CDC Science Clips: Volume 7, Issue 32, August 11, 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

     • Evaluation of pharmacy-based HIV testing in a high-risk New York City community
       Amesty S, Crawford ND, Nandi V, Perez-Figueroa R, Rivera A, Sutton M, Weidle PJ, Willis L, Smith DK, Hernandez C, Harripersaud K, Lewis CF.
       AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2015 Aug;29(8):437-44.
       
     • Demographic and clinical characteristics of deaths associated with influenza A(H1N1) pdm09 in Central America and Dominican Republic 2009-2010
       Chacon R, Mirza S, Rodriguez D, Paredes A, Guzman G, Moreno L, Then CJ, Jara J, Blanco N, Bonilla L, Clara WA, Minaya P, Palekar R, Azziz-Baumgartner E.
       BMC Public Health. 2015 ;15(1):734.
       
     • Neutralization of Enterovirus D68 isolated from the 2014 US outbreak by commercial intravenous immune globulin products
       Zhang Y, Moore DD, Nix WA, Oberste MS, Weldon WC.
       J Clin Virol. 2015 Aug;69:172-5.
       
     • Outbreak of Mycoplasma pneumoniae-associated Stevens-Johnson Syndrome
       Olson D, Watkins LK, Demirjian A, Lin X, Robinson CC, Pretty K, Benitez AJ, Winchell JM, Diaz MH, Miller LA, Foo TA, Mason MD, Lauper UL, Kupfer O, Kennedy J, Glode MP, Kutty PK, Dominguez SR.
       Pediatrics. 2015 Jul 27.
       

   • Disease Reservoirs and Vectors

     • Live animal markets in Minnesota: a potential source for emergence of novel influenza A viruses and interspecies transmission
       Choi MJ, Torremorell M, Bender JB, Smith K, Boxrud D, Ertl JR, Yang M, Suwannakarn K, Her D, Nguyen J, Uyeki TM, Levine M, Lindstrom S, Katz JM, Jhung M, Vetter S, Wong KK, Sreevatsan S, Lynfield R.
       Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Jul 29.
       

   • Environmental Health

     • Heat stress illness emergency department visits in National Environmental Public Health Tracking states, 2005-2010
       Fechter-Leggett ED, Vaidyanathan A, Choudhary E.
       J Community Health. 2015 Jul 24.
       

   • Healthcare Economics

     • Has recommended preventive service use increased after elimination of cost-sharing as part of the Affordable Care Act in the United States?
       Han X, Robin Yabroff K, Guy GP, Zheng Z, Jemal A.
       Prev Med. 2015 Jul 23.
       

   • Laboratory Sciences

     • Ebola virus diagnostics: the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention laboratory in Sierra Leone, August 2014 to March 2015
       Flint M, Goodman CH, Bearden S, Blau DM, Amman BR, Basile AJ, Belser JA, Bergeron E, Bowen MD, Brault AC, Campbell S, Chakrabarti AK, Dodd KA, Erickson BR, Freeman MM, Gibbons A, Guerrero LW, Klena JD, Lash RR, Lo MK, McMullan LK, Momoh G, Massally JL, Goba A, Paddock CD, Priestley RA, Pyle M, Rayfield M, Russell BJ, Salzer JS, Sanchez AJ, Schuh AJ, Sealy TK, Steinau M, Stoddard RA, Taboy C, Turnsek M, Wang D, Zemtsova GE, Zivcec M, Spiropoulou CF, Stroher U, Towner JS, Nichol ST, Bird BH.
       J Infect Dis. 2015 Jul 30.
       
     • Effects of amorphous silica coating on cerium oxide nanoparticles induced pulmonary responses
       Ma J, Mercer RR, Barger M, Schwegler-Berry D, Cohen JM, Demokritou P, Castranova V.
       Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2015 Jul 22;288(1):63-73.
       

   • Public Health Law

     • Health care for Americans with disabilities - 25 years after the ADA
       Peacock G, Iezzoni LI, Harkin TR.
       N Engl J Med. 2015 Jul 30.
       
