CDC Science Clips: Volume 7, Issue 18, May 5, 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. CDC Vital Signs

   • Hispanic Health

     1. The nation's diverse Latino population. Hispanic trends project
        Lopez MH. [PDF - 43 pages]
        Washington, DC: Pew Research Center. 2014 (Available at: http://www.pewhispanic.org/files/2015/04/lopez_census_meeting_dept_of_commerce_2014.pdf [PDF - 43 pages] Accessed 4/29/2015).
        
     2. Prevalence of diabetes among Hispanics/Latinos from diverse backgrounds: the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL)
        Schneiderman N, Llabre M, Cowie CC, Barnhart J, Carnethon M, Gallo LC, Giachello AL, Heiss G, Kaplan RC, LaVange LM, Teng Y, Villa-Caballero L, Aviles-Santa ML.
        Diabetes Care. 2014 Aug;37(8):2233-9.
        
     3. Cancer Facts & Figures for Hispanics/Latinos 2012-2014
        American Cancer Society .
        Atlanta, GA. 2012 (Available at: http://www.cancer.org/research/cancerfactsfigures/cancerfactsfiguresforhispanicslatinos/cancer-facts-figures-hispanics-2012-2014 ).
        
     4. AMIGAS: a multicity, multicomponent cervical cancer prevention trial among Mexican American women
        Byrd TL, Wilson KM, Smith JL, Coronado G, Vernon SW, Fernandez-Esquer ME, Thompson B, et al .
        Cancer. 2013 Apr 1;119(7):1365-72.
        
     5. Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos Data Book: A Report to the Communities
        DHHS NIH NHLBI .
        Bethesda, MD. 2013 ;NIH Publication No. 13-7951.(Available at: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/research/resources/obesity/population/hchs.htm).
        
     6. Epidemiology and molecular mechanisms tying obesity, diabetes, and the metabolic syndrome with cancer
        Gallagher EJ, LeRoith D.
        Diabetes Care. 2013 Aug;36 Suppl 2:S233-9.
        
     7. Health risk behaviors by length of time in the United States among high school students in five sites
        Jones SE, Pezzi C, Rodriguez-Lainz A, Whittle L.
        J Immigr Minor Health. 2014 Dec 24.
        
     8. Paradox lost: explaining the Hispanic adult mortality advantage
        Palloni A, Arias E.
        Demography. 2004 Aug;41(3):385-415.
        
     9. Shattuck Lecture. We can do better - improving the health of the American people
        Schroeder SA.
        N Engl J Med. 2007 Sep 20;357(12):1221-8.
        
     10. Immigrant health inequalities in the United States: use of eight major national data systems
         Singh GK, Rodriguez-Lainz A, Kogan MD.
         ScientificWorldJournal. 2013 ;2013:512313.
         
   
   

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

     11. Transition from film to digital mammography: impact for breast cancer screening through the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program
         van Ravesteyn NT, van Lier L, Schechter CB, Ekwueme DU, Royalty J, Miller JW, Near AM, Cronin KA, Heijnsdijk EA, Mandelblatt JS, de Koning HJ.
         Am J Prev Med. 2015 May;48(5):535-42.
         
     12. Cardiovascular and all-cause mortality over a 23-year period among Chinese with newly diagnosed diabetes in the Da Qing IGT and Diabetes Study
         An Y, Zhang P, Wang J, Gong Q, Gregg EW, Yang W, Li H, Zhang B, Shuai Y, Chen Y, Engelgau MM, Cheng Y, Hu Y, Bennett PH, Li G.
         Diabetes Care. 2015 Apr 17.
         
     13. Examining adherence with recommendations for follow-up in the prevention among colorectal cancer survivors study
         Hawkins NA, Berkowitz Z, Rodriguez J, Miller JW, Sabatino SA, Pollack LA.
         Oncol Nurs Forum. 2015 May 1;42(3):233-40.
         
