Issue 6, February 10, 2015

 

CDC Science Clips: Volume 7, Issue 6, February 10, 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

     • Binge drinking and risky sexual behavior among HIV-negative and unknown HIV status men who have sex with men, 20 US cities
       Hess KL, Chavez PR, Kanny D, DiNenno E, Lansky A, Paz-Bailey G.
       Drug Alcohol Depend. 2015 Feb 1;147:46-52.
       
     • Evaluation of loss-to-follow-up and post-operative adverse events in a voluntary medical male circumcision program in Nyanza Province, Kenya
       Reed J, Grund J, Liu Y, Mwandi Z, Howard AA, McNairy ML, Chesang K, Cherutich P, Bock N.
       J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2015 Jan 23.
       
     • Patient awareness of need for hepatitis A vaccination (prophylaxis) before international travel
       Liu SJ, Sharapov U, Klevens M.
       J Travel Med. 2015 Jan 24.
       

   • Disaster Control and Emergency Services

     • Emergency department management of patients internally contaminated with radioactive material
       Kazzi Z, Buzzell J, Bertelli L, Christensen D.
       Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2015 Feb;33(1):179-96.
       

   • Environmental Health

     • Data to action: using environmental public health tracking to inform decision making
       Qualters JR, Strosnider HM, Bell R.
       J Public Health Manag Pract. 2015 Mar-Apr;21 Suppl 2:S12-22.
       

   • Injury and Violence

     • A cost-benefit analysis of three older adult fall prevention interventions
       Carande-Kulis V, Stevens JA, Florence CS, Beattie BL, Arias I.
       J Safety Res. 2015 .
       

   • Laboratory Sciences

     • Simplified method for quantifying sulfur mustard adducts to blood proteins by ultrahigh pressure liquid chromatography-isotope dilution tandem mass spectrometry
       Pantazides BG, Crow BS, Garton JW, Quinones-Gonzalez JA, Blake TA, Thomas JD, Johnson RC.
       Chem Res Toxicol. 2015 Jan 27.
       
     • Harmonization of NIOSH sampling and analytical methods with related international voluntary consensus standards
       Ashley K.
       J Occup Environ Hyg. 2015 Jan 27:0.
       

   • Maternal and Child Health

     • Health policy for sickle cell disease in Africa: experience from Tanzania on interventions to reduce under-five mortality
       Makani J, Soka D, Rwezaula S, Krag M, Mghamba J, Ramaiya K, Cox SE, Grosse SD.
       Trop Med Int Health. 2014 Nov 3.
       

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     • Farm work-related asthma among US primary farm operators
       Mazurek JM, White GE, Rodman C, Schleiff PL.
       J Agromedicine. 2015 ;20(1):31-42.
       
   
   

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. A door-to-door approach to cervical cancer screening
        Saraiya M, Senkomago V.
        Lancet Glob Health. 2015 Feb;3(2):e63-4.
        

   • Communicable Diseases

     2. Adherence to antiretroviral therapy among HIV-infected adults in the United States
        Beer L, Skarbinski J.
        AIDS Educ Prev. 2014 Dec;26(6):521-37.
        
     3. Timing of antiretroviral therapy initiation in a nationally representative sample of HIV-infected adults receiving medical care in the United States
        Adedinsewo DA, Wei SC, Robertson M, Rose C, Johnson CH, Dombrowski J, Skarbinski J.
        AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2014 Dec;28(12):613-21.
        
     4. Shame, guilt, and stress: community perceptions of barriers to engaging in prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) programs in Western Kenya
        Kohler PK, Ondenge K, Mills LA, Okanda J, Kinuthia J, Olilo G, Odhiambo F, Laserson KF, Zierler B, Voss J, John-Stewart G.
        AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2014 Dec;28(12):643-51.
        
     5. HIV testing among adults with mental illness in the United States
        Yehia BR, Cui W, Thompson WW, Zack MM, McKnight-Eily L, DiNenno E, Rose CE, Blank MB.
        AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2014 Dec;28(12):628-34.
        
