CDC Science Clips: Volume 7, Issue 45, November 10, 2015

Each Tuesday, to enhance awareness of emerging scientific knowledge, selected science clips will be posted here for the public health community. The focus is applied public health research and prevention science that has the capacity to improve health now.

1. 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).

   • Statistical Science Awards - Applied Paper, Winner

     1. Multilevel regression and poststratification for small-area estimation of population health outcomes: a case study of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease prevalence using the behavioral risk factor surveillance system
        Zhang X, Holt JB, Lu H, Wheaton AG, Ford ES, Greenlund KJ, Croft JB.
        Am J Epidemiol. 2014 Apr 15;179(8):1025-33.
        

   • Statistical Science Awards - Applied Paper, Honorable Mention

     2. Population red blood cell folate concentrations for prevention of neural tube defects: Bayesian model
        Crider KS, Devine O, Hao L, Dowling NF, Li S, Molloy AM, Li Z, Zhu J, Berry RJ.
        BMJ. 2014 ;349:g4554.
        
     3. How we determined the most reliable solid medium for studying treatment of tuberculosis
        Heilig CM, Feng PJ, Joloba ML, Johnson JL, Morgan K, Gitta P, Boom WH, Mayanja-Kizza H, Eisenach KD, Bozeman L, Goldberg SV.
        Tuberculosis (Edinb). 2014 May;94(3):317-22.
        

   • Statistical Science Awards - Theoretical Paper, Winner

     4. Continuous sequential boundaries for vaccine safety surveillance
        Li R, Stewart B, Weintraub E, McNeil MM.
        Stat Med. 2014 Aug 30;33(19):3387-97.
        

   • Statistical Science Awards - Theoretical Paper, Honorable Mention

     5. Combining information from two data sources with misreporting and incompleteness to assess hospice-use among cancer patients: a multiple imputation approach
        He Y, Landrum MB, Zaslavsky AM.
        Stat Med. 2014 Sep 20;33(21):3710-24.
        
     6. Utilizing population controls in rare-variant case-parent association tests
        Jiang Y, Satten GA, Han Y, Epstein MP, Heinzen EL, Goldstein DB, Allen AS.
        Am J Hum Genet. 2014 Jun 5;94(6):845-53.
        
   
   

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

     7. Trends in mortality from COPD among adults in the United States
        Ford ES.
        Chest. 2015 Oct 1;148(4):962-70.
        
     8. Are the recent secular increases in waist circumference among children and adolescents independent of changes in BMI?
        Freedman DS, Kit BK, Ford ES.
        PLoS One. 2015 ;10(10):e0141056.
        

   • Communicable Diseases

     9. Delayed entry into HIV medical care in a nationally representative sample of HIV-infected adults receiving medical care in the USA
        Robertson M, Wei SC, Beer L, Adedinsewo D, Stockwell S, Dombrowski JC, Johnson C, Skarbinski J.
        AIDS Care. 2015 Oct 23:1-9.
        
     10. Incidence of pneumococcal pneumonia among adults in rural Thailand, 2006-2011: implications for pneumococcal vaccine considerations
         Piralam B, Tomczyk SM, Rhodes JC, Thamthitiwat S, Gregory CJ, Olsen SJ, Praphasiri P, Sawatwong P, Naorat S, Chantra S, Areerat P, Hurst CP, Moore MR, Muangchana C, Baggett HC.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2015 Oct 26.
         
     11. Epidemiology of acute respiratory infections in children - preliminary results of a cohort in a rural north Indian community
         Krishnan A, Amarchand R, Gupta V, Lafond KE, Suliankatchi RA, Saha S, Rai S, Misra P, Purakayastha DR, Wahi A, Sreenivas V, Kapil A, Dawood F, Pandav CS, Broor S, Kapoor SK, Lal R, Widdowson MA.
         BMC Infect Dis. 2015 ;15:462.
         