     14. Racial disparities in prostate cancer incidence rates by census division in the United States, 1999-2008
         Cook MB, Rosenberg PS, McCarty FA, Wu M, King J, Eheman C, Anderson WF.
         Prostate. 2015 May;75(7):758-63.
         

   • Communicable Diseases

     15. HIV infection status as a predictor of hepatitis C virus RNA testing in primary care
         Yartel AK, Morgan RL, Rein DB, Ann Brown K, Kil NB, Massoud OI, Fallon MB, Smith BD.
         Am J Prev Med. 2015 Apr 17.
         
     16. HIV disease burden, cost, and length of stay in Portuguese hospitals from 2000 to 2010: a cross-sectional study
         Catumbela E, Freitas A, Lopes F, Mendoza MD, Costa C, Sarmento A, da Costa-Pereira A.
         BMC Health Serv Res. 2015 Apr 8;15(1):144.
         
     17. High mortality in HIV-infected children diagnosed in hospital underscores need for faster diagnostic turnaround time in prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) programs
         Wagner A, Slyker J, Langat A, Inwani I, Adhiambo J, Benki-Nugent S, Tapia K, Njuguna I, Wamalwa D, John-Stewart G.
         BMC Pediatr. 2015 ;15:10.
         
     18. How is TB transmitted ?
         Click ES.
         Chest. 2015 ;147(4):e158.
         
     19. The epidemiology of acute hepatitis B in the United States from population-based surveillance, 2006-2011
         Iqbal K, Klevens RM, Kainer MA, Baumgartner J, Gerard K, Poissant T, Sweet K, Vonderwahl C, Knickerbocker T, Khudyakov Y, Xia GL, Roberts H, Teshale E.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Apr 22.
         
     20. The use of TKM-100802 and convalescent plasma in 2 patients with Ebola virus disease in the United States
         Kraft CS, Hewlett AL, Koepsell S, Winkler AM, Kratochvil CJ, Larson L, Varkey JB, Mehta AK, Lyon GM, Friedman-Moraco RJ, Marconi VC, Hill CE, Sullivan JN, Johnson DW, Lisco SJ, Mulligan MJ, Uyeki TM, McElroy AK, Sealy T, Campbell S, Spiropoulou C, Stroher U, Crozier I, Sacra R, Connor MJ, Sueblivong V, Franch HA, Smith PW, Ribner BS.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Apr 22.
         
     21. Flu-like and other systemic drug reactions among persons receiving weekly rifapentine plus isoniazid or daily isoniazid for treatment of latent tuberculosis infection in the PREVENT TB study
         Sterling TR, Moro RN, Borisov AS, Phillips E, Shepherd G, Adkinson NF, Weis S, Ho C, Villarino ME.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Apr 22.
         
     22. Vibriosis
         Janda JM, Newton AE, Bopp CA.
         Clin Lab Med. 2015 .
         
     23. Disparities in initiation of combination antiretroviral treatment and in virologic suppression among patients in the HIV Outpatient Study (HOPS), 2000-2013
         Novak RM, Hart RL, Chmiel JS, Brooks JT, Buchacz K.
         J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2015 Apr 13.
         
     24. The effect of integration of HIV care and treatment into antenatal care clinics on mother-to-child HIV transmission and maternal outcomes in Nyanza, Kenya: results from the SHAIP cluster randomized controlled trial
         Washington S, Owuor K, Turan JM, Steinfeld RL, Onono M, Shade SB, Bukusi EA, Ackers ML, Cohen CR.
         J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2015 Apr 15.
         
     25. County-level correlates of CDC-funded HIV testing events, United States, 2012
         Hayek S, Heitgerd JL, Williams WO, Krueger AL, Dietz PM.
         J Community Health. 2015 Apr 23.
         
     26. Increase in nonhepatic diagnoses among persons with hepatitis C hospitalized for any cause, United States, 2004-2011
         Tong X, Spradling PR.
         J Viral Hepat. 2015 Apr 20.
         
