CDC Science Clips: Volume 8, Issue 41, October 11, 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.

1. Top Articles of the Week
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions
     1. A call to action and a lifecourse strategy to address the global burden of raised blood pressure on current and future generations: the Lancet Commission on hypertension
        Olsen MH, Angell SY, Asma S, Boutouyrie P, Burger D, Chirinos JA, Damasceno A, Delles C, Gimenez-Roqueplo AP, Hering D, Lopez-Jaramillo P, Martinez F, Perkovic V, Rietzschel ER, Schillaci G, Schutte AE, Scuteri A, Sharman JE, Wachtell K, Wang JG.
        Lancet. 2016 Sep 22.
        
     2. Education and disability trends of older Americans, 2000-2014
        Tsai Y.
        J Public Health (Oxf). 2016 Sep 27.
        
   • Communicable Diseases
     3. The epidemiology of meningitis among adults in a South African province with a high HIV prevalence, 2009-2012
        Britz E, Perovic O, von Mollendorf C, von Gottberg A, Iyaloo S, Quan V, Chetty V, Sriruttan C, Ismail NA, Nanoo A, Musekiwa A, Reddy C, Viljoen K, Cohen C, Govender NP.
        PLoS One. 2016 ;11(9):e0163036.
        
     4. First isolation of nocardia grenadensis from a clinical sample
        Ercibengoa M, Bell M, Vicente D, Marimon JM.
        JMM Case Reports. 2016 ;3(2).
        
     5. Evaluating Google flu trends in Latin America: Important lessons for the next phase of digital disease detection
        Pollett S, Boscardin WJ, Azziz-Baumgartner E, Tinoco YO, Soto G, Romero C, Kok J, Biggerstaff M, Viboud C, Rutherford GW.
        Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Sep 26.
        
   • Drug Safety
     6. Unintentional administration of insulin instead of influenza vaccine: a case study and review of reports to US vaccine and drug safety monitoring systems
        Clogston J, Hudanick L, Suragh TA, Jankosky C, Lewis P, Martin D, Schembri C, Zinderman C, Maslov Y, Mistry M, Pippins JR, Vee S, Wyeth J, Shimabukuro TT, Leighton J.
        Drugs Ther Perspect. 2016 ;32(10):439-446.
        
   • Food Safety
     7. Characteristics of clusters of Salmonella and Escherichia coli O157 detected by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis that predict identification of outbreaks
        Jones TF, Sashti N, Ingram A, Phan Q, Booth H, Rounds J, Nicholson CS, Cosgrove S, Crocker K, Gould LH.
        Foodborne Pathog Dis. 2016 Sep 27.
        
   • Healthcare Associated Infections
     8. Healthcare-associated transmission of Plasmodium falciparum in New York City
        Lee EH, Adams EH, Madison-Antenucci S, Lee L, Barnwell JW, Whitehouse J, Clement E, Bajwa W, Jones LE, Lutterloh E, Weiss D, Ackelsberg J.
        Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2016 Jan;37(1):113-5.
        
   • Laboratory Sciences
     9. Use of quantitative molecular diagnostic methods to identify causes of diarrhoea in children: a reanalysis of the GEMS case-control study
        Liu J, Platts-Mills JA, Juma J, Kabir F, Nkeze J, Okoi C, Operario DJ, Uddin J, Ahmed S, Alonso PL, Antonio M, Becker SM, Blackwelder WC, Breiman RF, Faruque AS, Fields B, Gratz J, Haque R, Hossain A, Hossain MJ, Jarju S, Qamar F, Iqbal NT, Kwambana B, Mandomando I, McMurry TL, Ochieng C, Ochieng JB, Ochieng M, Onyango C, Panchalingam S, Kalam A, Aziz F, Qureshi S, Ramamurthy T, Roberts JH, Saha D, Sow SO, Stroup SE, Sur D, Tamboura B, Taniuchi M, Tennant SM, Toema D, Wu Y, Zaidi A, Nataro JP, Kotloff KL, Levine MM, Houpt ER.
        Lancet. 2016 Sep 24;388(10051):1291-301.
        
