CDC Science Clips: Volume 7, Issue 17,  April 28, 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.

   • Chronic Diseases and Conditions

     • Determinants of venous thromboembolism among hospitalizations of US adults: a multilevel analysis
       Tsai J, Grant AM, Beckman MG, Grosse SD, Yusuf HR, Richardson LC.
       PLoS One. 2015 ;10(4):e0123842.
       

   • Communicable Diseases

     • Outbreak of gastroenteritis in adults due to rotavirus genotype G12P[8]
       Pacilli M, Cortese MM, Smith S, Siston A, Samala U, Bowen MD, Parada JP, Tam KI, Rungsrisuriyachai K, Roy S, Esona MD, Black SR.
       Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Apr 13.
       
     • Measles - United States, January 4-April 2, 2015
       Clemmons NS, Gastanaduy PA, Fiebelkorn AP, Redd SB, Wallace GS.
       MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 Apr 17;64(14):373-376.
       

   • Community Health Services

     • Characteristics of joint use agreements in school districts in the United States: findings from the School Health Policies and Practices Study, 2012
       Everett Jones S, Wendel AM.
       Prev Chronic Dis. 2015 ;12:E50.
       

   • Epidemiology and Surveillance

     • Infectious disease modeling methods as tools for informing response to novel influenza viruses of unknown pandemic potential
       Gambhir M, Bozio C, O'Hagan JJ, Uzicanin A, Johnson LE, Biggerstaff M, Swerdlow DL.
       Clin Infect Dis. 2015 May 1;60 Suppl 1:S11-9.
       

   • Immunity and Immunization

     • Estimating the potential effects of a vaccine program against an emerging influenza pandemic - United States
       Biggerstaff M, Reed C, Swerdlow DL, Gambhir M, Graitcer S, Finelli L, Borse RH, Rasmussen SA, Meltzer MI, Bridges CB.
       Clin Infect Dis. 2015 May 1;60 Suppl 1:S20-9.
       

   • Laboratory Sciences

     • Performance of ARCHITECT HCV core antigen test with specimens from US plasma donors and injecting drug users
       Mixson-Hayden T, Dawson GJ, Teshale E, Le T, Cheng K, Drobeniuc J, Ward J, Kamili S.
       J Clin Virol. 2015 May;66:15-8.
       
     • Development of Ss-NIE-1 recombinant antigen based assays for immunodiagnosis of strongyloidiasis
       Rascoe LN, Price C, Shin SH, McAuliffe I, Priest JW, Handali S.
       PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015 Apr;9(4):e0003694.
       
     • Evaluation of locally established reference intervals for hematology and biochemistry parameters in Western Kenya
       Odhiambo C, Oyaro B, Odipo R, Otieno F, Alemnji G, Williamson J, Zeh C.
       PLoS One. 2015 ;10(4):e0123140.
       

   • Nutritional Sciences

     • Assessing the association between natural food folate intake and blood folate concentrations: a systematic review and Bayesian meta-analysis of trials and observational studies
       Marchetta CM, Devine OJ, Crider KS, Tsang BL, Cordero AM, Qi YP, Guo J, Berry RJ, Rosenthal J, Mulinare J, Mersereau P, Hamner HC.
       Nutrients. 2015 ;7(4):2663-86.
       
   
   

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. Association of socioeconomic position with sensory impairment among US working-aged adults
        Chou CF, Beckles GL, Zhang X, Saaddine JB.
        Am J Public Health. 2015 Apr 16:e1-e7.
        
     2. Racial and ethnic differences among amyotrophic lateral sclerosis cases in the United States
        Rechtman L, Jordan H, Wagner L, Horton DK, Kaye W.
        Amyotroph Lateral Scler Frontotemporal Degener. 2015 Mar;16(1-2):65-71.
        
     3. Explaining variation across grantees in breast and cervical cancer screening proportions in the NBCCEDP
        Subramanian S, Tangka FK, Ekwueme DU, Trogdon J, Crouse W, Royalty J.
        Cancer Causes Control. 2015 Apr 4.
        
     4. Invasive cancer incidence - Puerto Rico, 2007-2011
        O'Neil ME, Henley SJ, Singh SD, Wilson RJ, Ortiz-Ortiz KJ, Rios NP, Torres Cintron CR, Luna GT, Zavala Zegarra DE, Ryerson AB.
        MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 Apr 17;64(14):389-393.
        
