CDC Science Clips: Volume 8, Issue 1, January 5, 2016

 

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.

This week, Science Clips is pleased to collaborate with CDC Vital Signs by featuring scientific articles from the January Vital Signs (www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns). The articles marked with an asterisk are general review articles which may be of particular interest to clinicians and public health professionals seeking background information in this area.

 

 

1. CDC Vital Signs

   • Substance Use and Abuse - E-cigarettes

     1. *The Health Consequences of Smoking 50 Years of Progress: A Report of the Surgeon General
        US Department of Health and Human Services .
        Atlanta, GA: US Department of Health and Human Services, CDC. 2014 .
        
     2. *Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults: A Report of the Surgeon General
        US Department of Health and Human Services .
        Atlanta, GA: US Department of Health and Human Services, CDC. 2012 .
        
     3. Media education
        American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Public Education .
        Pediatrics. 1999 Aug;104(2 Pt 1):341-3.
        
     4. Tobacco use among middle and high school students - United States, 2011-2014
        Arrazola RA, Singh T, Corey CG, Husten CG, Neff LJ, Apelberg BJ, Bunnell RE, et al .
        MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 Apr 17;64(14):381-5.
        
     5. Best practices for comprehensive tobacco control programs - 2014
        Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .
        Atlanta, GA: US Department of Health and Human Services, CDC. 2014 .
        
     6. Nicotine and the developing human: A neglected element in the electronic cigarette debate
        England LJ, Bunnell RE, Pechacek TF, Tong VT, McAfee TA.
        Am J Prev Med. 2015 Aug;49(2):286-93.
        
     7. A randomized trial of the effect of e-cigarette tv advertisements on intentions to use e-cigarettes
        Farrelly MC, Duke JC, Crankshaw EC, Eggers ME, Lee YO, Nonnemaker JM, Kim AE, Porter L.
        Am J Prev Med. 2015 Nov;49(5):686-93.
        
     8. E-cigarette advertising expenditures in the U.S., 2011-2012
        Kim AE, Arnold KY, Makarenko O.
        Am J Prev Med. 2014 Apr;46(4):409-12.
        
     9. State laws prohibiting sales to minors and indoor use of electronic nicotine delivery systems - United States, November 2014
        Marynak K, Holmes CB, King BA, Promoff G, Bunnell R, McAfee T.
        MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014 Dec 12;63(49):1145-50.
        
     10. Vaporized: majority of youth exposed to e-cigarette advertising
         Truth Initiative .
         Washington, DC: Truth Initiative. 2015 .
         
   
   

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. Trends in allergy prevalence among children aged 0-17 years by asthma status, United States, 2001-2013
         Akinbami LJ, Simon AE, Schoendorf KC.
         J Asthma. 2015 Dec 15:1-21.
         
     12. Factors affecting bleeding and stent thrombosis in clinical trials comparing bivalirudin with heparin during percutaneous coronary intervention
         Bittl JA, He Y, Lang CD, Dangas GD.
         Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2015 Dec;8(12).
         
     13. Using evidence-based interventions to improve cancer screening in the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program
         DeGroff A, Carter A, Kenney K, Myles Z, Melillo S, Royalty J, Rice K, Gressard L, Miller JW.
         J Public Health Manag Pract. 2016 Dec 15.
         
     14. Assessing cervical cancer screening coverage using a population-based behavioral risk factor survey - Thailand, 2010
         Joseph R, Manosoontorn S, Petcharoen N, Sangrajrang S, Senkomago V, Saraiya M.
         J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2015 Dec;24(12):966-8.
         
     15. Improving actions to control high blood pressure in Hispanic communities - Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health Across the U.S. Project, 2009-2012
         Liao Y, Siegel PZ, White S, Dulin R, Taylor A.
         Prev Med. 2015 Dec 4.
         
     16. Population-based geographic access to endocrinologists in the United States, 2012
         Lu H, Holt JB, Cheng YJ, Zhang X, Onufrak S, Croft JB.
         BMC Health Serv Res. 2015 ;15(1):541.
         
     17. Association of socioeconomic status with eye health among women with and without diabetes
         Norris KL, Beckles GL, Chou CF, Zhang X, Saaddine J.
         J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2015 Dec 14.
         
