage renal disease in American Indians with type 2 diabetes
        Pavkov ME, Nelson RG, Knowler WC, Cheng Y, Krolewski AS, Niewczas MA.
        Kidney Int. 2014 Oct 1.
        
     7. Population distribution of the sagittal abdominal diameter (SAD) from a representative sample of US adults: comparison of SAD, waist circumference and body mass index for identifying dysglycemia
        Kahn HS, Gu Q, Bullard KM, Freedman DS, Ahluwalia N, Ogden CL.
        PLoS One. 2014 ;9(10):e108707.
        
     8. Promotion and provision of colorectal cancer screening: a comparison of Colorectal Cancer Control Program grantees and nongrantees, 2011-2012
        Maxwell AE, Hannon PA, Escoffery C, Vu T, Kohn M, Vernon SW, DeGroff A.
        Prev Chronic Dis. 2014 ;11:E170.
        
   • Communicable Diseases
     9. Estimates of the reproduction number for seasonal, pandemic, and zoonotic influenza: a systematic review of the literature
        Biggerstaff M, Cauchemez S, Reed C, Gambhir M, Finelli L.
        BMC Infect Dis. 2014 ;14:480.
        
     10. Contact investigation of melioidosis cases reveals regional endemicity in Puerto Rico
         Doker TJ, Sharp TM, Rivera-Garcia B, Perez-Padilla J, Benoit TJ, Ellis EM, Elrod MG, Gee JE, Shieh WJ, Beesley CA, Ryff KR, Traxler RM, Galloway RL, Haberling DL, Waller LA, Shadomy SV, Bower WA, Hoffmaster AR, Walke HT, Blaney DD.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Sep 30.
         
     11. Hepatitis A hospitalizations in the United States, 2002-2011
         Collier MG, Tong X, Xu F.
         Hepatology. 2014 Sep 29.
         
     12. Update: influenza activity - United States and worldwide, May 18-September 20, 2014
         Blanton L, Brammer L, Smith S, Mustaquim D, Steffens C, Abd Elal AI, Gubareva L, Hall H, Wallis T, Villanueva J, Xu X, Bresee J, Cox N, Finelli L.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 Oct 3;63(39):861-864.
         
     13. Typhoid fever surveillance and vaccine use - South-East Asia and Western Pacific regions, 2009-2013
         Date KA, Bentsi-Enchill AD, Fox KK, Abeysinghe N, Mintz ED, Khan MI, Sahastrabuddhe S, Hyde TB.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 Oct 3;63(39):855-860.
         
     14. Importation and containment of Ebola virus disease - Senegal, August-September 2014
         Mirkovic K, Thwing J, Diack PA.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 Oct 3;63(39):873-874.
         
     15. Ebola virus disease outbreak - Nigeria, July-September 2014
         Shuaib F, Gunnala R, Musa EO, Mahoney FJ, Oguntimehin O, Nguku PM, Nyanti SB, Knight N, Gwarzo NS, Idigbe O, Nasidi A, Vertefeuille JF.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 Oct 3;63(39):867-872.
         
     16. Modes of transmission of influenza B virus in households
         Cowling BJ, Ip DK, Fang VJ, Suntarattiwong P, Olsen SJ, Levy J, Uyeki TM, et al .
         PLoS One. 2014 ;9(9):e108850.
         
     17. Declining trends in the proportion of non-viral sexually transmissible infections reported by STD clinics in the US, 2000-10
         Owusu-Edusei K, Sayegh BJ, Harvey AJ, Nelson RJ.
         Sex Health. 2014 Sep;11(4):340-4.
         
     18. HPV vaccine coverage among men who have sex with men - National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System, United States, 2011
         Meites E, Markowitz LE, Paz-Bailey G, Oster AM.
         Vaccine. 2014 Sep 22.
         
   • Community Health Services
     19. Travel-associated disease among US residents visiting US GeoSentinel clinics after return from international travel
         Hagmann SH, Han PV, Stauffer WM, Miller AO, Connor BA, Hale DC, Coyle CM, Cahill JD, Marano C, Esposito DH, Kozarsky PE.
         Fam Pract. 2014 Sep 26.
         