     12. Incidence of viral respiratory infections in a prospective cohort of outpatient and hospitalized children aged </=5 years and its associated cost in Buenos Aires, Argentina
         Marcone DN, Durand LO, Azziz-Baumgartner E, Vidaurreta S, Ekstrom J, Carballal G, Echavarria M.
         BMC Infect Dis. 2015 ;15:447.
         
     13. Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment outcomes in relation to treatment, initial and acquired second-line drug resistance
         Cegielski JP, Kurbatova E, van der Walt M, Brand J, Ershova J, Tupasi T, Campos Caoili J, Dalton T, Contreras C, Yagui M, Bayona J, Kvasnovsky C, Leimane V, Kuksa L, Chen MP, Via LE, Hwang SH, Wolfgang M, Volchenkov GV, Somova T, Smith SE, Akksilp S, Wattanaamornkiet W, Kim HJ, Kim CK, Kazennyy BY, Khorosheva T, Kliiman K, Viiklepp P, Jou R, Huang AS, Vasilyeva IA, Demikhova OV.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Oct 27.
         
     14. Epidemiologic, virologic, and host genetic factors of norovirus outbreaks in long-term care facilities
         Costantini VP, Cooper EM, Hardaker HL, Lee LE, Bierhoff M, Biggs C, Cieslak PR, Hall AJ, Vinje J.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Oct 26.
         
     15. Mycotic infections acquired outside areas of known endemicity, United States
         Benedict K, Thompson GR, Deresinski S, Chiller T.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Nov;21(11):1935-41.
         
     16. Contact tracing activities during the Ebola virus disease epidemic in Kindia and Faranah, Guinea, 2014
         Dixon MG, Taylor MM, Dee J, Hakim A, Cantey P, Lim T, Bah H, Camara SM, Ndongmo CB, Togba M, Toure LY, Bilivogui P, Sylla M, Kinzer M, Coronado F, Tongren JE, Swaminathan M, Mandigny L, Diallo B, Seyler T, Rondy M, Rodier G, Perea WA, Dahl B.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Nov;21(11):2022-8.
         
     17. Epidemiology of primary multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, Vladimir Region, Russia
         Ershova JV, Volchenkov GV, Kaminski DA, Somova TR, Kuznetsova TA, Kaunetis NV, Cegielski JP, Kurbatova EV.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Nov;21(11):2048-51.
         
     18. Association of higher MERS-CoV virus load with severe disease and death, Saudi Arabia, 2014
         Feikin DR, Alraddadi B, Qutub M, Shabouni O, Curns A, Oboho IK, Tomczyk SM, Wolff B, Watson JT, Madani TA.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Nov;21(11):2029-35.
         
     19. Ebola in West Africa - CDC's role in epidemic detection, control, and prevention
         Frieden TR, Damon IK.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Nov;21(11):1897-905.
         
     20. Influenza hospitalization epidemiology from a severe acute respiratory infection surveillance system in Jordan, January 2008-February 2014
         Al-Abdallat M, Dawson P, Haddadin AJ, El-Shoubary W, Dueger E, Al-Sanouri T, Said MM, Talaat M.
         Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2015 Oct 27.
         
     21. Modelling and estimation of HIV prevalence and number of people living with HIV in India, 2010-2011
         Raj Y, Sahu D, Pandey A, Venkatesh S, Reddy D, Bakkali T, Das C, Singh KJ, Kant S, Bhattacharya M, Stover J, Jha UM, Kumar P, Mishra RM, Chandra N, Gulati BK, Mathur S, Joshi D, Chavan L.
         Int J STD AIDS. 2015 Oct 22.
         
     22. The kynurenine pathway of tryptophan catabolism and AIDS-associated Kaposi sarcoma in Africa
         Byakwaga H, Hunt PW, Laker-Oketta M, Glidden DV, Huang Y, Bwana BM, Mocello AR, Bennett J, Walusansa V, Dollard SC, Bangsberg DR, Mbidde EK, Martin JN.
         J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2015 Nov 1;70(3):296-303.
         