     10. Pathogenesis and transmission assessments of two H7N8 influenza A viruses recently isolated from turkey farms in Indiana using mouse and ferret models
         Sun X, Belser JA, Pulit-Penaloza JA, Zeng H, Lewis A, Shieh WJ, Tumpey TM, Maines TR.
         J Virol. 2016 Sep 28.
         
   • Physical Activity
     11. Prevalence and trends of leisure-time physical activity by occupation and industry in U.S. workers: the National Health Interview Survey 2004-2014
         Gu JK, Charles LE, Ma CC, Andrew ME, Fekedulegn D, Hartley TA, Violanti JM, Burchfiel CM.
         Ann Epidemiol. 2016 Aug 28.
         
   • Public Health Law
     12. State and local policies related to sexual orientation in the United States
         Cramer R, Hexem S, LaPollo A, Cuffe KM, Chesson HW, Leichliter JS.
         J Public Health Policy. 2016 Sep 23.
         
   • Statistics as Topic
     13. Evaluating targeted interventions via meta-population models with multi-level mixing
         Feng Z, Hill AN, Curns AT, Glasser JW.
         Math Biosci. 2016 Sep 23.
         
   • Zoonotic and Vectorborne Diseases
     14. Zika virus in semen: Lessons from Ebola
         Purpura LJ, Choi MJ, Rollin PE.
         Lancet Infect Dis. 2016 Oct;16(10):1107-8.
         
   
   
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.
   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions
     1. Factors influencing time to case registration for youth with type 1 and type 2 diabetes: SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study
        Crume TL, Hamman RF, Isom S, Talton J, Divers J, Mayer-Davis EJ, Zhong VW, Liese AD, Saydah S, Standiford DA, Lawrence JM, Pihoker C, Dabelea D.
        Ann Epidemiol. 2016 Sep;26(9):631-7.
        
     2. Shared use agreements between municipalities and public schools in the United States, 2014
        Omura JD, Carlson SA, Paul P, Sliwa S, Onufrak SJ, Fulton JE.
        Prev Med. 2016 Sep 19.
        
     3. Adults with one or more functional disabilities - United States, 2011-2014
        Stevens AC, Carroll DD, Courtney-Long EA, Zhang QC, Sloan ML, Griffin-Blake S, Peacock G.
        MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2016 ;65(38):1021-1025.
        
     4. Decisions about renal replacement therapy in patients with advanced kidney disease in the US Department of Veterans Affairs, 2000-2011
        Wong SP, Hebert PL, Laundry RJ, Hammond KW, Liu CF, Burrows NR, O'Hare AM.
        Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2016 Sep 22.
        
     5. Total and regional adiposity measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and mortality in NHANES 1999-2006
        Zong G, Zhang Z, Yang Q, Wu H, Hu FB, Sun Q.
        Obesity (Silver Spring). 2016 Sep 26.
        
   • Communicable Diseases
     6. Update: Influenza activity - United States and worldwide, May 22-September 10, 2016
        Budd A, Blanton L, Kniss K, Smith S, Mustaquim D, Davlin SL, Kramer N, Flannery B, Fry AM, Grohskopf LA, Olsen SJ, Bresee J, Sessions W, 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. 2016 ;65(37):1008-1014.
        
     7. A case cluster of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease linked to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
        Coulthart MB, Geschwind MD, Qureshi S, Phielipp N, Demarsh A, Abrams JY, Belay E, Gambetti P, Jansen GH, Lang AE, Schonberger LB.
        Brain. 2016 Oct;139(Pt 10):2609-2616.
        
     8. Unmet needs for ancillary services among men who have sex with men and who are receiving HIV medical care - United States, 2013-2014
        DeGroote NP, Korhonen LC, Shouse RL, Valleroy LA, Bradley H.
        MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2016 ;65(37):1004-1007.
        
