CDC Science Clips: Volume 7, Issue 25, June 23, 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. Top Ten Articles of the Week 

   
   Selected weekly by a senior CDC scientist from the standard sections listed below.

   • Communicable Diseases

     • Mortality associated with seasonal and pandemic influenza among pregnant and non-pregnant women of childbearing age in a high HIV prevalence setting - South Africa, 1999-2009
       Tempia S, Walaza S, Cohen AL, von Mollendorf C, Moyes J, McAnerney JM, Cohen C.
       Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Jun 9.
       

   • Community Health Services

     • Strengthening the effectiveness of state-level community health worker initiatives through ambulatory care partnerships
       Allen C, Brownstein JN, Jayapaul-Philip B, Matos S, Mirambeau A.
       J Ambul Care Manage. 2015 Jul-Sep;38(3):254-62.
       

   • Health Disparities

     • Out-of-school-time academic programs to improve school achievement: a Community Guide health equity systematic review
       Knopf JA, Hahn RA, Proia KK, Truman BI, Johnson RL, Muntaner C, Fielding JE, Jones CP, Fullilove MT, Hunt PC, Qu S, Chattopadhyay SK, Milstein B.
       J Public Health Manag Pract. 2015 Jun 9.
       

   • Immunity and Immunization

     • Advanced clinical decision support for vaccine adverse event detection and reporting
       Baker MA, Kaelber DC, Bar-Shain DS, Moro PL, Zambarano B, Mazza M, Garcia C, Henry A, Platt R, Klompas M.
       Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Jun 9.
       
     • Factors associated with provider reporting of child and adolescent vaccination history to immunization information systems: results from the National Immunization Survey, 2006-2012
       Cardemil CV, Cullen KA, Harris L, Greby SM, Santibanez TA.
       J Public Health Manag Pract. 2015 Jun 9.
       
     • Pneumonia prevention during a humanitarian emergency: cost-effectiveness of haemophilus influenzae type B conjugate vaccine and pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Somalia
       Gargano LM, Hajjeh R, Cookson ST.
       Prehosp Disaster Med. 2015 Jun 10:1-10.
       

   • Informatics

     • Articles published and downloaded by public health scientists: analysis of data from the CDC Public Health Library, 2011-2013
       Iskander J, Bang G, Stupp E, Connick K, Gomez O, Gidudu J.
       J Public Health Manag Pract. 2015 Jun 4.
       

   • Maternal and Child Health

     • Adherence to vitamin D recommendations among US infants aged 0 to 11 months, NHANES, 2009 to 2012
       Ahrens KA, Rossen LM, Simon AE.
       Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2015 Jun 7.
       
     • Estimating the recurrence rate of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in Massachusetts 1998-2007: methods and findings
       England L, Kotelchuck M, Wilson HG, Diop H, Oppedisano P, Kim SY, Cui X, Shapiro-Mendoza CK.
       Matern Child Health J. 2015 Jun 5.
       

   • Parasitic Diseases

     • Thirty-seven human cases of sparganosis from Ethiopia and South Sudan caused by Spirometra spp
       Eberhard ML, Thiele EA, Yembo GE, Yibi MS, Cama VA, Ruiz-Tiben E.
       Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2015 Jun 8.
       
   
   

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.

   • Communicable Diseases

     1. Cabotegravir long-acting for HIV-1 prevention
        Andrews CD, Heneine W.
        Curr Opin HIV AIDS. 2015 Jul;10(4):258-63.
        
     2. Global burden of invasive nontyphoidal Salmonella disease, 2010
        Ao TT, Feasey NA, Gordon MA, Keddy KH, Angulo FJ, Crump JA.
        Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Jun;21(6):941-9.
        
     3. The 13th International Workshops on Opportunistic Protists (IWOP13)
        Calderon EJ, Cushion MT, Xiao L, Lorenzo-Morales J, Matos O, Kaneshiro ES, Weiss LM.
        J Eukaryot Microbiol. 2015 Apr 29.
        
     4. Mortality risk after AIDS-defining opportunistic illness among HIV-infected persons - San Francisco, 1981-2012
        Djawe K, Buchacz K, Hsu L, Chen MJ, Selik RM, Rose C, Williams T, Brooks JT, Schwarcz S.
        J Infect Dis. 2015 Jun 3.
        
     5. Serogroup B meningococcal disease outbreak and carriage evaluation at a college - Rhode Island, 2015
        Soeters HM, McNamara LA, Whaley M, Wang X, Alexander-Scott N, Kanadanian KV, Kelleher CM, MacNeil J, Martin SW, Raines N, Sears S, Vanner C, Vuong J, Bandy U, Sicard K, Patel M.
        MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 Jun 12;64(22):606-7.
        
     6. Progress toward measles elimination - South-East Asia region, 2003-2013
        Thapa A, Khanal S, Sharapov U, Swezy V, Sedai T, Dabbagh A, Rota P, Goodson JL, McFarland J.
        MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 Jun 12;64(22):613-7.
        