     18. Disparities in temporal and geographic patterns of declining heart disease mortality by race and sex in the United States, 1973-2010
         Vaughan AS, Quick H, Pathak EB, Kramer MR, Casper M.
         J Am Heart Assoc. 2015 ;4(12).
         

   • Communicable Diseases

     19. Quality of HIV testing data before and after the implementation of a national data quality assessment and feedback system
         Beltrami J, Wang G, Usman HR, Lin L.
         J Public Health Manag Pract. 2016 Dec 15.
         
     20. Long-term immunologic and virologic responses on raltegravir-containing regimens among ART-experienced participants in the HIV Outpatient Study
         Buchacz K, Wiegand R, Armon C, Chmiel JS, Wood K, Brooks JT, Palella FJ.
         HIV Clin Trials. 2015 Aug;16(4):139-46.
         
     21. Syringe service programs for persons who inject drugs in urban, suburban, and rural areas - United States, 2013
         Des Jarlais DC, Nugent A, Solberg A, Feelemyer J, Mermin J, Holtzman D.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 ;64(48):1337-41.
         
     22. Epidemiology and risk factors for Ebola virus disease in Sierra Leone - 23 May 2014 to 31 January 2015
         Dietz PM, Jambai A, Paweska JT, Yoti Z, Ksaizek TG.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Dec 1;61(11):1648-54.
         
     23. HIV testing among outpatients with Medicaid and commercial insurance
         Dietz PM, Van Handel M, Wang H, Peters PJ, Zhang J, Viall A, Branson BM.
         PLoS One. 2015 ;10(12):e0144965.
         
     24. Post-Ebola signs and symptoms in U.S. Survivors
         Epstein L, Wong KK, Kallen AJ, Uyeki TM.
         N Engl J Med. 2015 Dec 17;373(25):2484-6.
         
     25. A comparison of postelimination measles epidemiology in the United States, 2009-2014 versus 2001-2008
         Fiebelkorn AP, Redd SB, Gastanaduy PA, Clemmons N, Rota PA, Rota JS, Bellini WJ, Wallace GS.
         J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2015 Dec 13.
         
     26. Applying public health principles to the HIV epidemic - how are we doing?
         Frieden TR, Foti KE, Mermin J.
         N Engl J Med. 2015 Dec 3;373(23):2281-7.
         
     27. Sexual abstinence and other behaviours immediately following a new STI diagnosis among STI clinic patients: Findings from the Safe in the City trial
         Gallo MF, Margolis AD, Malotte CK, Rietmeijer CA, Klausner JD, O'Donnell L, Warner L.
         Sex Transm Infect. 2015 Dec 15.
         
     28. Comparing observed with predicted weekly influenza-like illness rates during the winter holiday break, United States, 2004-2013
         Gao H, Wong KK, Zheteyeva Y, Shi J, Uzicanin A, Rainey JJ.
         PLoS One. 2015 ;10(12):e0143791.
         
     29. Exploring pharmacy and home-based sexually transmissible infection testing
         Habel MA, Scheinmann R, Verdesoto E, Gaydos C, Bertisch M, Chiasson MA.
         Sex Health. 2015 Sep 28.
         
     30. Care and viral suppression during the last year of life among persons with HIV who died in 2012, 18 US jurisdictions
         Hall HI, Espinoza L, Harris S, Shi J.
         AIDS Care. 2015 Dec 7:1-5.
         
     31. Quality of sexually transmitted infection case management services in Gauteng Province, South Africa: An evaluation of health providers' knowledge, attitudes, and practices
         Ham DC, Hariri S, Kamb M, Mark J, Ilunga R, Forhan S, Likibi M, Lewis DA.
         Sex Transm Dis. 2016 Jan;43(1):23-29.
         
     32. Strengthening sexually transmitted disease services in Detroit, Michigan: A call to action
         Ham DC, Lentine D, Hoover KW, Boazman-Holmes V, Whiting D, Sobel J, Miller C, Cohn J, Krzanowski K.
         Sex Transm Dis. 2016 Jan;43(1):65-66.
         
     33. Hepatitis C virus testing perspectives among primary care physicians in four large primary care settings
         Jewett A, Garg A, Meyer K, Wagner LD, Krauskopf K, Brown KA, Pan JJ, Massoud O, Smith BD, Rein DB.
         Health Promot Pract. 2015 Mar;16(2):256-63.
         