     5. The association between circulating total folate and folate vitamers with overall survival after postmenopausal breast cancer diagnosis
        McEligot AJ, Ziogas A, Pfeiffer CM, Fazili Z, Anton-Culver H.
        Nutr Cancer. 2015 Apr;67(3):442-8.
        
     6. Airport noise and self-reported sleep insufficiency, United States, 2008 and 2009
        Holt JB, Zhang X, Sizov N, Croft JB.
        Prev Chronic Dis. 2015 ;12:E49.
        

   • Communicable Diseases

     7. High mortality among non-HIV-infected people who inject drugs in Bangkok, Thailand, 2005-2012
        Vanichseni S, Martin M, Suntharasamai P, Sangkum U, Mock PA, Gvetadze RJ, Curlin ME, Leethochawalit M, Chiamwongpaet S, Chaipung B, McNicholl JM, Paxton LA, Kittimunkong S, Choopanya K.
        Am J Public Health. 2015 Apr 16:e1-e6.
        
     8. The high risk of an HIV diagnosis following a diagnosis of syphilis: a population-level analysis of New York City men
        Pathela P, Braunstein SL, Blank S, Shepard C, Schillinger JA.
        Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Apr 13.
        
     9. Hepatitis C virus antibody positivity and predictors among previously undiagnosed adult primary care outpatients: cross-sectional analysis of a multisite retrospective cohort study
        Smith BD, Yartel AK, Krauskopf K, Massoud OI, Brown KA, Fallon MB, Rein DB.
        Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Apr 15;60(8):1145-52.
        
     10. Analysis of risk factors for tuberculous infection following exposure at a homeless shelter
         Munn MS, Duchin JS, Kay M, Pecha M, Thibault CS, Narita M.
         Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2015 May;19(5):570-5.
         
     11. Addressing the challenges of the HIV continuum of care in high-prevalence cities in the United States
         Greenberg AE, Purcell DW, Gordon CM, Barasky RJ, Del Rio C.
         J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2015 May 1;69 Suppl 1:S1-7.
         
     12. Epidemiology of bacterial meningitis in the North American Arctic, 2000-2010
         Gounder PP, Zulz T, Desai S, Stenz F, Rudolph K, Tsang R, Tyrrell GJ, Bruce MG.
         J Infect. 2015 Apr 9.
         
     13. Temporal trends in HIV-1 incidence and risk behaviours in men who have sex with men in Bangkok, Thailand, 2006-13: an observational study
         van Griensven F, Holtz TH, Thienkrua W, Chonwattana W, Wimonsate W, Chaikummao S, Varangrat A, Chemnasiri T, Sukwicha W, Curlin ME, Samandari T, Chitwarakorn A, Mock PA.
         Lancet HIV. 2015 01 Feb;2(2):64-70.
         
     14. Tuberculosis and vitamin D: what's the rest of the story?
         Cegielski P, Vernon A.
         Lancet Infect Dis. 2015 Apr 8.
         
     15. Ebola transmission linked to a single traditional funeral ceremony - Kissidougou, Guinea, December, 2014-January 2015
         Victory KR, Coronado F, Ifono SO, Soropogui T, Dahl BA.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 Apr 17;64(14):386-388.
         
     16. Understanding sexual activity and chlamydia testing rate based on linked national survey and Medicaid claims data
         Tao G, Hua J, Chen JL.
         PLoS One. 2015 ;10(4):e0122927.
         
     17. Sexually transmitted infection clinics as safety net providers: exploring the role of categorical sexually transmitted infection clinics in an era of health care reform
         Pathela P, Klingler EJ, Guerry SL, Bernstein KT, Kerani RP, Llata L, Mark HD, Tabidze I, Rietmeijer CA.
         Sex Transm Dis. 2015 May;42(5):286-93.
         

   • Disaster Control and Emergency Services

     18. Potential demand for respirators and surgical masks during a hypothetical influenza pandemic in the United States
         Carias C, Rainisch G, Shankar M, Adhikari BB, Swerdlow DL, Bower WA, Pillai SK, Meltzer MI, Koonin LM.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2015 May 1;60 Suppl 1:S42-51.
         
     19. Estimates of the demand for mechanical ventilation in the United States during an influenza pandemic
         Meltzer MI, Patel A, Ajao A, Nystrom SV, Koonin LM.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2015 May 1;60 Suppl 1:S52-7.
         