     27. Tracking progress toward polio eradication - worldwide, 2013-2014
         Porter KA, Diop OM, Burns CC, Tangermann RH, Wassilak SG.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 Apr 24;64(15):415-420.
         

   • Drug Safety

     28. Integration of novel low-cost colorimetric, laser photometric, and visual fluorescent techniques for rapid identification of falsified medicines in resource-poor areas: application to artemether-lumefantrine
         Green MD, Hostetler DM, Nettey H, Swamidoss I, Ranieri N, Newton PN.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2015 Apr 20.
         
     29. A repeat random survey of the prevalence of falsified and substandard antimalarials in the Lao PDR: a change for the better
         Tabernero P, Mayxay M, Culzoni MJ, Dwivedi P, Swamidoss I, Allan EL, Khanthavong M, Phonlavong C, Vilayhong C, Yeuchaixiong S, Sichanh C, Sengaloundeth S, Kaur H, Fernandez FM, Green MD, Newton PN.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2015 Apr 20.
         
     30. Quality of antimalarials at the epicenter of antimalarial drug resistance: results from an overt and mystery client survey in Cambodia
         Yeung S, Lawford HL, Tabernero P, Nguon C, van Wyk A, Malik N, DeSousa M, Rada O, Boravann M, Dwivedi P, Hostetler DM, Swamidoss I, Green MD, Fernandez FM, Kaur H.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2015 Apr 20.
         
     31. Collaborative health and enforcement operations on the quality of antimalarials and antibiotics in Southeast Asia
         Yong YL, Plancon A, Lau YH, Hostetler DM, Fernandez FM, Green MD, Sounvoravong S, Nara S, Boravann M, Dumrong T, Bangsawan N, Low MY, Lim CC, Ai RL, Newton PN.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2015 Apr 20.
         

   • Environmental Health

     32. Polybrominated diphenyl ether serum concentrations in a Californian population of children, their parents, and older adults: an exposure assessment study
         Wu XM, Bennett DH, Moran RE, Sjodin A, Jones RS, Tancredi DJ, Tulve NS, Clifton MS, Colon M, Weathers W, Hertz-Picciotto I.
         Environ Health. 2015 ;14(1):23.
         
     33. Modification of traffic-related respiratory response by asthma control in a population of car commuters
         Mirabelli MC, Golan R, Greenwald R, Raysoni AU, Holguin F, Kewada P, Winquist A, Flanders WD, Sarnat JA.
         Epidemiology. 2015 Apr 21.
         

   • Food Safety

     34. Paralytic shellfish poisonings resulting from an algal bloom in Nicaragua
         Callejas L, Darce AC, Amador JJ, Conklin L, Gaffga N, Schurz Rogers H, DeGrasse S, Hall S, Earley M, Mei J, Rubin C, Aldighieri S, Backer LC, Azziz-Baumgartner E.
         BMC Res Notes. 2015 ;8:74.
         

   • Genetics and Genomics

     35. Increasing prevalence of a novel triple-mutant dihydropteroate synthase genotype in Plasmodium falciparum in western Kenya
         Lucchi NW, Okoth SA, Komino F, Onyona P, Goldman IF, Ljolje D, Shi YP, Barnwell JW, Udhayakumar V, Kariuki S.
         Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2015 Apr 20.
         
     36. Comparative genomic analysis reveals occurrence of genetic recombination in virulent Cryptosporidium hominis subtypes and telomeric gene duplications in Cryptosporidium parvum
         Guo Y, Tang K, Rowe LA, Li N, Roellig DM, Knipe K, Frace M, Yang C, Feng Y, Xiao L.
         BMC Genomics. 2015 ;16:320.
         
     37. Can targeted genetic testing offer useful health information to adoptees?
         May T, Strong KA, Khoury MJ, Evans JP.
         Genet Med. 2015 Apr 23.
         