     23. Delivery of HIV transmission risk-reduction services by HIV care providers in the United States-2013
         Beer L, Weiser J, West BT, Duke C, Gremel G, Skarbinski J.
         J Int Assoc Provid AIDS Care. 2015 Oct 23.
         
     24. Integrating antiretroviral strategies for human immunodeficiency virus prevention: post- and pre-exposure prophylaxis and early treatment
         Grant RM, Smith DK.
         Open Forum Infect Dis. 2015 Dec;2(4):ofv126.
         
     25. Potential exposure to Ebola virus from body fluids due to ambulance compartment permeability in Sierra Leone
         Casey ML, Nguyen DT, Idriss B, Bennett S, Dunn A, Martin S.
         Prehosp Disaster Med. 2015 Oct 28:1-3.
         

   • Disease Reservoirs and Vectors

     26. Climatic influences on Cryptoccoccus gattii populations, Vancouver Island, Canada, 2002-2004
         Uejio CK, Mak S, Manangan A, Luber G, Bartlett KH.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Nov;21(11):1989-96.
         
     27. Effect of Rickettsia rickettsii (Rickettsiales: rickettsiaceae) infection on the biological parameters and survival of its tick vector-Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae)
         Schumacher L, Snellgrove A, Levin ML.
         J Med Entomol. 2015 Oct 22.
         
     28. Surveillance for Borrelia burgdorferi in Ixodes ticks and small rodents in British Columbia
         Morshed MG, Lee MK, Man S, Fernando K, Wong Q, Hojgaard A, Tang P, Mak S, Henry B, Patrick DM.
         Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2015 Oct 26.
         

   • Drug Safety

     29. Associations between different sedatives and ventilator-associated events, length-of-stay, and mortality in mechanically ventilated patients
         Klompas M, Li L, Szumita P, Kleinman K, Murphy MV.
         Chest. 2015 Oct 22.
         
     30. Update on multistate outbreak of fungal infections associated with contaminated methylprednisolone injections, 2012-2014
         McCotter OZ, Smith RM, Westercamp M, Kerkering TM, Malani AN, Latham R, Peglow SL, Mody RK, Pappas PG, Chiller TM.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 ;64(42):1200-1.
         
     31. Association between outpatient antibiotic prescribing practices and community-associated Clostridium difficile Infection
         Dantes R, Mu Y, Hicks LA, Cohen J, Bamberg W, Beldavs ZG, Dumyati G, Farley MM, Holzbauer S, Meek J, Phipps E, Wilson L, Winston LG, McDonald LC, Lessa FC.
         Open Forum Infect Dis. 2015 Sep;2(3):ofv113.
         

   • Environmental Health

     32. Recent research on Gulf War illness and other health problems in veterans of the 1991 Gulf War: Effects of toxicant exposures during deployment
         White RF, Steele L, O'Callaghan JP, Sullivan K, Binns JH, Golomb BA, Bloom FE, Bunker JA, Crawford F, Graves JC, Hardie A, Klimas N, Knox M, Meggs WJ, Melling J, Philbert MA, Grashow R.
         Cortex. 2015 Sep 25.
         
     33. VOCs emissions from multiple wood pellet types and concentrations in indoor air
         Soto-Garcia L, Ashley WJ, Bregg S, Walier D, Lebouf R, Hopke PK, Rossner A.
         Energy Fuels. 2015 ;29(10):6485-6493.
         
     34. Windows of sensitivity to toxic chemicals in the development of cleft palates
         Buser MC, Pohl HR.
         J Toxicol Environ Health B Crit Rev. 2015 ;18(5):242-57.
         
     35. Summary of notifiable noninfectious conditions and disease outbreaks: childhood blood lead levels - United States, 2007-2012
         Raymond J, Brown MJ.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 ;62(54):76-80.
         

   • Epidemiology and Surveillance

     36. Serum total testosterone concentrations in the US household population from the NHANES 2011-2012 study population
         Vesper HW, Wang Y, Vidal M, Cook Botelho J, Caudill SP.
         Clin Chem. 2015 Oct 28.
         
