Issue 37, September 17, 2012

Vol. 4, Issue: 37, 9/17/12

1. Key Scientific Articles in Featured Topic Areas

   
   Subject matter experts decide what topic to feature, and articles are selected from the last 3 to 6 months of published literature. Key topic coincides monthly with other CDC products (e.g. Vital Signs).

   • Communicable Diseases - Unexplained and Emerging

     1. Guidelines to implement medical examiner/coroner-based surveillance for fatal infectious diseases and bioterrorism ("Med-X")
        Nolte KB, Fischer M, Reagan S, Lynfield R, Members of the National Association of Medical Examiners Ad Hoc Committee for Bioterrorism and Infectious Diseases.
        Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2010 Dec;31(4):308-12.
        
     2. Retrospective diagnosis of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, 1978-1993: implications for emerging infectious diseases
        Zaki SR, Khan AS, Goodman RA, Armstrong LR, Greer PW, Coffield LM, Ksiazek TG, et al.
        Arch Pathol Lab Med. 1996 Feb;120(2):134-9.
        
     3. The role of postmortem studies in pneumonia etiology research
        Turner GD, Bunthi C, Wonodi CB, Morpeth SC, Molyneux CS, Zaki SR, Levine OS, et al.
        Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Apr;54 Suppl 2:S165-71.
        
     4. Factors influencing emerging infectious diseases in the Southeastern United States
        Gargano LM, Schreier B, Hughes JM.
        Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Apr;16(4):e1.
        
     5. Surveillance for unexplained deaths and critical illnesses due to possibly infectious causes, United States, 1995-1998
        Hajjeh RA, Relman D, Cieslak PR, Sofair AN, Passaro D, Flood J, Johnson J, et al.
        Emerg Infect Dis. 2002 Feb;8(2):145-53.
        
     6. Pandemic (H1N1) 2009-associated deaths detected by unexplained death and medical examiner surveillance
        Lees CH, Avery C, Asherin R, Rainbow J, Danila R, Smelser C, Schmitz A, et al.
        Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Aug;17(8):1479-83.
        
     7. Severe leptospirosis similar to pandemic (H1N1) 2009, Florida and Missouri, USA
        Lo YC, Kintziger KW, Carson HJ, Patrick SL, Turabelidze G, Stanek D, Blackmore C, et al.
        Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Jun;17(6):1145-6.
        
     8. Solid organ transplant-associated lymphocytic choriomeningitis, United States, 2011
        Macneil A, Stroher U, Farnon E, Campbell S, Cannon D, Paddock CD, Drew CP, et al.
        Emerg Infect Dis. 2012 Aug;18(8):1256-1262.
        
     9. "Med-X": a medical examiner surveillance model for bioterrorism and infectious disease mortality
        Nolte KB, Lathrop SL, Nashelsky MB, Nine JS, Gallaher MM, Umland ET, McLemore JL, et al.
        Hum Pathol. 2007 May;38(5):718-25.
        
     10. Epidemic leptospirosis associated with pulmonary hemorrhage-Nicaragua, 1995
         Trevejo RT, Rigau-Perez JG, Ashford DA, McClure EM, Jarquin-Gonzalez C, Amador JJ, de los Reyes JO, et al.
         J Infect Dis. 1998 Nov;178(5):1457-63.
         
   
   

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. High one year mortality in adults with sickle cell disease and end-stage renal disease
         McClellan AC, Luthi JC, Lynch JR, Soucie JM, Kulkarni R, Guasch A, Huff ED, Gilbertson D, McClellan WM, Debaun MR.
         Br J Haematol. 2012 Sep 12.
         
     12. Activities of daily living, chronic medical conditions, and health-related quality of life in older adults
         Barile JP, Thompson WW, Zack MM, Krahn GL, Horner-Johnson W, Haffer SC.
         J Ambul Care Manage. 2012 Oct;35(4):293-304.
         