     20. Challenges in and strategies for the surveillance of school health policies and practices: a commentary
         Brener ND, Wechsler H, Kann L.
         J Sch Health. 2014 Nov;84(11):687-9.
         
   • Disease Reservoirs and Vectors
     21. Estimating the geographic distribution of human Tanapox and potential reservoirs using ecological niche modeling
         Monroe BP, Nakazawa YJ, Reynolds MG, Carroll DS.
         Int J Health Geogr. 2014 ;13(1):34.
         
     22. Persistently high estimates of late night, indoor exposure to malaria vectors despite high coverage of insecticide treated nets
         Bayoh MN, Walker ED, Kosgei J, Ombok M, Olang GB, Githeko AK, Killeen GF, Otieno P, Desai M, Lobo NF, Vulule JM, Hamel MJ, Kariuki S, Gimnig JE.
         Parasit Vectors. 2014 ;7(1):380.
         
     23. Trypanosoma cruzi transmission in a Colombian Caribbean region suggests that secondary vectors play an important epidemiological role
         Cantillo-Barraza O, Chaverra D, Marcet P, Arboleda-Sanchez S, Triana-Chavez O.
         Parasit Vectors. 2014 ;7(1):381.
         
   • Environmental Health
     24. Linking exposure and health in environmental public health tracking
         Zhou Y, Jerrett M.
         Environ Res. 2014 Sep 25;134c:453.
         
     25. Large outbreak of Legionnaires' disease and Pontiac fever at a military base
         Ambrose J, Hampton LM, Fleming-Dutra KE, Marten C, Mc C, Perry C, Clemmons NA, Mc C, Peik S, Mancuso J, Brown E, Kozak N, Travis T, Lucas C, Fields B, Hicks L, Cersovsky SB.
         Epidemiol Infect. 2014 Nov;142(11):2336-46.
         
     26. At your fingertips
         Eggers C.
         J Environ Health. 2014 Jul-Aug;77(1):34-6.
         
   • Food Safety
     27. Norovirus outbreak at a wildland fire base camp ignites investigation of restaurant inspection policies
         Britton CL, Guzzle PL, Hahn CG, Carter KK.
         J Environ Health. 2014 Jul-Aug;77(1):8-14; quiz 44.
         
   • Genetics and Genomics
     28. RNA populations in immunocompromised patients as reservoirs for novel norovirus variants
         Vega E, Donaldson E, Huynh J, Barclay L, Lopman B, Baric R, Chen LF, Vinje J.
         J Virol. 2014 Oct 1.
         
     29. Filovirus RefSeq entries: evaluation and selection of filovirus type variants, type sequences, and names
         Kuhn JH, Andersen KG, Bao Y, Bavari S, Becker S, Bennett RS, Bergman NH, Blinkova O, Bradfute S, Brister JR, Bukreyev A, Chandran K, Chepurnov AA, Davey RA, Dietzgen RG, Doggett NA, Dolnik O, Dye JM, Enterlein S, Fenimore PW, Formenty P, Freiberg AN, Garry RF, Garza NL, Gire SK, Gonzalez JP, Griffiths A, Happi CT, Hensley LE, Herbert AS, Hevey MC, Hoenen T, Honko AN, Ignatyev GM, Jahrling PB, Johnson JC, Johnson KM, Kindrachuk J, Klenk HD, Kobinger G, Kochel TJ, Lackemeyer MG, Leroy EM, Lever MS, Muhlberger E, Netesov SV, Olinger GG, Omilabu SA, Palacios G, Panchal RG, Park DJ, Patterson JL, Paweska JT, Peters CJ, Pettitt J, Pitt L, Radoshitzky SR, Ryabchikova EI, Saphire EO, Sabeti PC, Sealfon R, Smither SJ, Sullivan NJ, Swanepoel R, Takada A, Towner JS, et al .
         Viruses. 2014 ;6(9):3663-82.
         
   • Health Disparities
     30. A census tract-level examination of social determinants of health among black/African American men with diagnosed HIV infection, 2005-2009-17 US areas
         Gant Z, Gant L, Song R, Willis L, Johnson AS.
         PLoS One. 2014 ;9(9):e107701.
         