     38. A re-evaluation of the origin of hepatitis C virus genotype 2 in West Africa
         Purdy MA, Forbi JC, Sue A, Layden JE, Switzer WM, Opare-Sem OK, Phillips RO, Khudyakov YE.
         J Gen Virol. 2015 Apr 17.
         
     39. Chlamydia psittaci comparative genomics reveals intraspecies variations in the putative outer membrane and type III secretion system genes
         Wolff BJ, Morrison SS, Pesti D, Ganakammal SR, Srinivasamoorthy G, Changayil S, Weil MR, MacCannell D, Rowe L, Frace M, Ritchie BW, Dean D, Winchell J.
         Microbiology. 2015 Apr 17.
         
     40. Genomic resources notes accepted 1 December 2014 - 31 January 2015
         Blanchet S, Bouchez O, Chapman CA, Etter PD, Goldberg TL, Johnson EA, Jones JH, Loot G, Omeja PA, Rey O, Ruiz-Lopez MJ, Switzer WM, Ting N.
         Mol Ecol Resour. 2015 May;15(3):684.
         

   • Immunity and Immunization

     41. Factors associated with maintenance of antibody responses to influenza vaccine in older, community-dwelling adults
         Talbot HK, Coleman LA, Zhu Y, Spencer S, Thompson M, Cheng PY, Sundaram ME, Belongia EA, Griffin MR.
         BMC Infect Dis. 2015 ;15(1):195.
         
     42. Lessons learned from the development of a new methodology to assess missed opportunities for vaccination in Latin America and the Caribbean
         Velandia-Gonzalez M, Trumbo SP, Diaz-Ortega JL, Bravo-Alcantara P, Danovaro-Holliday MC, Dietz V, Ruiz-Matus C.
         BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2015 ;15(1):5.
         
     43. Effect of monovalent rotavirus vaccine on rotavirus disease burden and circulating rotavirus strains among children in Morocco
         Benhafid M, Elomari N, Azzouzi Idrissi M, Rguig A, Gentsch JR, Parashar U, Elaouad R.
         J Med Virol. 2015 Jun;87(6):944-53.
         
     44. Comparison of serum hemagglutinin and neuraminidase inhibition antibodies after 2010-2011 trivalent inactivated influenza vaccination in healthcare personnel
         Laguio-Vila MR, Thompson MG, Reynolds S, Spencer SM, Gaglani M, Naleway A, Ball S, Bozeman S, Baker S, Martinez-Sobrido L, Levine M, Katz J, Fry AM, Treanor JJ.
         Open Forum Infect Dis. 2015 Jan;2(1):ofu115.
         
     45. Outcomes of infants born to women infected with hepatitis B
         Schillie S, Walker T, Veselsky S, Crowley S, Dusek C, Lazaroff J, Morris SA, Onye K, Ko S, Fenlon N, Nelson NP, Murphy TV.
         Pediatrics. 2015 Apr 20.
         
     46. A change in vaccine efficacy and duration of protection explains recent rises in pertussis incidence in the United States
         Gambhir M, Clark TA, Cauchemez S, Tartof SY, Swerdlow DL, Ferguson NM.
         PLoS Comput Biol. 2015 Apr;11(4):e1004138.
         
     47. Phase 1 study of pandemic h1 DNA vaccine in healthy adults
         Crank MC, Gordon IJ, Yamshchikov GV, Sitar S, Hu Z, Enama ME, Holman LA, Bailer RT, Pearce MB, Koup RA, Mascola JR, Nabel GJ, Tumpey TM, Schwartz RM, Graham BS, Ledgerwood JE.
         PLoS One. 2015 ;10(4):e0123969.
         
     48. Construction of recombinant HVT expressing PmpD, and immunological evaluation against Chlamydia psittaci and Marek's disease virus
         Liu S, Sun W, Chu J, Huang X, Wu Z, Yan M, Zhang Q, Zhao P, Igietseme JU, Black CM, He C, Li Y.
         PLoS One. 2015 ;10(4):e0124992.
         