     9. Notes from the field: Measles outbreak of unknown source - Shelby County, Tennessee, April-May 2016
        Fill MA, Sweat D, Morrow H, Haushalter A, Martin JC, Zerwekh T, Chakraverty T, Kmet J, Morris K, Moore K, Kainer M, Murphree R, Dunn JR, Schaffner W, Jones TF.
        MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2016 ;65(38):1039-1040.
        
     10. The Health, Enlightenment, Awareness, and Living (HEAL) Intervention: Outcome of an HIV and hepatitis B and C risk reduction intervention
         Henry-Akintobi T, Laster N, Trotter J, Jacobs D, Johnson T, King Gordon T, Miller A.
         Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2016 ;13(10).
         
     11. Contraception for HIV-infected adolescents
         Kourtis AP, Mirza A.
         Pediatrics. 2016 Sep;138(3).
         
     12. HIV testing experience before HIV diagnosis among men who have sex with men - 21 jurisdictions, United States, 2007-2013
         Linley L, An Q, Song R, Valverde E, Oster AM, Qian X, Hernandez AL.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2016 ;65(37):999-1003.
         
     13. Operating characteristics of a tuberculosis screening tool for people living with HIV in out-patient HIV care and treatment services, Rwanda
         Turinawe K, Vandebriel G, Lowrance DW, Uwinkindi F, Mutwa P, Boer KR, Mutembayire G, Tugizimana D, Nsanzimana S, Pevzner E, Howard AA, Gasana M.
         PLoS One. 2016 ;11(9):e0163462.
         
     14. Hepatitis b viral load response to two antiviral regimens (tenofovir/lamivudine vs lamivudine) in HIV and HBV co-infected pregnant women in Guangxi, China: The tenofovir in pregnancy (tip) study
         Wang L, Wiener J, Bulterys M, Wei X, Chen L, Liu W, Liang S, Shepard C, Wang L, Wang A, Zhang F, Kourtis AP.
         J Infect Dis. 2016 Sep 22.
         
     15. Classification and Regression Tree (CART) analysis to predict influenza in primary care patients
         Zimmerman RK, Balasubramani GK, Nowalk MP, Eng H, Urbanski L, Jackson ML, Jackson LA, McLean HQ, Belongia EA, Monto AS, Malosh RE, Gaglani M, Clipper L, Flannery B, Wisniewski SR.
         BMC Infect Dis. 2016 ;16(1):503.
         
   • Drug Safety
     16. Measuring appropriate antimicrobial use: Attempts at opening the black box
         Spivak ES, Cosgrove SE, Srinivasan A.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Sep 28.
         
   • Environmental Health
     17. Anniston Community Health Survey: Follow-up and dioxin analyses (ACHS-II) - methods
         Birnbaum LS, Dutton ND, Cusack C, Mennemeyer ST, Pavuk M.
         Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2016 Feb;23(3):2014-21.
         
     18. Biomonitoring human exposure to household air pollution and association with self-reported health symptoms - A stove intervention study in Peru
         Li Z, Commodore A, Hartinger S, Lewin M, Sjodin A, Pittman E, Trinidad D, Hubbard K, Lanata CF, Gil AI, Mausezahl D, Naeher LP.
         Environ Int. 2016 Sep 24.
         
     19. Respiratory effects of indoor heat and the interaction with air pollution in COPD
         McCormack MC, Belli AJ, Waugh D, Matsui EC, Peng RD, Williams D, Paulin L, Saha A, Aloe CM, Diette GB, Breysse PN, Hansel NN.
         Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2016 Sep 29.
         
   • Food Safety
     20. Case diagnosis and characterization of suspected paralytic shellfish poisoning in Alaska.
         Knaack JS, Porter KA, Jacob JT, Sullivan K, Forester M, Wang RY, Trainer VL, Morton S, Eckert G, McGahee E, Thomas J, McLaughlin J, Johnson RC.
         Harmful Algae. 2016 ;57(Part B):45-50.
         