   
   

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. B-vitamin status and bone mineral density and risk of lumbar osteoporosis in older females in the United States
        Bailey RL, Looker AC, Lu Z, Fan R, Eicher-Miller HA, Fakhouri TH, Gahche JJ, Weaver CM, Mills JL.
        Am J Clin Nutr. 2015 Jul 29.
        
     2. Compelling evidence linking sugary drinks with diabetes
        Gregg EW, Albright A.
        BMJ. 2015 ;351:h4087.
        
     3. Identification of heart failure events in CMS-Medicare claims. The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study
        Kucharska-Newton AM, Heiss G, Ni H, Stearns SC, Puccinelli-Ortega N, Wruck LM, Chambless L.
        J Card Fail. 2015 Jul 23.
        
     4. Value of a facilitated quality improvement initiative on cardiovascular disease risk: findings from an evaluation of the Aggressively Treating Global Cardiometabolic Risk Factors to Reduce Cardiovascular Events (AT GOAL)
        Losby JL, Osuji TA, House MJ, Davis R, Boyce SP, Greenberg MC, Whitehill JM.
        J Eval Clin Pract. 2015 Jul 30.
        
     5. Prevalence of disability and disability type among adults - United States, 2013
        Courtney-Long EA, Carroll DD, Zhang QC, Stevens AC, Griffin-Blake S, Armour BS, Campbell VA.
        MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 Jul 31;64(29):777-783.
        

   • Communicable Diseases

     6. Prevalence of cirrhosis in hepatitis C patients in the Chronic Hepatitis Cohort Study (CHeCS): a retrospective and prospective observational study
        Gordon SC, Lamerato LE, Rupp LB, Holmberg SD, Moorman AC, Spradling PR, Teshale E, Xu F, Boscarino JA, Vijayadeva V, Schmidt MA, Oja-Tebbe N, Lu M.
        Am J Gastroenterol. 2015 Jul 28.
        
     7. Ebola infection control in Sierra Leonean health clinics: a large cross-agency cooperative project
        Levy B, Rao CY, Miller L, Kennedy N, Adams M, Davis R, Hastings L, Kabano A, Bennett SD, Sesay M.
        Am J Infect Control. 2015 Jul 1;43(7):752-5.
        
     8. Human metapneumovirus-associated severe acute respiratory illness hospitalisation in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected South African children and adults
        Groome MJ, Moyes J, Cohen C, Walaza S, Tempia S, Pretorius M, Hellferscee O, Chhagan M, Haffejee S, Dawood H, Kahn K, Variava E, Cohen AL, Gottberg A, Wolter N, Venter M, Madhi SA.
        J Clin Virol. 2015 Aug;69:125-32.
        
     9. Notes from the field: atypical presentations of hand, foot, and mouth disease caused by coxsackievirus A6 - Minnesota, 2014
        Buttery VW, Kenyon C, Grunewald S, Oberste MS, Nix WA.
        MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 Jul 31;64(29):805.
        
     10. Impact of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and antibiotic use on nasopharyngeal colonization by antibiotic nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae - Alaska, 2000-2010
         Gounder PP, Brewster M, Bruce MG, Bruden DJ, Rudolph K, Hurlburt DA, Hennessy TW.
         Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2015 Jul 29.
         
     11. Within-gender changes in HIV prevalence among adults between 2005/6 and 2010/11 in Zimbabwe
         Gonese E, Mapako T, Dzangare J, Rusakaniko S, Kilmarx PH, Postma MJ, Ngwende S, Mandisarisa J, Nyika P, Mvere DA, Mugurungi O, Tshimanga M, Hulst M.
         PLoS One. 2015 ;10(7):e0129611.
         
     12. Estimating the number of heterosexual persons in the United States to calculate national rates of HIV infection
         Lansky A, Johnson C, Oraka E, Sionean C, Joyce MP, DiNenno E, Crepaz N.
         PLoS One. 2015 ;10(7):e0133543.
         