     20. Estimating the United States demand for influenza antivirals and the effect on severe influenza disease during a potential pandemic
         O'Hagan JJ, Wong KK, Campbell AP, Patel A, Swerdlow DL, Fry AM, Koonin LM, Meltzer MI.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2015 May 1;60 Suppl 1:S30-41.
         

   • Epidemiology and Surveillance

     21. Modeling the effect of school closures in a pandemic scenario: exploring two different contact matrices
         Fung IC, Gambhir M, Glasser JW, Gao H, Washington ML, Uzicanin A, Meltzer MI.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2015 May 1;60 Suppl 1:S58-63.
         
     22. Standardizing scenarios to assess the need to respond to an influenza pandemic
         Meltzer MI, Gambhir M, Atkins CY, Swerdlow DL.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2015 May 1;60 Suppl 1:S1-8.
         
     23. Using results from infectious disease modeling to improve the response to a potential H7N9 influenza pandemic
         Rasmussen SA, Redd SC.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2015 May 1;60 Suppl 1:S9-s10.
         
     24. Assessing electronic death registration and American Red Cross systems for mortality surveillance during Hurricane Sandy, October 29-November 10, 2012, New York City
         Howland RE, Madsen AM, Nicaj L, Noe RS, Casey-Lockyer M, Begier E.
         Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2014 Dec;8(6):489-91.
         

   • Food Safety

     25. 2013 multistate outbreaks of Cyclospora cayetanensis infections associated with fresh produce: focus on the Texas investigations
         Abanyie F, Harvey RR, Harris JR, Wiegand RE, Gaul L, Desvignes-Kendrick M, Irvin K, Williams I, Hall RL, Herwaldt B, Gray EB, Qvarnstrom Y, Wise ME, Cantu V, Cantey PT, Bosch S, da Silva A, Fields A, Bishop H, Wellman A, Beal J, Wilson N, Fiore AE, Tauxe R, Lance S, Slutsker L, Parise M.
         Epidemiol Infect. 2015 Apr 13:1-8.
         
     26. Nationwide outbreak of multidrug-resistant Salmonella Heidelberg infections associated with ground turkey: United States, 2011
         Routh JA, Pringle J, Mohr M, Bidol S, Arends K, Adams-Cameron M, Hancock WT, Kissler B, Rickert R, Folster J, Tolar B, Bosch S, Barton Behravesh C, Williams IT, Gieraltowski L.
         Epidemiol Infect. 2015 Apr 13:1-8.
         
     27. Notes from the field: campylobacteriosis outbreak associated with consuming undercooked chicken liver pate - Ohio and Oregon, December 2013-January 2014
         Scott MK, Geissler A, Poissant T, DeBess E, Melius B, Eckmann K, Salehi E, Cieslak PR.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 Apr 17;64(14):399.
         

   • Genetics and Genomics

     28. The genome sequence of four isolates from the family Lichtheimiaceae
         Chibucos MC, Etienne KA, Orvis J, Lee H, Daugherty S, Lockhart SR, Ibrahim AS, Bruno VM.
         Pathog Dis. 2015 Apr 9.
         

   • Healthcare Economics

     29. Cost analysis of tests for the detection of Schistosoma mansoni infection in children in Western Kenya
         Worrell CM, Bartoces M, Karanja DM, Ochola EA, Matete DO, Mwinzi PN, Montgomery SP, Secor WE.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2015 Apr 13.
         
     30. The cost of acute respiratory infections in Northern India: a multi-site study
         Peasah SK, Purakayastha DR, Koul PA, Dawood FS, Saha S, Amarchand R, Broor S, Rastogi V, Assad R, Kaul KA, Widdowson MA, Lal RB, Krishnan A.
         BMC Public Health. 2015 ;15(1):330.
         
     31. Legislations and policies to expand mental health and substance abuse benefits in health insurance plans: a community guide systematic economic review
         Jacob V, Qu S, Chattopadhyay S, Sipe TA, Knopf JA, Goetzel RZ, Finnie R, Thota AB.
         J Ment Health Policy Econ. 2015 Mar;18(1):39-48.
         

   • Immunity and Immunization

     32. Polling places, pharmacies, and public health: Vote & Vax 2012
         Shenson D, Moore RT, Benson W, Anderson LA.
         Am J Public Health. 2015 Apr 16:e1-e4.
         