   • Healthcare Associated Infections
     31. Antimicrobial stewardship: importance for patient and public health
         File TM, Srinivasan A, Bartlett JG.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Oct 15;59 Suppl 3:S93-6.
         
     32. Core elements of hospital antibiotic stewardship programs from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
         Pollack LA, Srinivasan A.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Oct 15;59 Suppl 3:S97-s100.
         
     33. The role of public health in antimicrobial stewardship in healthcare
         Trivedi KK, Pollack LA.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Oct 15;59 Suppl 3:S101-3.
         
     34. Does chlorhexidine bathing in adult intensive care units reduce blood culture contamination? A pragmatic cluster-randomized trial
         Septimus EJ, Hayden MK, Kleinman K, Avery TR, Moody J, Weinstein RA, Hickok J, Lankiewicz J, Gombosev A, Haffenreffer K, Kaganov RE, Jernigan JA, et al .
         Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2014 Oct;35 Suppl 3:S17-22.
         
   • Immunity and Immunization
     35. Impact of repeated vaccination on vaccine effectiveness against influenza A(H3N2) and B during 8 seasons
         McLean HQ, Thompson MG, Sundaram ME, Meece JK, McClure DL, Friedrich TC, Belongia EA.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Sep 29.
         
     36. Polio eradication. Efficacy of inactivated poliovirus vaccine in India
         Jafari H, Deshpande JM, Sutter RW, Bahl S, Verma H, Ahmad M, Kunwar A, Vishwakarma R, Agarwal A, Jain S, Estivariz C, Sethi R, Molodecky NA, Grassly NC, Pallansch MA, et al .
         Science. 2014 Aug 22;345(6199):922-5.
         
     37. Post-licensure surveillance of trivalent live attenuated influenza vaccine in adults, United States, Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), July 2005-June 2013
         Haber P, Moro P, McNeil MM, Lewis P, Woo EJ, Hughes H, Shimabukuro TT.
         Vaccine. 2014 Sep 22.
         
   • Injury and Violence
     38. Correlates of gang involvement and health-related factors among African American females with a detention history
         Voisin DR, King KM, Diclemente RJ, Carry M.
         Child Youth Serv Rev. 2014 Sep;44:120-125.
         
   • Laboratory Sciences
     39. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) provides a superior tool for the diagnosis of pneumococcal infection in Burkina Faso
         Chaibou Y, Congo-Ouedraogo M, Sanou I, Somlare H, Ouattara K, Kienou CM, Belem H, Sampo E, Traore SA, Traore-Ouedraogo R, Hatcher C, Mayer L, Wang X, Sangare L.
         Afr J Clin Exp Microbiol. 2014 ;15(3):122-129.
         
     40. An LC-MS/MS method for serum methylmalonic acid suitable for monitoring vitamin B12 status in population surveys
         Mineva EM, Zhang M, Rabinowitz DJ, Phinney KW, Pfeiffer CM.
         Anal Bioanal Chem. 2014 Sep 26.
         
     41. Characterization of Lone Pine, California, tremolite asbestos and preparation of research material
         Harper M, Van Gosen B, Crankshaw OS, Doorn SS, Ennis TJ, Harrison SE.
         Ann Occup Hyg. 2014 Sep 29.
         
     42. Elevated Staphylococcus ceftriaxone MICs are an Etest artifact
         Limbago BM, Pierce VM, Lonsway DR, Ferraro MJ.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Sep 28.
         
     43. Validation of an HPLC-MS/MS and wipe procedure for mitomycin C contamination
         B'Hymer C, Connor T, Stinson D, Pretty J.
         J Chromatogr Sci. 2014 Aug 16.
         
     44. The Bristol stool scale and its relationship to Clostridium difficile infection
         Caroff DA, Edelstein PH, Hamilton K, Pegues DA.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Sep;52(9):3437-9.
         