     13. Antituberculosis drug resistance survey in Lesotho, 2008-2009: lessons learned
         Maama-Maime LB, Mareka M, Ershova JV, Tlali TE, Kao K, Phalatse M, Polansky L, Beres LK, Letsie M, Holtz TH.
         PLoS One. 2015 ;10(7):e0133808.
         
     14. Influenza sentinel surveillance among patients with influenza-like-illness and severe acute respiratory illness within the framework of the National Reference Laboratory, Niger, 2009-2013
         Mainassara HB, Lagare A, Tempia S, Sidiki A, Issaka B, Abdou Sidikou B, Ouwe Missi Oukem-Boyer O.
         PLoS One. 2015 ;10(7):e0133178.
         
     15. A comparison of South African national HIV incidence estimates: a critical appraisal of different methods
         Rehle T, Johnson L, Hallett T, Mahy M, Kim A, Odido H, Onoya D, Jooste S, Shisana O, Puren A, Parekh B, Stover J.
         PLoS One. 2015 ;10(7):e0133255.
         
     16. Using standardized interpretation of chest radiographs to identify adults with bacterial pneumonia - Guatemala, 2007-2012
         Wortham JM, Gray J, Verani J, Contreras CL, Bernart C, Moscoso F, Moir JC, Reyes Marroquin EL, Castellan R, Arvelo W, Lindblade K, McCracken JP.
         PLoS One. 2015 ;10(7):e0133257.
         

   • Community Health Services

     17. APDT research spotlight: project Rover's survey of assistance dog providers
         Baughman P, Foreman A, Parenti L, Scotti JR, Meade BJ, Wilson ME, Wirth O.
         The APDT Chronicle of the Dog. 2015 Jul:25-30.
         
     18. Selecting quality service dogs (part 1): morphological and health considerations
         Parenti L, Wilson M, Foreman AM, Wirth O, Meade BJ.
         The APDT Chronicle of the Dog. 2015 Jul:71-77.
         

   • Disease Reservoirs and Vectors

     19. The Chagas disease domestic transmission cycle in Guatemala: parasite-vector switches and lack of mitochondrial co-diversification between Triatoma dimidiata and Trypanosoma cruzi subpopulations suggest non-vectorial parasite dispersal across the Motagua valley
         Pennington PM, Messenger LA, Reina J, Juarez JG, Lawrence GG, Dotson EM, Llewellyn MS, Cordon-Rosales C.
         Acta Trop. 2015 Jul 24.
         
     20. Modeling the present and future geographic distribution of the Lone Star Tick, Amblyomma americanum (Ixodida: Ixodidae), in the continental United States
         Springer YP, Jarnevich CS, Barnett DT, Monaghan AJ, Eisen RJ.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2015 Jul 27.
         
     21. Genotype-specific variation in West Nile virus dispersal in California
         Duggal NK, Reisen WK, Fang Y, Newman RM, Yang X, Ebel GD, Brault AC.
         Virology. 2015 Jul 23;485:79-85.
         

   • Environmental Health

     22. Characterization of air manganese exposure estimates for residents in two Ohio towns
         Colledge MA, Julian JR, Gocheva VV, Beseler CL, Roels HA, Lobdell DT, Bowler RM.
         J Air Waste Manag Assoc. 2015 Aug;65(8):948-57.
         
     23. Autism spectrum disorder prevalence and proximity to industrial facilities releasing arsenic, lead or mercury
         Dickerson AS, Rahbar MH, Han I, Bakian AV, Bilder DA, Harrington RA, Pettygrove S, Durkin M, Kirby RS, Wingate MS, Tian LH, Zahorodny WM, Pearson DA, Moye LA, Baio J.
         Sci Total Environ. 2015 Jul 25;536:245-251.
         