     34. Increasing HIV-1 molecular complexity among men who have sex with men in Bangkok
         Leelawiwat W, Rutvisuttinunt W, Arroyo M, Mueanpai F, Kongpechsatit O, Chonwattana W, Chaikummao S, de Souza M, vanGriensven F, McNicholl JM, Curlin ME.
         AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2015 Apr;31(4):393-400.
         
     35. Recurrent Kawasaki disease: USA and Japan
         Maddox RA, Holman RC, Uehara R, Callinan LS, Guest JL, Schonberger LB, Nakamura Y, Yashiro M, Belay ED.
         Pediatr Int. 2015 Jun 11.
         
     36. Pharmacokinetics and dosing of levofloxacin in children treated for active or latent multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, Federated States of Micronesia and Republic of the Marshall Islands
         Mase SR, Jereb JA, Gonzalez D, Martin F, Daley CL, Fred D, Loeffler A, Menon L, Morris SB, Brostrom R, Chorba T, Peloquin CA.
         Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2015 Dec 10.
         
     37. Rapid antiretroviral therapy initiation for women in an HIV-1 prevention clinical trial experiencing primary HIV-1 infection during pregnancy or breastfeeding
         Morrison S, John-Stewart G, Egessa JJ, Mubezi S, Kusemererwa S, Bii DK, Bulya N, Mugume F, Campbell JD, Wangisi J, Bukusi EA, Celum C, Baeten JM.
         PLoS One. 2015 ;10(10):e0140773.
         
     38. Younger age predicts failure to achieve viral suppression and virologic rebound among HIV-1 infected persons in serodiscordant partnerships
         Mujugira A, Celum C, Tappero J, Ronald A, Mugo N, Baeten J.
         AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2015 Dec 16.
         
     39. Live neonates born to mothers with Ebola virus disease: a review of the literature
         Nelson JM, Griese SE, Goodman AB, Peacock G.
         J Perinatol. 2015 Dec 10.
         
     40. Syphilis time to treatment at publicly funded sexually transmitted disease clinics versus non-sexually transmitted disease clinics - Maricopa and Pima Counties, Arizona, 2009-2012
         Robinson CL, Young L, Bisgard K, Mickey T, Taylor MM.
         Sex Transm Dis. 2016 Jan;43(1):30-33.
         
     41. Clinical and pathological evaluation of Mycobacterium marinum group skin infections associated with fish markets in New York City
         Sia TY, Taimur S, Blau DM, Lambe J, Ackelsberg J, Yacisin K, Bhatnagar J, Ritter J, Shieh WJ, Muehlenbachs A, Shulman K, Fong D, Kung E, Zaki SR.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Dec 16.
         
     42. Update: Influenza activity - United States
         Smith S, Blanton L, Kniss K, Mustaquim D, Steffens C, Reed C, Bramley A, Flannery B, Fry AM, Grohskopf LA, Bresee J, Wallis T, Garten R, Xu X, Elal AI, Gubareva L, Barnes J, Wentworth DE, Burns E, Katz J, Jernigan D, Brammer L.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 ;64(48):1342-8.
         
     43. Chlamydia screening in juvenile corrections: Even females considered to be at low risk are at high risk
         Torrone E, Beeston T, Ochoa R, Richardson M, Gray T, Peterman T, Katz KA.
         J Correct Health Care. 2016 Jan;22(1):21-7.
         
     44. Epidemiology and risk factors for echinocandin nonsusceptible Candida glabrata bloodstream infections: Data from a large multisite population-based candidemia surveillance program, 2008-2014
         Vallabhaneni S, Cleveland AA, Farley MM, Harrison LH, Schaffner W, Beldavs ZG, Derado G, Pham CD, Lockhart SR, Smith RM.
         Open Forum Infect Dis. 2015 Dec;2(4):ofv163.
         
     45. Outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis transmitted by person-to-person contact, environmental contamination, and unknown modes of transmission - United States, 2009-2013
         Wikswo ME, Kambhampati A, Shioda K, Walsh KA, Bowen A, Hall AJ.
         MMWR Surveill Summ. 2015 ;64(12):1-16.
         