     6. In vitro assessment of dual drug combinations to inhibit growth of Neisseria gonorrhoeae
        Pettus K, Sharpe S, Papp J.
        Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2015 Jan 26.
        
     7. Genital infections and syndromic diagnosis among HIV-infected women in HIV care programs in Kenya
        Djomand G, Gao H, Singa B, Hornston S, Bennett E, Odek J, McClelland RS, John-Stewart G, Bock N.
        Int J STD AIDS. 2015 Jan 22.
        
     8. Patient attrition from the HIV antiretroviral therapy program at two hospitals in Haiti
        Puttkammer NH, Zeliadt SB, Baseman JG, Destine R, Domercant JW, Coq NR, Raphael NA, Sherr K, Tegger M, Yuhas K, Barnhart S.
        Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2014 Oct;36(4):238-47.
        
     9. Evolutionary analysis of rubella viruses in mainland China during 2010-2012: endemic circulation of genotype 1E and introductions of genotype 2B
        Zhu Z, Rivailler P, Abernathy E, Cui A, Zhang Y, Mao N, Xu S, Zhou S, Lei Y, Wang Y, Zheng H, He J, Chen Y, Li C, Bo F, Zhao C, Chen M, Lu P, Li F, Gu S, Gao H, Guo Y, Chen H, Feng D, Wang S, Tang X, Lei Y, Feng Y, Deng L, Gong T, Fan L, Xu W, Icenogle J.
        Sci Rep. 2015 ;5:7999.
        
     10. Effect of diabetes on tuberculosis presentation and outcomes in Kiribati
         Cavanaugh J, Viney K, Kienene T, Harley D, Kelly PM, Sleigh A, O'Connor J, Mase S.
         Trop Med Int Health. 2015 Jan 29.
         

   • Disaster Control and Emergency Services

     11. A public health perspective on the U.S. response to the Fukushima radiological emergency
         Whitcomb RC, Ansari AJ, Buzzell JJ, McCurley MC, Miller CW, Smith JM, Evans DL.
         Health Phys. 2015 Mar;108(3):357-63.
         

   • Environmental Health

     12. Environmental public health tracking: driving environmental health information
         Charleston AE, Wilson HR, Edwards PO, David F, Dewitt S.
         J Public Health Manag Pract. 2015 Mar-Apr;21 Suppl 2:S4-s11.
         
     13. A decade of environmental public health tracking (2002-2012): progress and challenges
         Kearney GD, Namulanda G, Qualters JR, Talbott EO.
         J Public Health Manag Pract. 2015 Mar-Apr;21 Suppl 2:S23-35.
         
     14. Fulfilling the vision of environmental public health tracking
         Qualters JR.
         J Public Health Manag Pract. 2015 Mar-Apr;21 Suppl 2:S1-3.
         
     15. Multiple measures on the Environmental Public Health Tracking Network
         Wall P, Kassinger C.
         J Public Health Manag Pract. 2015 Mar-Apr;21 Suppl 2:S36-43.
         

   • Genetics and Genomics

     16. Genetic characterization of Shigella flexneri isolates in Guizhou Province, China
         Li S, Sun Q, Wei X, Klena JD, Wang J, Liu Y, Tian K, Luo X, Ye C, Xu J, Wang D, Tang G.
         PLoS One. 2015 ;10(1):e0116708.
         

   • Healthcare Associated Infections

     17. Evaluating state-specific antibiotic resistance measures derived from central line-associated bloodstream infections, National Healthcare Safety Network, 2011
         Soe MM, Edwards JR, Sievert DM, Ricks PM, Magill SS, Fridkin SK.
         Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2015 Jan;36(1):54-64.
         

   • Injury and Violence

     18. Characteristics of patients who died from traumatic brain injury in two rural hospital emergency departments in Maharashtra, India, 2007-2009
         Agrawal A, Coronado VG, Bell JM, Baisakhiya N, Kakani A, Galwankar S, Dwivedi S.
         Int J Crit Illn Inj Sci. 2014 Oct-Dec;4(4):293-7.
         