   • Food Safety

     24. Notes from the field: large outbreak of botulism associated with a church potluck meal - Ohio, 2015
         McCarty CL, Angelo K, Beer KD, Cibulskas-White K, Quinn K, Fijter S, Bokanyi R, Germain ES, Baransi K, Barlow K, Shafer G, Hanna L, Spindler K, Walz E, DiOrio M, Jackson BR, Luquez C, Mahon BE, Basler C, Curran K, Matanock A, Walsh K, Slifka KJ, Rao AK.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 Jul 31;64(29):802-803.
         

   • Genetics and Genomics

     25. Genomic characterization of a persistent rubella virus from a case of Fuch' uveitis syndrome in a 73 year old man
         Abernathy E, Peairs RR, Chen MH, Icenogle J, Namdari H.
         J Clin Virol. 2015 Aug;69:104-9.
         

   • Healthcare Associated Infections

     26. Health care-associated infections studies project case #2: a 2015 American Journal of Infection Control and National Healthcare Safety Network data quality collaboration
         Allen-Bridson K, Anttila A, Brooks JE, Gross C, Hebden JN, Leaptrot D, Morabit S, Wright MO.
         Am J Infect Control. 2015 Jul 21.
         
     27. Health care-associated infections studies project case #1: A 2015 American Journal of Infection Control and National Healthcare Safety Network data quality collaboration
         Gross C, Allen-Bridson K, Anttila A, Brooks JE, Hebden JN, Leaptrot D, Morabit S, Wright MO.
         Am J Infect Control. 2015 Jul 21.
         

   • Healthcare Economics

     28. Economic burden of dengue virus infection at the household level among residents of Puerto Maldonado, Peru
         Salmon-Mulanovich G, Blazes DL, Lescano AG, Bausch DG, Montgomery JM, Pan W.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2015 Jul 27.
         
     29. Net costs due to seasonal influenza vaccination - United States, 2005-2009
         Carias C, Reed C, Kim IK, Foppa IM, Biggerstaff M, Meltzer MI, Finelli L, Swerdlow DL.
         PLoS One. 2015 ;10(7):e0132922.
         

   • Immunity and Immunization

     30. Vaccine safety resources for nurses
         Miller ER, Shimabukuro TT, Hibbs BF, Moro PL, Broder KR, Vellozzi C.
         Am J Nurs. 2015 Aug;115(8):55-8.
         
     31. Temporal trends and clonal diversity of penicillin non-susceptible pneumococci from meningitis cases from 1996 to 2012, in Salvador, Brazil
         Dos Santos MS, Azevedo J, Menezes AP, Cordeiro SM, Escobar EC, Lima JB, Campos LC, Carvalho MD, Reis MG, Ko AI, Reis JN.
         BMC Infect Dis. 2015 ;15:302.
         
     32. Progress toward norovirus vaccines: considerations for further development and implementation in potential target populations
         Aliabadi N, Lopman BA, Parashar UD, Hall AJ.
         Expert Rev Vaccines. 2015 Jul 29:1-13.
         
     33. National, regional, state, and selected local area vaccination coverage among adolescents aged 13-17 Years - United States, 2014
         Reagan-Steiner S, Yankey D, Jeyarajah J, Elam-Evans LD, Singleton JA, Curtis CR, MacNeil J, Markowitz LE, Stokley S.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 Jul 31;64(29):784-792.
         
     34. Decline in pneumococcal nasopharyngeal carriage of vaccine serotypes after the introduction of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in children in Atlanta, Georgia
         Desai AP, Sharma D, Crispell EK, Baughman W, Thomas S, Tunali A, Sherwood L, Zmitrovich A, Jerris R, Satola S, Beall B, Moore MR, Jain S, Farley MM.
         Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2015 Jul 29.
         
     35. Safety monitoring in the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)
         Shimabukuro TT, Nguyen M, Martin D, DeStefano F.
         Vaccine. 2015 Jul 22.
         