   • Disease Reservoirs and Vectors

     7. New baseline environmental assessment of mosquito ecology in northern Haiti during increased urbanization
        Samson DM, Archer RS, Alimi TO, Arheart KL, Impoinvil DE, Oscar R, Fuller DO, Qualls WA.
        J Vector Ecol. 2015 Jun;40(1):46-58.
        

   • Environmental Health

     8. Geographic variation in the association between ambient fine particulate matter (PM) and term low birth weight in the United States
        Hao Y, Strosnider H, Balluz L, Qualters JR.
        Environ Health Perspect. 2015 Jun 5.
        
     9. Health effects of cut gas lines and other petroleum product release incidents - seven states, 2010-2012
        Anderson AR.
        MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 Jun 12;64(22):601-5.
        
     10. Polychlorinated biphenyls: new evidence from the last decade
         Faroon O, Ruiz P.
         Toxicol Ind Health. 2015 Jun 8.
         

   • Genetics and Genomics

     11. Genome-based discrimination between Group I Clostridium botulinum and Clostridium sporogenes strains: implications for bacterial taxonomy
         Weigand MR, Pena-Gonzalez A, Shirey TB, Broeker RG, Ishaq MK, Konstantinidis KT, Raphael BH.
         Appl Environ Microbiol. 2015 Jun 5.
         
     12. Draft whole-genome sequences of 10 enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli serogroup O6 strains
         Pattabiraman V, Bopp CA.
         Genome Announc. 2015 ;3(3).
         
     13. Hypothesis: cryptosporidium genetic diversity mirrors national disease notification rate
         Takumi K, Caccio SM, van der Giessen J, Xiao L, Sprong H.
         Parasit Vectors. 2015 ;8:308.
         

   • Healthcare Associated Infections

     14. Impact of laws aimed at healthcare-associated infection reduction: a qualitative study
         Stone PW, Pogorzelska-Maziarz M, Reagan J, Merrill JA, Sperber B, Cairns C, Penn M, Ramanathan T, Mothershed E, Skillen E.
         BMJ Qual Saf. 2015 Jun 4.
         

   • Healthcare Economics

     15. Costs of rapid HIV screening in an urban emergency department and a nearby county jail in the southeastern United States
         Spaulding AC, MacGowan RJ, Copeland B, Shrestha RK, Bowden CJ, Kim MJ, Margolis A, Mustaafaa G, Reid LC, Heilpern KL, Shah BB.
         PLoS One. 2015 ;10(6):e0128408.
         
     16. Smoking-attributable medical expenditures by age, sex, and smoking status estimated using a relative risk approach
         Maciosek MV, Xu X, Butani AL, Pechacek TF.
         Prev Med. 2015 Jun 4.
         

   • Immunity and Immunization

     17. Oral cholera vaccine coverage, barriers to vaccination, and adverse events following vaccination, Haiti, 2013
         Tohme RA, Francois J, Wannemuehler K, Iyengar P, Dismer A, Adrien P, Hyde TB, Marston BJ, Date K, Mintz E, Katz MA.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Jun;21(6):984-91.
         
     18. Can reductions in the cross-reactivity of flavivirus structural proteins lead to improved safety and immunogenicity of tetravalent dengue vaccine?
         Chao DY, Crill WD, Davis BS, Chang GJ.
         Future Virology. 2015 ;10(5):477-480.
         
     19. Acute gastroenteritis hospitalizations among US children following implementation of the rotavirus vaccine
         Leshem E, Tate JE, Steiner CA, Curns AT, Lopman BA, Parashar UD.
         JAMA. 2015 Jun 9;313(22):2282-4.
         
     20. Use of serogroup B meningococcal vaccines in persons aged >/=10 years at increased risk for serogroup B meningococcal disease: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, 2015
         Folaranmi T, Rubin L, Martin SW, Patel M, MacNeil JR.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 Jun 12;64(22):608-12.
         

   • Injury and Violence

     21. A comprehensive approach to sexual violence prevention
         Basile KC.
         N Engl J Med. 2015 Jun 11;372(24):2350-2352.
         
     22. Masculine discrepancy stress, teen dating violence, and sexual violence perpetration among adolescent boys
         Reidy DE, Smith-Darden JP, Cortina KS, Kernsmith RM, Kernsmith PD.
         J Adolesc Health. 2015 Jun;56(6):619-24.
         

   • Laboratory Sciences

     23. Cerium oxide nanoparticles inhibit lipopolysaccharide induced MAP kinase/NF-kB mediated severe sepsis
         Selvaraj V, Nepal N, Rogers S, Manne ND, Arvapalli R, Rice KM, Asano S, Fankenhanel E, Ma JY, Shokuhfar T, Maheshwari M, Blough ER.
         Data in Brief. 2015 ;4:105-115.
         