   • Genetics and Genomics
     21. Genomic analysis reveals novel diversity among the 1976 Philadelphia Legionnaires' disease outbreak isolates and additional ST36 strains
         Mercante JW, Morrison SS, Desai HP, Raphael BH, Winchell JM.
         PLoS One. 2016 ;11(9):e0164074.
         
     22. Massive dispersal of coxiella burnetii among cattle across the United States
         Olivas S, Hornstra H, Priestley RA, Kaufman E, Hepp C, Sonderegger DL, Handady K, Massung RF, Keim P, Kersh GJ, Pearson T.
         Microbial Genomics. 2016 ;2(8).
         
     23. A Bacillus anthracis genome sequence from the Sverdlovsk 1979 autopsy specimens
         Sahl JW, Pearson T, Okinaka R, Schupp JM, Gillece JD, Heaton H, Birdsell D, Hepp C, Fofanov V, Noseda R, Fasanella A, Hoffmaster A, Wagner DM, Keim P.
         MBio. 2016 ;7(5).
         
   • Health Economics
     24. Economic evidence for US asthma self-management education and home-based interventions
         Hsu J, Wilhelm N, Lewis L, Herman E.
         J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2016 Sep 19.
         
   • Healthcare Associated Infections
     25. Can anaerobes be acid fast? A novel, clinically relevant acid fast anaerobe
         Navas ME, Jump R, Canaday DH, Wnek MD, SenGupta DJ, McQuiston JR, Bell M.
         JMM Case Reports. 2016 ;3(4).
         
   • Immunity and Immunization
     26. Breastfeeding linked to the reduction of both rotavirus shedding and IgA levels after Rotarix(R) immunization in Mexican infants
         Bautista-Marquez A, Velasquez DE, Esparza-Aguilar M, Luna-Cruz M, Ruiz-Moran T, Sugata K, Jiang B, Parashar U, Patel M, Richardson V.
         Vaccine. 2016 Sep 20.
         
     27. Population-based incidence rates of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia in the human papillomavirus vaccine era
         Benard VB, Castle PE, Jenison SA, Hunt WC, Kim JJ, Cuzick J, Lee JH, Du R, Robertson M, Norville S, Wheeler CM.
         JAMA Oncol. 2016 Sep 29.
         
     28. Influenza vaccination coverage among health care personnel - united states, 2015-16 influenza season
         Black CL, Yue X, Ball SW, Donahue SM, Izrael D, de Perio MA, Laney AS, Williams WW, Lindley MC, Graitcer SB, Lu PJ, DiSogra C, Devlin R, Walker DK, Greby SM.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2016 ;65(38):1026-1031.
         
     29. Trends in compliance with two-dose influenza vaccine recommendations in children aged 6 months through 8 years, 2010-2015
         Lin X, Fiebelkorn AP, Pabst LJ.
         Vaccine. 2016 Sep 23.
         
     30. Combining biomedical preventions for HIV: Vaccines with pre-exposure prophylaxis, microbicides or other HIV preventions
         McNicholl JM.
         Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2016 Sep 28:0.
         
     31. Measuring adolescent human papillomavirus vaccine coverage: a match of sexually transmitted disease clinic and Immunization Registry data
         Pathela P, Jamison K, Papadouka V, Kabir R, Markowitz LE, Dunne EF, Schillinger JA.
         J Adolesc Health. 2016 Sep 23.
         
     32. Place of influenza vaccination among children--United States, 2010-11 through 2013-14 influenza seasons
         Santibanez TA, Vogt TM, Zhai Y, McIntyre AF.
         Vaccine. 2016 Mar 4;34(10):1296-303.
         
   • Informatics
     33. Accomplishments and opportunities in biosurveillance
         Thomas MJ.
         J Public Health Manag Pract. 2016 Nov-Dec;22 Suppl 6, Public Health Informatics:S81-s82.
         
   • Injury and Violence
     34. Falls and fall injuries among adults aged >/=65 years - United States, 2014
         Bergen G, Stevens MR, Burns ER.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2016 ;65(37):993-998.
         