     45. Effects of developmental methylphenidate (MPH) treatment on monoamine neurochemistry of male and female rats
         Panos JJ, O'Callaghan JP, Miller DB, Ferguson SA.
         Neurotoxicol Teratol. 2014 Aug 15;45c:70-74.
         
     46. Synthesis, characterization, and bioactivity of carboxylic acid-functionalized titanium dioxide nanobelts
         Hamilton RF, Wu N, Xiang C, Li M, Yang F, Wolfarth M, Porter DW, Holian A.
         Part Fibre Toxicol. 2014 ;11(1):43.
         
   • Maternal and Child Health
     47. The use of continuous surveys to generate and continuously report high quality timely maternal and newborn health data at the district level in Tanzania and Uganda
         Marchant T, Schellenberg J, Peterson S, Manzi F, Waiswa P, Hanson C, Temu S, Darious K, Sedekia Y, Akuze J, Rowe AK.
         Implement Sci. 2014 ;9:112.
         
     48. Overprescribing and inappropriate antibiotic selection for children with pharyngitis in the United States, 1997-2010
         Dooling KL, Shapiro DJ, Van Beneden C, Hersh AL, Hicks LA.
         JAMA Pediatr. 2014 Sep 29.
         
     49. News from CDC: the Legacy for Children parenting model, partnering to translate research to practice for children in poverty
         Robinson LR, Perou R, Leeb RT.
         Transl Behav Med. 2014 Sep;4(3):232-3.
         
     50. PCV7-induced changes in pneumococcal carriage and invasive disease burden in Alaskan children
         Keck JW, Wenger JD, Bruden DL, Rudolph KM, Hurlburt DA, Hennessy TW, Bruce MG.
         Vaccine. 2014 Sep 27.
         
   • Occupational Safety and Health
     51. Neurotoxicity following acute inhalation of aerosols generated during resistance spot weld-bonding of carbon steel
         Sriram K, Jefferson AM, Lin GX, Afshari A, Zeidler-Erdely PC, Meighan TG, McKinney W, Jackson M, Cumpston A, Cumpston JL, Leonard HD, Frazer DG, Antonini JM.
         Inhal Toxicol. 2014 Oct;26(12):720-32.
         
     52. Lung biodurability and free radical production of cellulose nanomaterials
         Stefaniak AB, Seehra MS, Fix NR, Leonard SS.
         Inhal Toxicol. 2014 Oct;26(12):733-49.
         
     53. Exploratory breath analyses for assessing toxic dermal exposures of firefighters during suppression of structural burns
         Pleil JD, Stiegel MA, Fent KW.
         J Breath Res. 2014 Sep;8(3):037107.
         
     54. Correlation of respirator fit measured on human subjects and a static advanced headform
         Bergman MS, He X, Joseph ME, Zhuang Z, Heimbuch BK, Shaffer RE, Choe M, Wander JD.
         J Occup Environ Hyg. 2014 Sep 29:0.
         
   • Parasitic Diseases
     55. Monitoring long-lasting insecticidal net (LLIN) durability to validate net serviceable life assumptions, in Rwanda
         Hakizimana E, Cyubahiro B, Rukundo A, Kabayiza A, Mutabazi A, Beach R, Patel R, et al .
         Malar J. 2014 ;13:344.
         
     56. Comparative assessment of diverse strategies for malaria vector population control based on measured rates at which mosquitoes utilize targeted resource subsets
         Killeen GF, Kiware SS, Seyoum A, Gimnig JE, Corliss GF, Stevenson J, Drakeley CJ, Chitnis N.
         Malar J. 2014 ;13:338.
         
   • Public Health Leadership and Management
     57. Association of employee attributes and exceptional performance rating at a National Center of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2011
         Roberts H, Myles RL, Truman BI, Dean HD.
         J Public Health Manag Pract. 2014 Sep 30.
         
   • Reproductive Health
     58. The use of biomarkers of semen exposure in sexual and reproductive health studies
         Snead MC, Black CM, Kourtis AP.
         J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2014 Sep 30.
         
   • Substance Use and Abuse
     59. The impact of smoking on women's health
         McAfee T, Burnette D.
         J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2014 Sep 26.
         