   • Communicable Diseases

     13. Animal models of antiretroviral prophylaxis for HIV prevention
         Garcia-Lerma JG, Heneine W.
         Curr Opin HIV AIDS. 2012 Sep 7.
         
     14. Outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae at a long-term acute care hospital: sustained reductions in transmission through active surveillance and targeted interventions
         Chitnis AS, Caruthers PS, Rao AK, Lamb J, Lurvey R, Beau De Rochars V, Kitchel B, Cancio M, Torok TJ, Guh AY, Gould CV, Wise ME.
         Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2012 Oct;33(10):984-92.
         
     15. Fatal pneumonia due to influenza virus infection diagnosed by conventional and real-time PCR from blood postmortem specimen
         de Paiva TM, Saggioro F, Santos CL, Russo DH, Susuki A, Benega MA, Santos KC, da Silva DB, Smith CB.
         J Clin Virol. 2012 Sep;55(1):85-6.
         
     16. Investigation of hepatitis B virus and human immunodeficiency virus transmission among severely mentally ill residents at a long term care facility
         Jasuja S, Thompson ND, Peters PJ, Khudyakov YE, Patel MT, Linchangco P, Thai HT, Switzer WM, Shankar A, Heneine W, Hu DJ, Moorman AC, Gerber SI.
         PLoS One. 2012 ;7(8):e43252.
         

   • Environmental Health

     17. Road traffic noise: annoyance, sleep disturbance, and public health implications
         Kim M, Chang S, Seong J, Holt JB, Park T, Ko JH, Croft J.
         Am J Prev Med. 2012 ;43(4):353-360.
         
     18. Evaluation of individual-based and group-based exposure estimation of microbial agents in health effects associated with a damp building
         Cho SJ, Cox-Ganser JM, Kreiss K, Park JH.
         J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2012 Sep 12.
         

   • Epidemiology and Surveillance

     19. Is polycystic ovary syndrome another risk factor for venous thromboembolism? United States, 2003-2008
         Okoroh EM, Hooper WC, Atrash HK, Yusuf HR, Boulet SL.
         Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2012 Aug 10.
         
     20. Device-associated infection rates, device utilization, and antimicrobial resistance in long-term acute care hospitals reporting to the National Healthcare Safety Network, 2010
         Chitnis AS, Edwards JR, Ricks PM, Sievert DM, Fridkin SK, Gould CV.
         Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2012 Oct;33(10):993-1000.
         
     21. Surveillance definitions of infections in long-term care facilities: revisiting the McGeer Criteria
         Stone ND, Ashraf MS, Calder J, Crnich CJ, Crossley K, Drinka PJ, Gould CV, Juthani-Mehta M, Lautenbach E, Loeb M, Maccannell T, Malani PN, Mody L, Mylotte JM, Nicolle LE, Roghmann MC, Schweon SJ, Simor AE, Smith PW, Stevenson KB, Bradley SF.
         Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2012 Oct;33(10):965-77.
         
     22. Direct and indirect effects of rotavirus vaccination: comparing predictions from transmission dynamic models
         Pitzer VE, Atkins KE, de Blasio BF, Van Effelterre T, Atchison CJ, Harris JP, Shim E, Galvani AP, Edmunds WJ, Viboud C, Patel MM, Grenfell BT, Parashar UD, Lopman BA.
         PLoS One. 2012 ;7(8):e42320.
         

   • Genetics and Genomics

     23. Heme oxygenase-1 gene promoter polymorphism is associated with reduced incidence of acute chest syndrome among children with sickle cell disease
         Bean CJ, Boulet SL, Ellingsen D, Pyle ME, Barron-Casella EA, Casella JF, Payne AB, Driggers J, Trau HA, Yang G, Jones K, Ofori-Acquah SF, Hooper WC, Debaun MR.
         Blood. 2012 Sep 10.
         