     35. Mediating and moderating effects of social support in the study of child abuse and adult physical and mental health
         Herrenkohl TI, Jung H, Klika JB, Mason WA, Brown EC, Leeb RT, Herrenkohl RC.
         Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2016 ;86(5):573-83.
         
     36. Exploring alcohol policy approaches to prevent sexual violence perpetration
         Lippy C, DeGue S.
         Trauma Violence Abuse. 2016 Jan;17(1):26-42.
         
     37. Moderating effect of negative peer group climate on the relation between men's locus of control and aggression toward intimate partners
         Schmidt MR, Lisco CG, Parrott DJ, Tharp AT.
         J Interpers Violence. 2016 Mar;31(5):755-73.
         
     38. Relationship characteristics associated with teen dating violence perpetration
         Vivolo-Kantor AM, Massetti G, Niolon P, Foshee V, McNaughton-Reyes L.
         J Aggress Maltreat Trauma. 2016 ;25:1-19.
         
   • Laboratory Sciences
     39. Mono- and quadri-subtype virus-like particles (VLPs) containing H10 subtype elicit protective immunity to H10 influenza in a ferret challenge model
         Pushko P, Sun X, Tretyakova I, Hidajat R, Pulit-Penaloza JA, Belser JA, Maines TR, Tumpey TM.
         Vaccine. 2016 Sep 20.
         
     40. Interlaboratory analytical comparison of fatty acid concentrations in serum or plasma
         Schantz MM, Powers CD, Schleicher RL, Betz JM, Wise SA.
         Clin Chim Acta. 2016 Sep 20;462:148-152.
         
     41. Deposition of graphene nanomaterial aerosols in human upper airways
         Su WC, Ku BK, Kulkarni P, Cheng YS.
         J Occup Environ Hyg. 2016 ;13(1):48-59.
         
     42. On-column trypsin digestion coupled with LC-MS/MS for quantification of apolipoproteins
         Toth CA, Kuklenyik Z, Jones JI, Parks BA, Gardner MS, Schieltz DM, Rees JC, Andrews ML, McWilliams LG, Pirkle JL, Barr JR.
         J Proteomics. 2016 Sep 22.
         
   • Maternal and Child Health
     43. Neurobehavioral disorder associated with prenatal alcohol exposure
         Hagan JF, Balachova T, Bertrand J, Chasnoff I, Dang E, Fernandez-Baca D, Kable J, Kosofsky B, Senturias YN, Singh N, Sloane M, Weitzman C, Zubler J.
         Pediatrics. 2016 Sep 27.
         
     44. United States and territory policies supporting maternal and neonatal transfer: review of transport and reimbursement
         Okoroh EM, Kroelinger CD, Lasswell SM, Goodman DA, Williams AM, Barfield WD.
         J Perinatol. 2016 Jan;36(1):30-4.
         
     45. Do social resources protect against lower quality of life among diverse young adolescents?
         Scott S, Wallander J, Elliott M, Grunbaum J, Chien A, Tortolero S, Cuccaro P, Schuster M.
         The Journal of Early Adolescence. 2016 Aug;36(6):754-782.
         
   • Nutritional Sciences
     46. Applying inappropriate cutoffs leads to misinterpretation of folate status in the US population
         Pfeiffer CM, Sternberg MR, Hamner HC, Crider KS, Lacher DA, Rogers LM, Bailey RL, Yetley EA.
         Am J Clin Nutr. 2016 Sep 28.
         
   • Occupational Safety and Health
     47. Development of portable aerosol mobility spectrometer for personal and mobile aerosol measurement
         Kulkarni P, Qi C, Fukushima N.
         Aerosol Science and Technology. 2016 :1-13.
         
     48. Comparing 2 national organization-level workplace health promotion and improvement tools, 2013-2015
         Meador A, Lang JE, Davis WD, Jones-Jack NH, Mukhtar Q, Lu H, Acharya SD, Molloy ME.
         Prev Chronic Dis. 2016 ;13:E136.
         