     33. Interventions to improve adolescent vaccination coverage
         Stokley S.
         J Adolesc Health. 2015 May;56(5 Suppl):S3-4.
         
     34. Field study of fecal excretion as a decision support tool in response to silent reintroduction of wild-type poliovirus 1 into Israel
         Moran-Gilad J, Mendelson E, Burns CC, Bassal R, Gdalevich M, Sofer D, Oberste MS, Shulman LM, Kaliner E, Hindiye M, Mor O, Shahar L, Iber J, Yishay R, Manor J, Lev B, Gamzu R, Grotto I.
         J Clin Virol. 2015 May;66:51-5.
         
     35. Antibody to the influenza neuraminidase: an independent correlate of protection
         Monto AS, Petrie JG, Cross RT, Johnson E, Liu M, Zhong W, Levine M, Katz JM, Ohmit SE.
         J Infect Dis. 2015 Apr 8.
         
     36. Childhood vaccination coverage rates among military dependents in the United States
         Dunn AC, Black CL, Arnold J, Brodine S, Waalen J, Binkin N.
         Pediatrics. 2015 Apr 13.
         

   • Informatics

     37. Towards a framework for evaluating and grading evidence in public health
         Harder T, Abu Sin M, Bosch-Capblanch X, Bruno C, de Carvalho Gomes H, Duclos P, Eckmanns T, Elder R, Ellis S, Forland F, Garner P, James R, Jansen A, Krause G, Levy-Bruhl D, Morgan A, Meerpohl JJ, Norris S, Rehfuess E, Sanchez-Vivar A, Schunemann H, Takla A, Wichmann O, Zingg W, Zuiderent-Jerak T.
         Health Policy. 2015 Mar 23.
         
     38. U.S. general population estimate for "excellent" to "poor" self-rated health item
         Hays RD, Spritzer KL, Thompson WW, Cella D.
         J Gen Intern Med. 2015 Apr 2.
         

   • Laboratory Sciences

     39. Evaluation of point-of-contact circulating cathodic antigen assays for the detection of Schistosoma mansoni infection in low-, moderate-, and high-prevalence schools in Western Kenya
         Foo KT, Blackstock AJ, Ochola EA, Matete DO, Mwinzi PN, Montgomery SP, Karanja DM, Secor WE.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2015 Apr 13.
         
     40. Real-time PCR and sequencing assays for rapid detection and identification of avian schistosomes in environmental samples
         Narayanan J, Mull BJ, Brant SV, Loker ES, Collinson J, Secor WE, Hill VR.
         Appl Environ Microbiol. 2015 Apr 10.
         
     41. Evaluation of using composite HPV genotyping assay results to monitor human papillomavirus infection burden through simulation
         Lin CY.
         BMC Infect Dis. 2015 ;15(1):123.
         
     42. No more monkeying around: primate malaria model systems are key to understanding Plasmodium vivax liver-stage biology, hypnozoites, and relapses
         Joyner C, Barnwell JW, Galinski MR.
         Front Microbiol. 2015 ;6:145.
         
     43. A network-patch methodology for adapting agent-based models for directly transmitted disease to mosquito-borne disease
         Manore CA, Hickmann KS, Hyman JM, Foppa IM, Davis JK, Wesson DM, Mores CN.
         J Biol Dyn. 2015 ;9(1):52-72.
         
     44. Evaluation of DNA extraction methods for the detection of Cytomegalovirus in dried blood spots
         Koontz D, Baecher K, Amin M, Nikolova S, Gallagher M, Dollard S.
         J Clin Virol. 2015 May;66:95-9.
         
     45. A(H7N9) virus results in early induction of proinflammatory cytokine responses in both human lung epithelial and endothelial cells and shows increased human adaptation compared with avian H5N1 virus
         Zeng H, Belser JA, Goldsmith CS, Gustin KM, Veguilla V, Katz JM, Tumpey TM.
         J Virol. 2015 Apr 15;89(8):4655-67.
         
     46. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis for disease monitoring and control
         Besser J.
         Methods Mol Biol. 2015 ;1301:3-7.
         
     47. Molecular subtyping of Clostridium botulinum by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis
         Luquez C, Joseph LA, Maslanka SE.
         Methods Mol Biol. 2015 ;1301:103-13.
         
     48. Sintered indium-tin oxide particles induce pro-inflammatory responses in vitro, in part through inflammasome activation
         Badding MA, Schwegler-Berry D, Park JH, Fix NR, Cummings KJ, Leonard SS.
         PLoS One. 2015 ;10(4):e0124368.
         