     46. How do changes in the population tested for chlamydia over time affect observed trends in chlamydia positivity? Analysis of routinely collected data from young women tested for chlamydia in family planning clinics in the Pacific Northwest (USA), between 2003 and 2010
         Woodhall SC, Torrone L, Fine D, Salomon SG, Nakatsukasa-Ono W, Soldan K, Weinstock H.
         Sex Health. 2015 Sep 14.
         

   • Disaster Control and Emergency Services

     47. Reducing public health risk during disasters: Identifying social vulnerabilities
         Wolkin A, Patterson JR, Harris S, Soler E, Burrer S, McGeehin M, Greene S.
         J Homel Secur Emerg Manag. 2015 ;12(4):809-822.
         

   • Environmental Health

     48. Prenatal exposure to perfluoroalkyl acids and serum testosterone concentrations at 15 years of age in female ALSPAC study participants
         Maisonet M, Calafat AM, Marcus M, Jaakkola JJ, Lashen H.
         Environ Health Perspect. 2015 Dec;123(12):1325-30.
         
     49. Description of calls from private well owners to a national well water hotline, 2013
         Ridpath A, Taylor E, Greenstreet C, Martens M, Wicke H, Martin C.
         Sci Total Environ. 2015 Dec 9;544:601-605.
         
     50. Assessing arsenic exposure in households using bottled water or point-of-use treatment systems to mitigate well water contamination
         Smith AE, Lincoln RA, Paulu C, Simones TL, Caldwell KL, Jones RL, Backer LC.
         Sci Total Environ. 2015 Dec 10;544:701-710.
         
     51. Metals exposures of residents living near the Akaki river in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study
         Yard E, Bayleyegn T, Abebe A, Mekonnen A, Murphy M, Caldwell KL, Luce R, Hunt DR, Tesfaye K, Abate M, Assefa T, Abera F, Habte K, Chala F, Lewis L, Kebede A.
         J Environ Public Health. 2015 ;2015:935297.
         
     52. Carcinogenic air toxics exposure and their cancer-related health impacts in the United States
         Zhou Y, Li C, Huijbregts MA, Mumtaz MM.
         PLoS One. 2015 ;10(10):e0140013.
         

   • Genetics and Genomics

     53. Clinical utility of genetic and genomic services: context matters
         Dotson WD, Bowen MS, Kolor K, Khoury MJ.
         Genet Med. 2015 Dec 10.
         
     54. De novo transcriptome reconstruction and annotation of the Egyptian rousette bat
         Lee AK, Kulcsar KA, Elliott O, Khiabanian H, Nagle ER, Jones ME, Amman BR, Sanchez-Lockhart M, Towner JS, Palacios G, Rabadan R.
         BMC Genomics. 2015 ;16:1033.
         
     55. Complete genome sequences for two strains of a novel fastidious, partially acid-fast, gram-positive Corynebacterineae bacterium, derived from human clinical samples
         Nicholson AC, Bell M, Humrighouse BW, McQuiston JR.
         Genome Announc. 2015 ;3(6).
         

   • Health Disparities

     56. Early childhood education to promote health equity: A Community Guide Systematic Review
         Hahn RA, Barnett WS, Knopf JA, Truman BI, Johnson RL, Fielding JE, Muntaner C, Jones CP, Fullilove MT, Hunt PC.
         J Public Health Manag Pract. 2016 Dec 15.
         

   • Health Economics

     57. The program cost of a brief video intervention shown in sexually transmitted disease clinic waiting rooms
         Gift TL, O'Donnell LN, Rietmeijer CA, Malotte KC, Klausner JD, Margolis AD, Borkowf CB, Kent CK, Warner L.
         Sex Transm Dis. 2016 Jan;43(1):61-64.
         
     58. The economic burden of incident venous thromboembolism in the United States: A review of estimated attributable healthcare costs
         Grosse SD, Nelson RE, Nyarko KA, Richardson LC, Raskob GE.
         Thromb Res. 2015 Nov 24.
         
     59. Financial hardship associated with cancer in the United States: Findings from a population-based sample of adult cancer survivors
         Yabroff KR, Dowling EC, Guy GP, Banegas MP, Davidoff A, Han X, Virgo KS, McNeel TS, Chawla N, Blanch-Hartigan D, Kent EE, Li C, Rodriguez JL, de Moor JS, Zheng Z, Jemal A, Ekwueme DU.
         J Clin Oncol. 2015 Dec 7.
         