     24. Critical role of an antiviral stress granule containing RIG-I and PKR in viral detection and innate immunity
         Onomoto K, Jogi M, Yoo JS, Narita R, Morimoto S, Takemura A, Sambhara S, Kawaguchi A, Osari S, Nagata K, Matsumiya T, Namiki H, Yoneyama M, Fujita T.
         PLoS One. 2012 ;7(8):e43031.
         
     25. Multilocus sequence subtyping and genetic structure of Cryptosporidium muris and Cryptosporidium andersoni
         Wang R, Jian F, Zhang L, Ning C, Liu A, Zhao J, Feng Y, Qi M, Wang H, Lv C, Zhao G, Xiao L.
         PLoS One. 2012 ;7(8):e43782.
         
     26. Increased risk of venous thromboembolism is associated with genetic variation in heme oxygenase-1 in Blacks
         Bean CJ, Boulet SL, Ellingsen D, Trau H, Ghaji N, Hooper WC, Austin H.
         Thromb Res. 2012 Sep 6.
         
     27. Evolution of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) virus populations in Vietnam between 2007 and 2010
         Nguyen T, Rivailler P, Davis CT, Thi Hoa D, Balish A, Hoang Dang N, Jones J, Thi Vui D, Simpson N, Thu Huong N, Shu B, Loughlin R, Ferdinand K, Lindstrom SE, York IA, Klimov A, Donis RO.
         Virology. 2012 Oct 25;432(2):405-16.
         

   • Health Behavior and Risk

     28. HIV disclosure and subsequent sexual behaviors among men who have sex with men who meet online
         St De Lore J, Thiede H, Cheadle A, Goldbaum G, Carey JW, Hutcheson RE, Jenkins RA, Golden MR.
         J Homosex. 2012 ;59(4):592-609.
         

   • Health Communication and Education

     29. News media outreach and newspaper coverage of tobacco control
         Pederson LL, Nelson DE, Babb S, London J, Promoff G, Pechacek T.
         Health Promot Pract. 2012 Sep;13(5):642-7.
         

   • Health Disparities

     30. The lack of paid sick leave as a barrier to cancer screening and medical care-seeking: results from the National Health Interview Survey
         Peipins LA, Soman A, Berkowitz Z, White MC.
         BMC Public Health. 2012 ;12:520.
         

   • Healthcare Economics

     31. Excess healthcare costs associated with prior workers' compensation activity
         Bhattacharya A, Park RM.
         Am J Ind Med. 2012 Sep 11.
         

   • Immunity and Immunization

     32. Compared to subcutaneous tenofovir, oral tenofovir disoproxyl fumarate administration preferentially concentrates the drug into gut-associated lymphoid cells in simian immunodeficiency virus-infected macaques
         Van Rompay KK, Babusis D, Abbott Z, Geng Y, Jayashankar K, Johnson JA, Lipscomb J, Heneine W, Abel K, Ray AS.
         Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2012 Sep;56(9):4980-4.
         
     33. Vaccine administration decision making: the case of yellow fever vaccine
         Lown BA, Chen LH, Wilson ME, Sisson E, Gershman M, Yanni E, Jentes ES, Hochberg NS, Hamer DH, Barnett ED.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Sep;55(6):837-43.
         
     34. Genetic variation in the Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein in India and its relevance to RTS,S malaria vaccine
         Zeeshan M, Alam MT, Vinayak S, Bora H, Tyagi RK, Alam MS, Choudhary V, Mittra P, Lumb V, Bharti PK, Udhayakumar V, Singh N, Jain V, Singh PP, Sharma YD.
         PLoS One. 2012 ;7(8):e43430.
         
     35. Strategies to alleviate original antigenic sin responses to influenza viruses
         Kim JH, Davis WG, Sambhara S, Jacob J.
         Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Aug 21;109(34):13751-6.
         