     49. Evaluation of an ultrafiltration-based procedure for simultaneous recovery of diverse microbes in source waters
         Kahler AM, Johnson TB, Hahn DH, Narayanan J, Derado G, Hill VR.
         Water. 2015 ;7(3):1202-1216.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     50. Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation joint project to enhance maternal and child health surveillance: focus on collaboration
         Ahluwalia IB, Harrison L, Simpson P, Wako E, Helms Shealy K, Kapaya M, Williams T, Williams L, D'Angelo D.
         J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2015 Apr;24(4):257-60.
         

   • Medicine

     51. Initiatives to enhance primary care delivery: two examples from the field
         Losby JL, House MJ, Osuji T, O'Dell SA, Mirambeau AM, Elmi J, Chappelle E, Schlueter DF.
         Health Serv Res Manag Epidemiol. 2015 ;2.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     52. Letter to the editor: Scientific rigor required for a re-examination of exchange rate for occupational noise measurements Re: Dobie, R.A., & Clark, W.W. (2014) Exchange rates for intermittent and fluctuating occupational noise: a systematic review of studies of human permanent threshold shift, Ear Hear, 35, 86-96
         Morata TC, Themann CL, Byrne DC, Davis RR, Murphy WJ, Stephenson MR.
         Ear Hear. 2015 Apr 10.
         

   • Parasitic Diseases

     53. Infections by intestinal coccidia and Giardia duodenalis
         Cama VA, Mathison BA.
         Clin Lab Med. 2015 .
         

   • Public Health Law

     54. Tribal water rights: exploring dam construction in Indian country
         Church J, Ekechi CO, Hoss A, Larson AJ.
         J Law Med Ethics. 2015 Mar;43 Suppl 1:60-3.
         
     55. Domestic legal preparedness and response to Ebola
         Hodge JG, Penn MS, Ransom M, Jordan JE.
         J Law Med Ethics. 2015 Mar;43 Suppl 1:15-8.
         
     56. Hospitals, collaboration, and community health improvement
         Somerville MH, Seeff L, Hale D, O'Brien DJ.
         J Law Med Ethics. 2015 Mar;43 Suppl 1:56-9.
         

   • Public Health, General

     57. The CDC clearance process: supporting quality science
         Cono J, Jaffe H.
         Am J Public Health. 2015 Apr 16:e1.
         

   • Statistics as Topic

     58. Analysing behavioural risk factor surveillance data by using spatially and temporally varying coefficient models
         Assaf S, Campostrini S, Xu F, Gotway Crawford C.
         J R Stat Soc Ser A Stat Soc. 2015 .
         

   • Substance Use and Abuse

     59. 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, Choiniere CJ, King BA, Cox S, McAfee T, Caraballo RS.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 Apr 17;64(14):381-385.
         

   • Zoonoses

     60. Serological investigation of Heartland virus (Bunyaviridae: Phlebovirus) exposure in wild and domestic animals adjacent to human case sites in Missouri 2012-2013
         Bosco-Lauth AM, Panella NA, Root JJ, Gidlewski T, Lash RR, Harmon JR, Burkhalter KL, Godsey MS, Savage HM, Nicholson WL, Komar N, Brault AC.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2015 Apr 13.
         
     61. Human granulocytic anaplasmosis in the United States from 2008 to 2012: a summary of national surveillance data
         Dahlgren FS, Heitman KN, Drexler NA, Massung RF, Behravesh CB.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2015 Apr 13.
         
     62. Seroepidemiology of leptospirosis in dogs from rural and slum communities of Los Rios Region, Chile
         Lelu M, Munoz-Zanzi C, Higgins B, Galloway R.
         BMC Vet Res. 2015 ;11(1):31.
         
     63. Estimating the global burden of endemic canine rabies
         Hampson K, Coudeville L, Lembo T, Sambo M, Kieffer A, Attlan M, Barrat J, Blanton JD, Briggs DJ, Cleaveland S, Costa P, Freuling CM, Hiby E, Knopf L, Leanes F, Meslin FX, Metlin A, Miranda ME, Muller T, Nel LH, Recuenco S, Rupprecht CE, Schumacher C, Taylor L, Vigilato MA, Zinsstag J, Dushoff J.
         PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015 Apr;9(4):e0003709.
         
   
   

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