   • Healthcare Associated Infections

     60. Probabilistic measurement of central line-associated bloodstream infections
         Hota B, Malpiedi P, Fridkin SK, Martin J, Trick W.
         Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2015 Dec 14:1-7.
         
     61. Molecular characterisation and epidemiological investigation of an outbreak of blaOXA-181 carbapenemaseproducing isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae in South Africa
         Jacobson RK, Manesen MR, Moodley C, Smith M, Williams S, Nicol M, Bamford C.
         S Afr Med J. 2015 ;105(12):1030-1035.
         
     62. Fifteen years after To Err is Human: a success story to learn from
         Pronovost PJ, Cleeman JI, Wright D, Srinivasan A.
         BMJ Qual Saf. 2015 Dec 15.
         

   • Immunity and Immunization

     63. Anticipating rotavirus vaccines -a pre-vaccine assessment of incidence and economic burden of rotavirus hospitalizations among children < 5 year of age in Libya, 2012-13
         Alkoshi S, Leshem E, Parashar UD, Dahlui M.
         BMC Public Health. 2015 ;15:26.
         
     64. Evaluation of the first year of national reporting on a new healthcare personnel influenza vaccination performance measure by US hospitals
         Dolan SB, Kalayil EJ, Lindley MC, Ahmed F.
         Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2015 Dec 17:1-4.
         
     65. Seasonal influenza vaccination rates in the HIV Outpatient Study - United States, 1999-2013
         Durham MD, Buchacz K, Armon C, Patel P, Wood K, Brooks JT.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Mar 15;60(6):976-7.
         
     66. Uptake and effectiveness of a trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine in children in urban and rural Kenya, 2010-2012
         Katz MA, Lebo E, Emukule GO, Otieno N, Caselton DL, Bigogo G, Njuguna H, Muthoka PM, Waiboci LW, Widdowson MA, Xu X, Njenga MK, Mott JA, Breiman RF.
         Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2015 Dec 11.
         
     67. Vaccine prioritization for effective pandemic response
         Lee EK, Yuan F, Pietz FH, Benecke BA, Burel G.
         Interfaces. 2015 ;45(5):425-443.
         
     68. Effect of substituting IPV for tOPV on immunity to poliovirus in Bangladeshi infants: An open-label randomized controlled trial
         Mychaleckyj JC, Haque R, Carmolli M, Zhang D, Colgate ER, Nayak U, Taniuchi M, Dickson D, Weldon WC, Oberste MS, Zaman K, Houpt ER, Alam M, Kirkpatrick BD, Petri WA.
         Vaccine. 2015 Nov 28.
         
     69. Epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal disease in Bangladeshi children before introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
         Saha SK, Hossain B, Islam M, Hasanuzzaman M, Saha S, Hasan M, Darmstadt GL, Chowdury M, El Arifeen S, Baqui AH, Breiman RF, Santosham M, Luby SP, Whitney CG.
         Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2015 Dec 10.
         
     70. Influenza vaccine effectiveness for fully and partially vaccinated children 6 months to 8 years old during 2011-2012 and 2012-2013: The importance of two priming doses
         Thompson MG, Clippard J, Petrie JG, Jackson ML, McLean HQ, Gaglani M, Reis EC, Flannery B, Monto AS, Jackson L, Belongia EA, Murthy K, Zimmerman RK, Thaker S, Fry AM.
         Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2015 Dec 9.
         

   • Injury and Violence

     71. Assessing the accuracy of the International Classification of Diseases codes to identify abusive head trauma: a feasibility study
         Berger RP, Parks S, Fromkin J, Rubin P, Pecora PJ.
         Inj Prev. 2015 Apr;21(e1):e133-7.
         
     72. College sports-related injuries - United States, 2009-10 through 2013-14 academic years
         Kerr ZY, Marshall SW, Dompier TP, Corlette J, Klossner DA, Gilchrist J.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 ;64(48):1330-6.
         
     73. Injury prevention as social change
         McClure RJ, Mack K, Wilkins N, Davey TM.
         Inj Prev. 2015 Dec 9.
         

   • Laboratory Sciences

     74. Evaluation of an immunochromatographic assay for rapid detection of penicillin-binding protein 2a in human and animal Staphylococcus intermedius group, Staphylococcus lugdunensis, and Staphylococcus schleiferi clinical isolates
         Arnold AR, Burham CD, Ford BA, Lawhon SD, McAllister SK, Lonsway D, Albrecht V, Jerris RC, Rasheed JK, Limbago B, Burd EM, Westblade LF.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2015 Dec 16.
         