     60. Increases in heroin overdose deaths - 28 states, 2010 to 2012
         Rudd RA, Paulozzi LJ, Bauer MJ, Burleson RW, Carlson RE, Dao D, Davis JW, et al .
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 Oct 3;63(39):849-854.
         
     61. National and state cost savings associated with prohibiting smoking in subsidized and public housing in the United States
         King BA, Peck RM, Babb SD.
         Prev Chronic Dis. 2014 ;11:E171.
         
   • Zoonoses
     62. Effect of aerial insecticide spraying on West Nile virus disease-north-central Texas, 2012
         Ruktanonchai DJ, Stonecipher S, Lindsey N, McAllister J, Pillai SK, Horiuchi K, Delorey M, Biggerstaff BJ, Sidwa T, Zoretic J, Nasci R, Fischer M, Hills SL.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2014 Aug;91(2):240-5.
         
     63. An outbreak of acute febrile illness caused by sandfly fever Sicilian virus in the Afar region of Ethiopia, 2011
         Woyessa AB, Omballa V, Wang D, Lambert A, Waiboci L, Ayele W, Ahmed A, Abera NA, Cao S, Ochieng M, Montgomery JM, Jima D, Fields B.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2014 Sep 29.
         
     64. Characteristics of a dengue outbreak in a remote Pacific island chain - Republic of the Marshall Islands, 2011-2012
         Sharp TM, Mackay AJ, Santiago GA, Hunsperger E, Nilles EJ, Perez-Padilla J, Tikomaidraubuta KS, Colon C, Amador M, Chen TH, Lalita P, Munoz-Jordan JL, Barrera R, Langidrik J, Tomashek KM.
         PLoS One. 2014 ;9(9):e108445.
         
   
   
2. 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).
   • Communicable Diseases - Enterovirus D68
     65. Enterovirus D68 in the United States, 2014. What we know and what CDC is doing about EV-D68. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/non-polio-enterovirus/outbreaks/EV-D68-outbreaks.html
         Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .
         . 2014 .
         
     66. Acute flaccid paralysis with anterior myelitis - California, June 2012-June 2014
         Ayscue P, Haren KV, Sheriff H, Waubant E, Waldron P, Yagi S, Yen C, et al .
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 Oct 10;63(40):903-906.
         
     67. Severe respiratory illness associated with enterovirus D68 - Missouri and Illinois, 2014
         Midgley CM, Jackson MA, Selvarangan R, Turabelidze G, Obringer E, Johnson D, Giles BL, et al .
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 Sep 12;63(36):798-9.
         
     68. The role of syndromic surveillance in directing the public health response to the enterovirus D68 epidemic
         Shaw J, Welch TR, Milstone AM.
         JAMA Pediatr. 2014 Sep 26.
         
     69. Clusters of acute respiratory illness associated with human enterovirus 68-Asia, Europe, and United States, 2008-2010
         Imamura T, Suzuki A, Meijer A, Niesters HG, Rahamat-Langendoen JC, Lojo J, Hodinka RL, et al .
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 Sep 30;60(38):1301-4.
         
     70. Enterovirus 68 3C protease cleaves TRIF to attenuate antiviral responses mediated by Toll-like receptor 3
         Xiang Z, Li L, Lei X, Zhou H, Zhou Z, He B, Wang J.
         J Virol. 2014 Jun;88(12):6650-9.
         
     71. Outbreak of lower respiratory tract illness associated with human enterovirus 68 among American Indian children
         Jacobson LM, Redd JT, Schneider E, Lu X, Chern SW, Oberste MS, Erdman DD, et al .
         Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2012 Mar;31(3):309-12.
         
     72. Sensitive, seminested PCR amplification of VP1 sequences for direct identification of all enterovirus serotypes from original clinical specimens
         Nix WA, Oberste MS, Pallansch MA.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2006 Aug;44(8):2698-704.
         
     73. Comparison of classic and molecular approaches for the identification of untypeable enteroviruses
         Oberste MS, Maher K, Flemister MR, Marchetti G, Kilpatrick DR, Pallansch MA.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2000 Mar;38(3):1170-4.
         
   
   

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