     49. Hepatitis A and B among young persons who inject drugs - vaccination, past, and present infection
         Collier MG, Drobeniuc J, Cuevas-Mota J, Garfein RS, Kamili S, Teshale EH.
         Vaccine. 2015 Apr 15.
         
     50. Typhoid fever vaccination strategies
         Date KA, Bentsi-Enchill A, Marks F, Fox K.
         Vaccine. 2015 Apr 19.
         

   • Informatics

     51. Increasing the efficiency and yield of a tuberculosis contact investigation through electronic data systems matching
         Sanderson JM, Proops DC, Trieu L, Santos E, Polsky B, Ahuja SD.
         J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2015 Apr 17.
         
     52. Integrating database knowledge and epidemiological design to improve the implementation of data mining methods that evaluate vaccine safety in large healthcare databases
         Nelson JC, Shortreed SM, Yu O, Peterson D, Baxter R, Fireman B, Lewis N, McClure D, Weintraub E, Xu S, Jackson LA.
         Stat Anal Data Min. 2014 ;7(5):337-351.
         

   • Injury and Violence

     53. Perpetrators and context of child sexual abuse in Kenya
         Mwangi MW, Kellogg TA, Brookmeyer K, Buluma R, Chiang L, Otieno-Nyunya B, Chesang K.
         Child Abuse Negl. 2015 Apr 13.
         
     54. Predictors of rear seat belt use among U.S. adults, 2012
         Bhat G, Beck L, Bergen G, Kresnow MJ.
         J Safety Res. 2015 .
         
     55. Deconstructing hegemonic masculinity: the roles of antifemininity, subordination to women, and sexual dominance in men's perpetration of sexual aggression
         Smith RM, Parrott DJ, Tharp AT.
         Psychol Men Masc. 2015 ;16(2):160-169.
         
     56. Associations among county-level social determinants of health, child maltreatment, and emotional support on health-related quality of life in adulthood
         Barile JP, Edwards VJ, Dhingra SS, Thompson WW.
         Psychol Violence. 2015 ;5(2):183-191.
         
     57. Autonomy and relatedness in mother-teen interactions as predictors of involvement in adolescent dating aggression
         Niolon PH, Kuperminc GP, Allen JP.
         Psychol Violence. 2015 ;5(2):133-143.
         

   • Laboratory Sciences

     58. Functional characterization of botulinum neurotoxin serotype H as a hybrid of known serotypes F and A (BoNT F/A)
         Kalb SR, Baudys J, Raphael BH, Dykes JK, Luquez C, Maslanka SE, Barr JR.
         Anal Chem. 2015 Apr 7;87(7):3911-7.
         
     59. Repeated vaginal SHIV challenges in macaques receiving oral or topical Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis induce virus-specific T cell responses
         Tsegaye TS, Butler K, Luo W, Radzio J, Srinivasan P, Sharma S, Aubert RD, Hanson DL, Dobard C, Garcia-Lerma JG, Heneine W, McNicholl JM, Kersh EN.
         J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2015 Apr 13.
         
     60. Quality assurance of malaria rapid diagnostic tests used for routine patient care in rural Tanzania: microscopy versus real-time polymerase chain reaction
         Masanja IM, McMorrow ML, Maganga MB, Sumari D, Udhayakumar V, McElroy PD, Kachur SP, Lucchi NW.
         Malar J. 2015 ;14(1):85.
         
     61. Dried blood spots for viral load monitoring in Malawi: feasible and effective
         Rutstein SE, Hosseinipour MC, Kamwendo D, Soko A, Mkandawire M, Biddle AK, Miller WC, Weinberger M, Wheeler SB, Sarr A, Gupta S, Chimbwandira F, Mwenda R, Kamiza S, Hoffman I, Mataya R.
         PLoS One. 2015 ;10(4):e0124748.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     62. Adjusting for bias due to incomplete case ascertainment in case-control studies of birth defects
         Howards PP, Johnson CY, Honein MA, Flanders WD.
         Am J Epidemiol. 2015 Apr 15;181(8):595-607.
         