     36. Prolonged tenofovir treatment of macaques infected with K65R reverse transcriptase mutants of SIV results in the development of antiviral immune responses that control virus replication after drug withdrawal
         Van Rompay KK, Trott KA, Jayashankar K, Geng Y, Labranche CC, Johnson JA, Landucci G, Lipscomb J, Tarara RP, Canfield DR, Heneine W, Forthal DN, Montefiori D, Abel K.
         Retrovirology. 2012 ;9:57.
         

   • Informatics

     37. Towards automatic diabetes case detection and ABCS protocol compliance assessment
         Mishra NK, Son RY, Arnzen JJ.
         Clin Med Res. 2012 Aug;10(3):106-21.
         

   • Laboratory Sciences

     38. For submission to the Clinical and Vaccine Immunology A measles IgG avidity assay: use in classification of measles vaccine failure cases in elimination settings
         Mercader S, Garcia P, Bellini WJ.
         Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2012 Sep 12.
         
     39. Multicenter evaluation of a sequence-based protocol for subtyping Shiga toxins and standardizing stx nomenclature
         Scheutz F, Teel LD, Beutin L, Pierard D, Buvens G, Karch H, Mellmann A, Caprioli A, Tozzoli R, Morabito S, Strockbine NA, Melton-Celsa AR, Sanchez M, Persson S, O'Brien AD.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Sep;50(9):2951-63.
         
     40. Immunotoxicity and allergic potential induced by topical application of dimethyl carbonate (DMC) in a murine model
         Anderson SE, Franko J, Anderson KL, Munson AE, Lukomska E, Meade BJ.
         J Immunotoxicol. 2012 Sep 7.
         
     41. Dried Plasmodium falciparum-infected samples as positive controls for malaria rapid diagnostic tests
         Aidoo M, Patel JC, Barnwell JW.
         Malar J. 2012 ;11(1):239.
         
     42. Redox regulation by Nrf2: gate-keeping for the basal and diabetes-induced expression of thioredoxin interacting protein
         He X, Ma Q.
         Mol Pharmacol. 2012 Aug 6.
         
     43. Molecular basis of electrophilic and oxidative defense: promises and perils of Nrf2
         Ma Q, He X.
         Pharmacol Rev. 2012 Sep 10.
         
     44. Molecular epidemiology of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses from Pakistan in 2009-2010
         Bashir Aamir U, Badar N, Mehmood MR, Nisar N, Suleman RM, Shaukat S, Sharif S, Kamran J, Zaidi SS, Kazi BM, Gubareva L, Xu X, Garten R, Klimov A.
         PLoS One. 2012 ;7(8):e41866.
         
     45. Differential mouse pulmonary dose- and time course-responses to titanium dioxide nanospheres and nanobelts
         Porter DW, Wu N, Hubbs A, Mercer R, Funk K, Meng F, Li J, Wolfarth M, Battelli L, Friend S, Andrew M, Hamilton R, Sriram K, Yang F, Castranova V, Holian A.
         Toxicol Sci. 2012 Sep 5.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     46. Associations between maternal prepregnancy body mass index and child neurodevelopment at 2 years of age
         Hinkle SN, Schieve LA, Stein AD, Swan DW, Ramakrishnan U, Sharma AJ.
         Int J Obes (Lond). 2012 Sep 11.
         
     47. Cervical cancer screening in the US-Mexico border region: a binational analysis
         Herrera DG, Schiefelbein EL, Smith R, Rojas R, Mirchandani GG, McDonald JA.
         Matern Child Health J. 2012 Sep 11.
         

   • Parasitic Diseases

     48. Two functional reticulocyte binding-like (RBL) invasion ligands of zoonotic Plasmodium knowlesi exhibit differential adhesion to monkey and human erythrocytes
         Semenya AA, Tran TM, Meyer EV, Barnwell JW, Galinski MR.
         Malar J. 2012 ;11:228.
         