     49. Development of methods for using workers' compensation data for surveillance and prevention of occupational injuries among state-insured private employers in Ohio
         Wurzelbacher SJ, Al-Tarawneh IS, Meyers AR, Bushnell PT, Lampl MP, Robins DC, Tseng CY, Wei C, Bertke SJ, Raudabaugh JA, Haviland TM, Schnorr TM.
         Am J Ind Med. 2016 Sep 26.
         
   • Physical Activity
     50. Efficacy and mediation of a theory-based physical activity intervention for African American men who have sex with men: A randomized controlled trial
         Zhang J, Jemmott JB, O'Leary A, Stevens R, Jemmott LS, Icard LD, Hsu J, Rutledge SE.
         Ann Behav Med. 2016 Sep 22.
         
   • Program Evaluation
     51. Implementing health impact assessment programs in state health agencies: Lessons learned from pilot programs, 2009-2011
         Goff N, Wyss K, Wendel A, Jarris P.
         J Public Health Manag Pract. 2016 Nov-Dec;22(6):E8-e13.
         
   • Public Health Law
     52. State public health enabling authorities: Results of a fundamental activities assessment examining core and essential services
         Hoss A, Menon A, Corso L.
         J Public Health Manag Pract. 2016 Nov-Dec;22(6):529-36.
         
   • Public Health Leadership and Management
     53. Development and usefulness of a district health systems tool for performance improvement in essential public health functions in Botswana and Mozambique
         Bishai D, Sherry M, Pereira CC, Chicumbe S, Mbofana F, Boore A, Smith M, Nhambi L, Borse NN.
         J Public Health Manag Pract. 2016 Nov-Dec;22(6):586-96.
         
     54. One Health core competency domains
         Frankson R, Hueston W, Christian K, Olson D, Lee M, Valeri L, Hyatt R, Annelli J, Rubin C.
         Front Public Health. 2016 ;4:192.
         
   • Reproductive Health
     55. Extremities of body mass index and their association with pregnancy outcomes in women undergoing in vitro fertilization in the United States
         Kawwass JF, Kulkarni AD, Hipp HS, Crawford S, Kissin DM, Jamieson DJ.
         Fertil Steril. 2016 Sep 22.
         
   • Statistics as Topic
     56. A second order cone formulation of continuous CTA model
         Lesaja G, Castro J, Oganian A.
         Lecture Notes in Computer Science. 2016 ;9867 LNCS:41-53.
         
     57. Propensity score based conditional group swapping for disclosure limitation of strata-defining variables
         Oganian A, Lesaja G.
         Lecture Notes in Computer Science. 2016 ;9867 LNCS:69-80.
         
   • Zoonotic and Vectorborne Diseases
     58. Evaluating the performance of infectious disease forecasts: A comparison of climate-driven and seasonal dengue forecasts for Mexico
         Johansson MA, Reich NG, Hota A, Brownstein JS, Santillana M.
         Sci Rep. 2016 ;6:33707.
         
     59. Local mosquito-borne transmission of Zika virus - Miami-Dade and Broward Counties, Florida, June-August 2016
         Likos A, Griffin I, Bingham AM, Stanek D, Fischer M, White S, Hamilton J, Eisenstein L, Atrubin D, Mulay P, Scott B, Jenkins P, Fernandez D, Rico E, Gillis L, Jean R, Cone M, Blackmore C, McAllister J, Vasquez C, Rivera L, Philip C.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2016 ;65(38):1032-1038.
         
     60. Supporting rabies control in India
         Mansfield KL, Banyard AC, Fooks AR, Franka R, Isloor S, Rahman A.
         Vet Rec. 2016 Sep 24;179(12):296-7.
         
     61. Prioritizing zoonotic diseases in Ethiopia using a one health approach
         Pieracci EG, Hall AJ, Gharpure R, Haile A, Walelign E, Deressa A, Bahiru G, Kibebe M, Walke H, Belay E.
         One Health. 2016 ;2:131-135.
         
   
   

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