     75. The 2012/2013 ABRF Proteomic Research Group Study: Assessing longitudinal intralaboratory variability in routine peptide liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry analyses
         Bennett KL, Wang X, Bystrom CE, Chambers MC, Andacht TM, Dangott LJ, Elortza F, Leszyk J, Molina H, Moritz RL, Phinney BS, Thompson JW, Bunger MK, Tabb DL.
         Mol Cell Proteomics. 2015 Dec;14(12):3299-309.
         
     76. Evaluating the use of commercial West Nile Virus antigens as positive controls in the Rapid Analyte Measurement Platform West Nile virus assay
         Burkhalter KL, Savage HM.
         J Am Mosq Control Assoc. 2015 Dec;31(4):371-4.
         
     77. Establishment of an algorithm using prM/E- and NS1-specific IgM antibody-capture ELISAs in diagnosis of Japanese Encephalitis virus and West Nile virus infections in humans
         Galula JU, Chang GJ, Chuang ST, Chao DY.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2015 Dec 9.
         
     78. Contribution of the BacT/Alert MB Mycobacterium bottle to bloodstream infection surveillance in Thailand: added yield for Burkholderia pseudomallei
         Jorakate P, Higdon M, Kaewpan A, Makprasert S, Yuenprakhon S, Tawisaid K, Dejsirilert S, Whistler T, Baggett HC.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2015 Mar;53(3):910-4.
         
     79. Enhanced diagnosis of pneumococcal bacteremia using antigen- and molecular-based tools on blood specimens in Mali and Thailand: A prospective surveillance study
         Moisi JC, Moore M, Carvalho MD, Sow SO, Siludjai D, Knoll MD, Tapia M, Baggett HC.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2015 Dec 7.
         
     80. Use of laboratory test results in patient management by clinicians in Malawi
         Moyo K, Porter C, Chilima B, Mwenda R, Kabue M, Zungu L, Sarr A.
         Afr J Lab Med. 2015 ;4(1).
         
     81. Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic evaluation following vaginal application of IQB3002, a dual chamber microbicide gel containing the NNRTI IQP-0528 in rhesus macaques
         Pereira LE, Mesquita PM, Ham A, Singletary T, Deyounks F, Martin A, McNicholl J, Buckheit KW, Buckheit RW, Smith JM.
         Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2015 Dec 14.
         
     82. Hypercholesterolemia with consumption of PFOA-laced Western diets is dependent on strain and sex of mice
         Rebholz SL, Jones T, Herrick RL, Xie C, Calafat AM, Pinney SM, Woollett LA.
         Toxicol Rep. 2016 ;3:46-54.
         
     83. Laboratory validation of the sand fly fever virus antigen assay
         Reeves WK, Szymczak MS, Burkhalter KL, Miller MM.
         J Am Mosq Control Assoc. 2015 Dec;31(4):380-3.
         
     84. Multilaboratory testing of antifungal drug combinations against Candida species and Aspergillus fumigatus: utility of 100 percent inhibition as the endpoint
         Ren P, Luo M, Lin S, Ghannoum MA, Isham N, Diekema DJ, Pfaller MA, Messer S, Lockhart SR, Iqbal N, Chaturvedi V.
         Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2015 Mar;59(3):1759-66.
         
     85. Air sampling filtration media: Collection efficiency for respirable size-selective sampling
         Soo J, Monaghan K, Lee T, Kashon M, Harper M.
         Aerosol Sci Technol. 2015 .
         
     86. Application of a seven-target pyrosequencing assay to improve the detection of neuraminidase inhibitor-resistant Influenza A(H3N2) viruses
         Tamura D, Okomo-Adhiambo M, Mishin VP, Guo Z, Xu X, Villanueva J, Fry AM, Stevens J, Gubareva LV.
         Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2015 Apr;59(4):2374-9.
         