     36. Demographic characteristics of members of the Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD): a comparison with the United States population
         Sukumaran L, McCarthy NL, Li R, Weintraub E, Jacobsen SJ, Hambidge SJ, Jackson LA, Naleway AL, Chan B, Tao B, Gee J.
         Vaccine. 2015 Jul 22.
         

   • Laboratory Sciences

     37. A meta-analysis of the performance of the Pima(TM) CD4 for point of care testing
         Scott LE, Campbell J, Westerman L, Kestens L, Vojnov L, Kohastsu L, Nkengasong J, Peter T, Stevens W.
         BMC Med. 2015 ;13:168.
         
     38. Application of bioinformatics in probe design enables detection of enteroviruses on different taxonomic levels by advanced in situ hybridization technology
         Laiho JE, Oikarinen S, Oikarinen M, Larsson PG, Stone VM, Hober D, Oberste S, Flodstrom-Tullberg M, Isola J, Hyoty H.
         J Clin Virol. 2015 Aug;69:165-71.
         
     39. Theoretical foundation, methods, and criteria for calibrating human vibration models using frequency response functions
         Dong RG, Welcome DE, McDowell TW, Wu JZ.
         J Sound Vib. 2015 .
         
     40. RIG-I mediates an antiviral response to Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus
         Spengler JR, Patel JR, Chakrabarti AK, Zivcec M, Garcia-Sastre A, Spiropoulou CF, Bergeron E.
         J Virol. 2015 Jul 29.
         
     41. Multiplexed one-step RT-PCR VP7 and VP4 genotyping assays for rotaviruses using updated primers
         Esona MD, Gautam R, Tam KI, Williams A, Mijatovic-Rustempasic S, Bowen MD.
         J Virol Methods. 2015 Jul 28.
         
     42. Production of a Sindbis/Eastern Equine Encephalitis chimeric virus inactivated cell culture antigen
         Goodman CH, Russell BJ, Velez JO, Laven JJ, Bagarozzi DA, Moon JL, Bedi K, Johnson BW.
         J Virol Methods. 2015 Jul 20;223:19-24.
         
     43. Is PCR the next reference standard for the diagnosis of Schistosoma in stool? A comparison with microscopy in Senegal and Kenya
         Meurs L, Brienen E, Mbow M, Ochola EA, Mboup S, Karanja DM, Secor WE, Polman K, van Lieshout L.
         PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015 Jul;9(7):e0003959.
         
     44. Recombinant H7 hemagglutinin forms subviral particles that protect mice and ferrets from challenge with H7N9 influenza virus
         Pushko P, Pujanauski LM, Sun X, Pearce M, Hidajat R, Kort T, Schwartzman LM, Tretyakova I, Chunqing L, Taubenberger JK, Tumpey TM.
         Vaccine. 2015 Jul 21.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     45. Resistance to synthetic blood penetration of National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health-approved N95 filtering facepiece respirators and surgical N95 respirators
         Rengasamy S, Sbarra D, Nwoko J, Shaffer R.
         Am J Infect Control. 2015 Jul 28.
         
     46. Aviation-related wildland firefighter fatalities - United States, 2000-2013
         Butler CR, O'Connor MB, Lincoln JM.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 Jul 31;64(29):793-796.
         
     47. Precautionary practices of respiratory therapists and other health-care practitioners who administer aerosolized medications
         Tsai RJ, Boiano JM, Steege AL, Sweeney MH.
         Respir Care. 2015 Jul 7.
         

   • Parasitic Diseases

     48. The prevalence and impact of Chagas disease among Latin American immigrants with non-ischemic cardiomyopathy in Los Angeles, California
         Traina MI, Sanchez DR, Hernandez S, Bradfield JS, Labedi MR, Ngab TA, Steurer F, Montgomery SP, Meymandi SK.
         Circ Heart Fail. 2015 Jul 23.
         
     49. Measuring patient adherence to malaria treatment: a comparison of results from self-report and a customised electronic monitoring device
         Bruxvoort K, Festo C, Cairns M, Kalolella A, Mayaya F, Kachur SP, Schellenberg D, Goodman C.
         PLoS One. 2015 ;10(7):e0134275.
         