   • Program Evaluation

     49. Formal theory versus stakeholder theory: new insights from a tobacco-focused prevention program evaluation
         Chen HT, Turner NC.
         Am J Eval. 2012 Sep;33(3):395-413.
         
     50. "What took you so long?" The impact of PEPFAR on the expansion of HIV testing and counseling services in Africa
         Marum E, Taegtmeyer M, Parekh B, Mugo N, Lembariti S, Phiri M, Moore J, Cheng AS.
         J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2012 Aug 15;60 Suppl 3:S63-9.
         
     51. Beyond indicators: advances in global HIV monitoring and evaluation during the PEPFAR era
         Porter LE, Bouey PD, Curtis S, Hochgesang M, Idele P, Jefferson B, Lemma W, Myrick R, Nuwagaba-Biribonwoha H, Prybylski D, Souteyrand Y, Tulli T.
         J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2012 Aug 15;60 Suppl 3:S120-6.
         
     52. An analysis of content in comprehensive cancer control plans that address chronic hepatitis B and C virus infections as major risk factors for liver cancer
         Momin B, Richardson L.
         J Community Health. 2012 Aug;37(4):912-6.
         
     53. Evaluation of a toolkit to introduce standing orders for influenza and pneumococcal vaccination in adults: a multimodal pilot project
         Nowalk MP, Nutini J, Raymund M, Ahmed F, Albert SM, Zimmerman RK.
         Vaccine. 2012 Sep 7;30(41):5978-82.
         

   • Public Health Leadership and Management

     54. Voluntary medical male circumcision: an HIV prevention priority for PEPFAR
         Reed JB, Njeuhmeli E, Thomas AG, Bacon MC, Bailey R, Cherutich P, Curran K, Dickson K, Farley T, Hankins C, Hatzold K, Justman J, Mwandi Z, Nkinsi L, Ridzon R, Ryan C, Bock N.
         J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2012 Aug 15;60 Suppl 3:S88-95.
         

   • Substance Use and Abuse

     55. Smoking and health-related quality of life among U.S. adolescents
         Dube SR, Thompson W, Homa DM, Zack MM.
         Nicotine Tob Res. 2012 Sep 10.
         

   • Veterinary Medicine

     56. Identity and public health potential of Cryptosporidium spp. in water buffalo calves in Egypt
         Amer S, Zidan S, Feng Y, Adamu H, Li N, Xiao L.
         Vet Parasitol. 2012 Aug 24.
         

   • Zoonoses

     57. Experimental infection of three laboratory mouse stocks with a shrew origin Bartonella elizabethae strain: an evaluation of bacterial host switching potential
         Colton L, Kabeya H, Kosoy M.
         Infect Ecol Epidemiol. 2012 ;2.
         
     58. Ecology of zoonotic infectious diseases in bats: current knowledge and future directions
         Hayman DT, Bowen RA, Cryan PM, McCracken GF, O'Shea TJ, Peel AJ, Gilbert A, Webb CT, Wood JL.
         Zoonoses Public Health. 2012 Sep 7.
         
   
   

3. Public Health Articles Noted in the Media

   
   Articles about important public health topics that have been mentioned in the press.

   • MMWR in the Media

     59. Assessment of household preparedness through training exercises - two metropolitan counties, Tennessee, 2011
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2012 Sep 14;61(36):720-2.
         
     60. Household preparedness for public health emergencies - 14 states, 2006-2010
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2012 Sep 14;61(36):713-9.
         

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions

     61. Prevalence of periodontitis in adults in the United States: 2009 and 2010
         Eke PI, Dye BA, Wei L, Thornton-Evans GO, Genco RJ.
         J Dent Res. 2012 Aug 30.
         

   • Environmental Health

     62. Road traffic noise: annoyance, sleep disturbance, and public health implications
         Kim M, Chang SI, Seong JC, Holt JB, Park TH, Ko JH, Croft JB.
         Am J Prev Med. 2012 Sep 11.
         
   
   

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