     19. Implementing a targeted teen dating abuse prevention program: challenges and successes experienced by Expect Respect facilitators
         Ball B, Holland KM, Marshall KJ, Lippy C, Jain S, Souders K, Westby RP.
         J Adolesc Health. 2015 Feb;56(2 Suppl 2):S40-6.
         
     20. Prevalence of teen dating violence and co-occurring risk factors among middle school youth in high-risk urban communities
         Niolon PH, Vivolo-Kantor AM, Latzman NE, Valle LA, Kuoh H, Burton T, Taylor BG, Tharp AT.
         J Adolesc Health. 2015 Feb;56(2 Suppl 2):S5-s13.
         

   • Laboratory Sciences

     21. Current and emerging Legionella diagnostics for laboratory and outbreak investigations
         Mercante JW, Winchell JM.
         Clin Microbiol Rev. 2015 Jan;28(1):95-133.
         
     22. Early cytokine and antibody responses against Coxiella burnetii in aerosol infection of BALB/c mice
         Schoffelen T, Self JS, Fitzpatrick KA, Netea MG, van Deuren M, Joosten LA, Kersh GJ.
         Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2014 Dec 30.
         
     23. Monocarbonyl analogs of curcumin inhibit growth of antibiotic sensitive and resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
         Baldwin PR, Reeves AZ, Powell KR, Napier RJ, Swimm AI, Sun A, Giesler K, Bommarius B, Shinnick TM, Snyder JP, Liotta DC, Kalman D.
         Eur J Med Chem. 2015 Jan 10;92c:693-699.
         
     24. Pharmacokinetic profile of raltegravir, elvitegravir and dolutegravir in plasma and mucosal secretions in rhesus macaques
         Massud I, Martin A, Dinh C, Mitchell J, Jenkins L, Heneine W, Pau CP, Garcia-Lerma JG.
         J Antimicrob Chemother. 2015 Jan 27.
         
     25. Gene expression profile of human lung epithelial cells chronically exposed to single-walled carbon nanotubes
         Chen D, Stueckle T, Luanpitpong S, Rojanasakul Y, Lu Y, Wang L.
         Nanoscale Res Lett. 2015 ;10(1):12.
         
     26. Structure and receptor binding preferences of recombinant human A(H3N2) virus hemagglutinins
         Yang H, Carney PJ, Chang JC, Guo Z, Villanueva JM, Stevens J.
         Virology. 2015 Jan 21;477c:18-31.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     27. Protection of firefighters against combustion aerosol particles: simulated workplace protection factor of a half-mask respirator (pilot study)
         Dietrich J, Yermakov M, Reponen T, Kulkarni P, Qi C, Grinshpun SA.
         J Occup Environ Hyg. 2015 Jan 27.
         
     28. Case study: assessing exposures to 1-chloro-4-(trifluoromethyl) benzene (PCBTF) in U.S. workplaces
         Lee EG, Lewis B, Burns DA, Kashon ML, Kim SW, Harper M.
         J Occup Environ Hyg. 2015 Jan 27.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health - Mining

     29. Evaluation of diffuse reflection infrared sectrometry for end-of-shift measurement of alpha-quartz in coal dust samples
         Miller AL, Murphy NC, Bayman SJ, Briggs ZP, Kilpatrick AD, Quinn CA, Wadas MR, Cauda EG, Griffiths PR.
         J Occup Environ Hyg. 2015 Jan 30.
         

   • Physical Activity

     30. Mediation of effects of a theory-based behavioral intervention on self-reported physical activity in South African men
         Jemmott JB, Stephens-Shields A, O'Leary A, Jemmott LS, Teitelman A, Ngwane Z, Mtose X.
         Prev Med. 2015 Jan 4;72c:1-7.
         

   • Zoonoses

     31. Aboriginal and invasive rats of genus Rattus as hosts of infectious agents
         Kosoy M, Khlyap L, Cosson JF, Morand S.
         Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2015 Jan;15(1):3-12.
         
   
   

 

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