     50. Novel serologic biomarkers provide accurate estimates of recent Plasmodium falciparum exposure for individuals and communities
         Helb DA, Tetteh KK, Felgner PL, Skinner J, Hubbard A, Arinaitwe E, Mayanja-Kizza H, Ssewanyana I, Kamya MR, Beeson JG, Tappero J, Smith DL, Crompton PD, Rosenthal PJ, Dorsey G, Drakeley CJ, Greenhouse B.
         Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Jul 27.
         
     51. Imported malaria in pregnant women: a retrospective pooled analysis
         Kaser AK, Arguin PM, Chiodini PL, Smith V, Delmont J, Jimenez BC, Farnert A, Kimura M, Ramharter M, Grobusch MP, Schlagenhauf P.
         Travel Med Infect Dis. 2015 Jul 9.
         

   • Physical Activity

     52. Reduced risk of breast cancer associated with recreational physical activity varies by HER2 status
         Ma H, Xu X, Ursin G, Simon MS, Marchbanks PA, Malone KE, Lu Y, McDonald JA, Folger SG, Weiss LK, Sullivan-Halley J, Deapen DM, Press MF, Bernstein L.
         Cancer Med. 2015 Jul;4(7):1122-35.
         
     53. The influence of exercise on cognitive performance in normobaric hypoxia
         Seo Y, Burns K, Fennell C, Kim JH, Gunstad J, Glickman E, McDaniel J.
         High Alt Med Biol. 2015 Jul 27.
         

   • Reproductive Health

     54. Urinary bisphenol A concentrations and association with in vitro fertilization outcomes among women from a fertility clinic
         Minguez-Alarcon L, Gaskins AJ, Chiu YH, Williams PL, Ehrlich S, Chavarro JE, Petrozza JC, Ford JB, Calafat AM, Hauser R.
         Hum Reprod. 2015 Jul 24.
         

   • Substance Use and Abuse

     55. Smoking duration, respiratory symptoms, and COPD in adults aged >/=45 years with a smoking history
         Liu Y, Pleasants RA, Croft JB, Wheaton AG, Heidari K, Malarcher AM, Ohar JA, Kraft M, Mannino DM, Strange C.
         Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis. 2015 ;10:1409-1416.
         
     56. Secondhand smoke exposure and illness severity among children hospitalized with pneumonia
         Ahn A, Edwards KM, Grijalva CG, Self WH, Zhu Y, Chappell JD, Arnold SR, McCullers JA, Ampofo K, Pavia AT, Bramley AM, Jain S, Williams DJ.
         J Pediatr. 2015 Jul 28.
         
     57. Current cigarette smoking among workers in accommodation and food services - United States, 2011-2013
         Syamlal G, Jamal A, Mazurek JM.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 Jul 31;64(29):797-801.
         

   • Zoonoses

     58. Multidistrict outbreak of Marburg virus disease - Uganda, 2012
         Knust B, Schafer IJ, Wamala J, Nyakarahuka L, Okot C, Shoemaker T, Dodd K, Gibbons A, Balinandi S, Tumusiime A, Campbell S, Newman E, Lasry E, DeClerck H, Boum Y, Makumbi I, Bosa HK, Mbonye A, Aceng JR, Nichol ST, Stroher U, Rollin PE.
         J Infect Dis. 2015 Jul 23.
         
     59. Pathogenesis and transmission of novel HPAI H5N2 and H5N8 avian influenza viruses in ferrets and mice
         Pulit-Penaloza JA, Sun X, Creager HM, Zeng H, Belser JA, Maines TR, Tumpey TM.
         J Virol. 2015 Jul 29.
         
     60. Notes from the field: multistate outbreak of human Salmonella Poona infections associated with pet turtle exposure - United States, 2014
         Basler C, Bottichio L, Higa J, Prado B, Wong M, Bosch S.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 Jul 31;64(29):804.
         
   
   

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