     63. Racial/ethnic differences in obesity trends among young low-income children
         Pan L, McGuire LC, Blanck HM, May-Murriel AL, Grummer-Strawn LM.
         Am J Prev Med. 2015 May;48(5):570-4.
         
     64. Maternal exposures in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study: time trends of selected exposures
         Dawson AL, Razzaghi H, Arth A, Canfield MA, Parker SE, Reefhuis J.
         Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2015 Apr 17.
         
     65. U.S. women of childbearing age who are at possible increased risk of a neural tube defect-affected pregnancy due to suboptimal red blood cell folate concentrations, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007 to 2012
         Tinker SC, Hamner HC, Qi YP, Crider KS.
         Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2015 Apr 17.
         
     66. Scoping review of patient- and family-oriented outcomes and measures for chronic pediatric disease
         Khangura SD, Karaceper MD, Trakadis Y, Mitchell JJ, Chakraborty P, Tingley K, Coyle D, Grosse SD, Kronick JB, Laberge AM, Little J, Prasad C, Sikora L, Siriwardena K, Sparkes R, Speechley KN, Stockler S, Wilson BJ, Wilson K, Zayed R, Potter BK.
         BMC Pediatr. 2015 ;15:7.
         
     67. Barriers and facilitators to antenatal and delivery care in western Kenya: a qualitative study
         Mason L, Dellicour S, Ter Kuile F, Ouma P, Phillips-Howard P, Were F, Laserson K, Desai M.
         BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2015 ;15:26.
         
     68. Public health practice of population-based birth defects surveillance programs in the United States
         Mai CT, Kirby RS, Correa A, Rosenberg D, Petros M, Fagen MC.
         J Public Health Manag Pract. 2015 Apr 22.
         
     69. Low-dose RUTF protocol and improved service delivery lead to good programme outcomes in the treatment of uncomplicated SAM: a programme report from Myanmar
         James PT, Van den Briel N, Rozet A, Israel AD, Fenn B, Navarro-Colorado C.
         Matern Child Nutr. 2015 Apr 7.
         
     70. Optimal serum and red blood cell folate concentrations in women of reproductive age for prevention of neural tube defects: World Health Organization Guidelines
         Cordero AM, Crider KS, Rogers LM, Cannon MJ, Berry RJ.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 Apr 24;64(15):421-423.
         
     71. What obstetric health care providers need to know about measles and pregnancy
         Rasmussen SA, Jamieson DJ.
         Obstet Gynecol. 2015 Apr 20.
         

   • Mining

     72. A study of leakage rates through mine seals in underground coal mines
         Schatzel SJ, Krog RB, Mazzella A, Hollerich C, Rubinstein E.
         Int J Min Reclam Environ. 2015 .
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     73. Adherence to precautionary guidelines for compounding antineoplastic drugs: a survey of nurses and pharmacy practitioners
         Boiano JM, Steege AL, Sweeney MH.
         J Occup Environ Hyg. 2015 Apr 21.
         
     74. Work-related asthma cluster at a syntactic foam manufacturing facility - Massachusetts 2008-2013
         Casey M, Stanton ML, Cummings KJ, Pechter E, Fitzsimmons K, LeBouf RF, Schuler CR, Kreiss K.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 Apr 24;64(15):411-414.
         
     75. Occupational traumatic injuries among workers in health care facilities - United States, 2012-2014
         Gomaa AE, Tapp LC, Luckhaupt SE, Vanoli K, Sarmiento RF, Raudabaugh WM, Nowlin S, Sprigg SM.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 Apr 24;64(15):405-410.
         

   • Parasitic Diseases

     76. Impact of daily cotrimoxazole on clinical malaria and asymptomatic parasitemias in HIV-exposed uninfected infants
         Davis NL, Barnett EJ, Miller WC, Dow A, Chasela CS, Hudgens MG, Kayira D, Tegha G, Ellington SR, Kourtis AP, van der Horst C, Jamieson DJ, Juliano JJ.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Apr 21.
         