     87. Precision diagnosis is a team sport
         Zehnbauer BA, Buchman TG.
         Crit Care Med. 2016 Jan;44(1):229-30.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     88. Elevated body mass index and decreased diet quality among women and risk of birth defects in their offspring
         Carmichael SL, Yang W, Gilboa S, Ailes E, Correa A, Botto LD, Feldkamp ML, Shaw GM.
         Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2015 Dec 14.
         
     89. Prevalence and characteristics of autism spectrum disorder among 4-year-old children in the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network
         Christensen DL, Bilder DA, Zahorodny W, Pettygrove S, Durkin MS, Fitzgerald RT, Rice C, Kurzius-Spencer M, Baio J, Yeargin-Allsopp M.
         J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2015 Dec 9.
         
     90. Prevalence of adverse pregnancy outcomes, by maternal diabetes status at first and second deliveries, Massachusetts, 1998-2007
         Kim SY, Kotelchuck M, Wilson HG, Diop H, Shapiro-Mendoza CK, England LJ.
         Prev Chronic Dis. 2015 ;12:E218.
         
     91. Sepsis and the global burden of disease in children
         Kissoon N, Uyeki TM.
         JAMA Pediatr. 2015 Dec 14:1-2.
         
     92. Deconstructing the differences: a comparison of GBD 2010 and CHERG's approach to estimating the mortality burden of diarrhea, pneumonia, and their etiologies
         Kovacs SD, Mullholland K, Bosch J, Campbell H, Forouzanfar MH, Khalil I, Lim S, Liu L, Maley SN, Mathers CD, Matheson A, Mokdad AH, O'Brien K, Parashar U, Schaafsma TT, Steele D, Hawes SE, Grove JT.
         BMC Infect Dis. 2015 ;15:16.
         
     93. Screening and treatment of maternal genitourinary tract infections in early pregnancy to prevent preterm birth in rural Sylhet, Bangladesh: a cluster randomized trial
         Lee AC, Quaiyum MA, Mullany LC, Mitra DK, Labrique A, Ahmed P, Uddin J, Rafiqullah I, DasGupta S, Mahmud A, Koumans EH, Christian P, Saha S, Baqui AH.
         BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2015 ;15:326.
         
     94. Survival of children with trisomy 13 and trisomy 18: A multi-state population-based study
         Meyer RE, Liu G, Gilboa SM, Ethen MK, Aylsworth AS, Powell CM, Flood TJ, Mai CT, Wang Y, Canfield MA.
         Am J Med Genet A. 2015 Dec 10.
         
     95. Evaluation of case definitions for estimation of respiratory syncytial virus associated hospitalizations among children in a rural community of northern India
         Saha S, Pandey BG, Choudekar A, Krishnan A, Gerber SI, Rai SK, Singh P, Chadha M, Lal RB, Broor S.
         J Glob Health. 2015 Dec;5(2):010419.
         
     96. A cluster randomized controlled evaluation of the health impact of a novel antimicrobial hand towel on the health of children under 2 years old in rural communities in Nyanza Province, Kenya
         Slayton RB, Murphy JL, Morris J, Faith SH, Oremo J, Odhiambo A, Ayers T, Feinman SJ, Brown AC, Quick RE.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2015 Dec 7.
         
     97. Birth prevalence of cerebral palsy: A population-based study
         Van Naarden Braun K, Doernberg N, Schieve L, Christensen D, Goodman A, Yeargin-Allsopp M.
         Pediatrics. 2015 Dec 9.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     98. Occupational risk factors for endometriosis in a cohort of flight attendants
         Johnson CY, Grajewski B, Lawson CC, Whelan EA, Bertke SJ, Tseng CY.
         Scand J Work Environ Health. 2015 Dec 7.
         
     99. Progress on the US National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health hearing loss prevention strategic plan
         Murphy W, Thompson J.
         Noise News Int. 2015 Sep;23(3):7-16.
         
     100. Variable lifting index (VLI): A new method for evaluating variable lifting tasks
          Waters T, Occhipinti E, Colombini D, Alvarez-Casado E, Fox R.
          Hum Factors. 2015 Dec 8.
          

   • Parasitic Diseases

     101. Prevalence and impact of Chagas disease among Latin American immigrants with nonischemic 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 Sep;8(5):938-43.
          

   • Public Health Law

     102. A transdisciplinary approach to public health law: The emerging practice of legal epidemiology
          Burris S, Ashe M, Levin D, Penn M, Larkin M.
          Annu Rev Public Health. 2015 Nov 30.
          