     24. Lipopolysaccharide induced MAP kinase activation in RAW 264.7 cells attenuated by cerium oxide nanoparticles
         Selvaraj V, Nepal N, Rogers S, Manne ND, Arvapalli R, Rice KM, Asano S, Fankenhanel E, Ma JY, Shokuhfar T, Maheshwari M, Blough ER.
         Data in Brief. 2015 ;4:96-99.
         
     25. High-throughput determination of mercury in tobacco and mainstream smoke from little cigars
         Fresquez MR, Gonzalez-Jimenez N, Gray N, Watson CH, Pappas RS.
         J Anal Toxicol. 2015 Jun 7.
         
     26. Relationship of menstrual cycle and vaginal infection in female rhesus macaques challenged with repeated, low doses of SIVmac251
         Morris MR, Byrareddy SN, Villinger F, Henning TC, Butler K, Ansari AA, McNicholl JM, Kersh EN.
         J Med Primatol. 2015 Jun 5.
         
     27. Triclosan induces thymic stromal lymphopoietin in skin promoting Th2 allergic responses
         Marshall NB, Lukomska E, Long CM, Kashon ML, Sharpnack DD, Nayak AP, Anderson KL, Meade BJ, Anderson SE.
         Toxicol Sci. 2015 Jun 5.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     28. Prevalence and factors associated with anemia among children under 5 years of age-Uganda, 2009
         Menon MP, Yoon SS.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2015 Jun 8.
         
     29. Obesity in children with developmental and/or physical disabilities
         Bandini L, Danielson M, Esposito LE, Foley JT, Fox MH, Frey GC, Fleming RK, Krahn G, Must A, Porretta DL, Rodgers AB, Stanish H, Urv T, Vogel LC, Humphries K.
         Disabil Health J. 2015 Jul;8(3):309-16.
         
     30. Autism spectrum disorder symptoms among children enrolled in the Study to Explore Early Development (SEED)
         Wiggins LD, Levy SE, Daniels J, Schieve L, Croen LA, DiGuiseppi C, Blaskey L, Giarelli E, Lee LC, Pinto-Martin J, Reynolds A, Rice C, Rosenberg CR, Thompson P, Yeargin-Allsopp M, Young L, Schendel D.
         J Autism Dev Disord. 2015 Jun 6.
         
     31. Global age distribution of pediatric norovirus cases
         Shioda K, Kambhampati A, Hall AJ, Lopman BA.
         Vaccine. 2015 Jun 4.
         

   • Nutritional Sciences

     32. Food insecurity and dietary intake among US youth, 2007-2010
         Rossen LM, Kobernik EK.
         Pediatr Obes. 2015 Jun 10.
         

   • Parasitic Diseases

     33. Long-lasting insecticidal nets in Zambia: a cross-sectional analysis of net integrity and insecticide content
         Craig AS, Muleba M, Smith SC, Katebe-Sakala C, Chongwe G, Hamainza B, Walusiku B, Tremblay M, Oscadal M, Wirtz R, Tan KR.
         Malar J. 2015 Jun 10;14(1):239.
         
     34. Bed net durability assessments: exploring a composite measure of net damage
         Vanden Eng JL, Chan A, Abilio AP, Wolkon A, Ponce de Leon G, Gimnig J, Morgan J.
         PLoS One. 2015 ;10(6):e0128499.
         
     35. Cysticercosis and epilepsy in rural Tanzania: a community-based case-control and imaging study
         Hunter E, Burton K, Iqbal A, Birchall D, Jackson M, Rogathe J, Jusabani A, Gray W, Aris E, Kamuyu G, Wilkins PP, Newton CR, Walker R.
         Trop Med Int Health. 2015 May 5.
         

   • Reproductive Health

     36. Embryo transfer practices and perinatal outcomes by insurance mandate status
         Boulet SL, Crawford S, Zhang Y, Sunderam S, Cohen B, Bernson D, McKane P, Bailey MA, Jamieson DJ, Kissin DM.
         Fertil Steril. 2015 Jun 4.
         

   • Substance Use and Abuse

     37. Notes from the field: increase in reported adverse health effects related to synthetic cannabinoid use - United States, January-May 2015
         Law R, Schier J, Martin C, Chang A, Wolkin A.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 Jun 12;64(22):618-9.
         

   • Zoonoses

     38. Abundance and infection rates of Ixodes scapularis nymphs collected from residential properties in Lyme disease-endemic areas of Connecticut, Maryland, and New York
         Feldman KA, Connally NP, Hojgaard A, Jones EH, White JL, Hinckley AF.
         J Vector Ecol. 2015 Jun;40(1):198-201.
         
     39. Recent advances in dengue: relevance to Puerto Rico
         Noyd DH, Sharp TM.
         P R Health Sci J. 2015 Jun;34(2):65-70.
         
   
   

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