     77. Are Tanzanian patients attending public facilities or private retailers more likely to adhere to artemisinin-based combination therapy?
         Bruxvoort K, Kalolella A, Cairns M, Festo C, Kenani M, Lyaruu P, Kachur SP, Schellenberg D, Goodman C.
         Malar J. 2015 ;14(1):87.
         
     78. Anti-malarial activity and toxicity assessment of Himatanthus articulatus, a plant used to treat malaria in the Brazilian Amazon
         Vale VV, Vilhena TC, Trindade RC, Ferreira MR, Percario S, Soares LF, Pereira WL, Brandao GC, Oliveira AB, Dolabela MF, De Vasconcelos F.
         Malar J. 2015 ;14(1):132.
         

   • Physical Activity

     79. Physical activity and food environment assessments: implications for practice
         Eyler AA, Blanck HM, Gittelsohn J, Karpyn A, McKenzie TL, Partington S, Slater SJ, Winters M.
         Am J Prev Med. 2015 May;48(5):639-645.
         

   • Substance Use and Abuse

     80. Disparity in naloxone administration by emergency medical service providers and the burden of drug overdose in US rural communities
         Faul M, Dailey MW, Sugerman DE, Sasser SM, Levy B, Paulozzi LJ.
         Am J Public Health. 2015 Apr 23:e1-e7.
         
     81. Inequities in workplace secondhand smoke exposure among nonsmoking women of reproductive age
         Johnson CY, Luckhaupt SE, Lawson CC.
         Am J Public Health. 2015 Apr 23:e1-e8.
         
     82. Cigarette smoking prevalence among adults with HIV compared with the general adult population in the United States: cross-sectional surveys
         Mdodo R, Frazier EL, Dube SR, Mattson CL, Sutton MY, Brooks JT, Skarbinski J.
         Ann Intern Med. 2015 Mar 3;162(5):335-44.
         
     83. Awareness and current use of electronic cigarettes in Indonesia, Malaysia, Qatar, and Greece: findings from 2011-2013 Global Adult Tobacco Surveys
         Palipudi KM, Mbulo L, Morton J, Mbulo L, Bunnell R, Blutcher-Nelson G, Kosen S, Tee GH, Abdalla AM, Mutawa KA, Barbouni A, Antoniadou E, Fouad H, Khoury RN, Rarick J, Sinha DN, Asma S.
         Nicotine Tob Res. 2015 Apr 20.
         

   • Zoonoses

     84. Animal-associated exposure to rabies virus among travelers, 1997-2012
         Gautret P, Harvey K, Pandey P, Lim PL, Leder K, Piyaphanee W, Shaw M, McDonald SC, Schwartz E, Esposito DH, Parola P.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Apr;21(4):569-77.
         
     85. The evolving medical and veterinary importance of the Gulf Coast tick (Acari: Ixodidae)
         Paddock CD, Goddard J.
         J Med Entomol. 2015 ;52(2):230-252.
         
     86. Clinical case presentation and a review of the literature of canine onchocercosis by Onchocerca lupi in the United States
         Otranto D, Giannelli A, Scotty Trumble N, Chavkin M, Kennard G, Latrofa MS, Bowman DD, Dantas-Torres F, Eberhard ML.
         Parasit Vectors. 2015 ;8:89.
         
     87. A preliminary randomized double blind placebo-controlled trial of intravenous immunoglobulin for Japanese encephalitis in Nepal
         Rayamajhi A, Nightingale S, Bhatta NK, Singh R, Ledger E, Bista KP, Lewthwaite P, Mahaseth C, Turtle L, Robinson JS, Galbraith SE, Wnek M, Johnson BW, Faragher B, Griffiths MJ, Solomon T.
         PLoS One. 2015 ;10(4):e0122608.
         
   
   

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