     103. State law and standing orders for immunization services
          Stewart AM, Lindley MC, Cox MA.
          Am J Prev Med. 2015 Dec 1.
          
     104. State laws governing HIV testing in correctional settings
          Tarver BA, Sewell J, Oussayef N.
          J Correct Health Care. 2016 Jan;22(1):28-40.
          

   • Public Health Leadership and Management

     105. On management matters: Why we must improve public health management through action, Comment on "Management matters: A leverage point for health systems strengthening in global health"
          Willacy E, Bratton S.
          Int J Health Policy Manag. 2015 ;5(1):63-5.
          

   • Reproductive Health

     106. Trends in severe maternal morbidity after assisted reproductive technology in the United States, 2008-2012
          Martin AS, Monsour M, Kissin DM, Jamieson DJ, Callaghan WM, Boulet SL.
          Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Jan;127(1):59-66.
          
     107. Urinary paraben concentrations and in vitro fertilization outcomes among women from a fertility clinic
          Minguez-Alarcon L, Chiu YH, Messerlian C, Williams PL, Sabatini ME, Toth TL, Ford JB, Calafat AM, Hauser R.
          Fertil Steril. 2015 Dec 2.
          

   • Statistics as Topic

     108. Doubly robust multiple imputation using kernel-based techniques
          Hsu CH, He Y, Li Y, Long Q, Friese R.
          Biom J. 2015 Dec 9.
          
     109. Power and sample size calculations for interval-censored survival analysis
          Kim HY, Williamson JM, Lin HM.
          Stat Med. 2015 Dec 7.
          
     110. Bayesian marked point process modeling for generating fully synthetic public use data with point-referenced geography
          Quick H, Holan SH, Wikle CK, Reiter JP.
          Spatial Statistics. 2015 ;14:439-451.
          

   • Substance Use and Abuse

     111. A multifaceted strategy to implement brief smoking cessation counselling during antenatal care in Argentina and Uruguay: a cluster randomized trial
          Althabe F, Aleman A, Berrueta M, Morello P, Gibbons L, Colomar M, Tong VT, Dietz PM, Farr SL, Ciganda A, Mazzoni A, Llambi L, Becu A, Smith RA, Johnson C, Belizan JM, Buekens PM.
          Nicotine Tob Res. 2015 Dec 12.
          
     112. Nonmedical use of prescription drugs and sexual risk behaviors
          Clayton HB, Lowry R, August E, Everett Jones S.
          Pediatrics. 2015 Dec 14.
          
     113. Waterpipe tobacco smoking in Turkey: Policy implications and trends from the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS)
          Erdol C, Erguder T, Morton J, Palipudi K, Gupta P, Asma S.
          Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2015 ;12(12):15559-66.
          
     114. Comment on Farsalinos et al., "Evaluation of electronic cigarette liquids and aerosol for the presence of selected inhalation toxins"
          Hubbs AF, Cummings KJ, McKernan LT, Dankovic DA, Park RM, Kreiss K.
          Nicotine Tob Res. 2015 Oct;17(10):1288-9.
          

   • Zoonoses

     115. Infection risk for persons exposed to highly pathogenic avian influenza A H5 virus-infected birds, United States, December 2014-March 2015
          Arriola CS, Nelson DI, Deliberto TJ, Blanton L, Kniss K, Levine MZ, Trock SC, Finelli L, Jhung MA.
          Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Dec;21(12):2135-40.
          
     116. Clinical and epidemiological characterization of the first recognized outbreak of dengue virus-type 2 in Mozambique, 2014
          Massangaie M, Pinto G, Padama F, Chambe G, da Silva M, Mate I, Chirindza C, Ali S, Agostinho S, Chilaule D, Weyer J, le Roux C, Abilio AP, Baltazar C, Doyle TJ, Cliff J, Paweska J, Gudo ES.
          Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2015 Dec 7.
          
     117. Concurrent outbreaks of St. Louis encephalitis virus and West Nile virus disease - Arizona, 2015
          Venkat H, Krow-Lucal E, Hennessey M, Jones J, Adams L, Fischer M, Sylvester T, Levy C, Smith K, Plante L, Komatsu K, Staples JE, Hills S.
          MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 ;64(48):1349-50.
          
   
   

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