     37. Summary of notifiable noninfectious conditions and disease outbreaks: introduction to the summary of notifiable noninfectious conditions and disease outbreaks - United States
         Coates RJ, Jajosky RA, Stanbury M, Macdonald SC.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 ;62(54):1-4.
         
     38. Summary of notifiable noninfectious conditions and disease outbreaks: foodborne and waterborne disease outbreaks - United States, 1971-2012
         Dewey-Mattia D, Roberts V, Yoder J, Gould LH.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 ;62(54):86-9.
         
     39. Active bacterial core surveillance for Legionellosis - United States, 2011-2013
         Dooling KL, Toews KA, Hicks LA, Garrison LE, Bachaus B, Zansky S, Carpenter LR, Schaffner B, Parker E, Petit S, Thomas A, Thomas S, Mansmann R, Morin C, White B, Langley GE.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 ;64(42):1190-3.
         
     40. Summary of notifiable noninfectious conditions and disease outbreaks: surveillance for cancer incidence and mortality - United States, 2011
         Singh SD, Henley SJ, Ryerson AB.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 ;62(54):11-51.
         
     41. Technology and data collection in chronic disease epidemiology
         Holt JB.
         Prev Chronic Dis. 2015 ;12:E187.
         

   • Food Safety

     42. Outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections associated with dairy education event attendance - Whatcom County, Washington, 2015
         Curran K, Heiman KE, Singh T, Doobovsky Z, Hensley J, Melius B, Burnworth L, Williams I, Nichols M.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 ;64(42):1202-3.
         

   • Genetics and Genomics

     43. Host genetic susceptibility to enteric viruses: a systematic review and metaanalysis
         Kambhampati A, Payne DC, Costantini V, Lopman BA.
         Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Oct 26.
         
     44. Characterization of the proteins associated with Caulobacter crescentus bacteriophage CbK particles
         Callahan CT, Wilson KM, Ely B.
         Curr Microbiol. 2015 Oct 13.
         
     45. G2P[4]-RotaTeq reassortant rotavirus in vaccinated child, United States
         Roy S, Rungsrisuriyachai K, Esona MD, Boom JA, Sahni LC, Rench MA, Baker CJ, Wikswo ME, Payne DC, Parashar UD, Bowen MD.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Nov;21(11):2103-4.
         

   • Health Economics

     46. Cost-effectiveness of active-passive prophylaxis and antiviral prophylaxis during pregnancy to prevent perinatal hepatitis B virus infection
         Fan L, Owusu-Edusei K, Schillie SF, Murphy TV.
         Hepatology. 2015 Oct 28.
         
     47. Human papillomavirus vaccination coverage among female adolescents in managed care plans - United States, 2013
         Ng J, Ye F, Roth L, Sobel K, Byron S, Barton M, Lindley M, Stokley S.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 ;64(42):1185-9.
         
     48. State medicaid coverage for tobacco cessation treatments and barriers to coverage - United States, 2014-2015
         Singleterry J, Jump Z, DiGiulio A, Babb S, Sneegas K, MacNeil A, Zhang L, Williams KA.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 ;64(42):1194-9.
         

   • Healthcare Associated Infections

     49. 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. 2015 Oct 26:1-3.
         

   • Immunity and Immunization

     50. Association of Tdap vaccination with acute events and adverse birth outcomes among pregnant women with prior tetanus-containing immunizations
         Sukumaran L, McCarthy NL, Kharbanda EO, McNeil MM, Naleway AL, Klein NP, Jackson ML, Hambidge SJ, Lugg MM, Li R, Weintraub ES, Bednarczyk RA, King JP, DeStefano F, Orenstein WA, Omer SB.
         JAMA. 2015 Oct 20;314(15):1581-7.
         
     51. Pneumococcal prevention gets older and wiser
         Schuchat A.
         JAMA Intern Med. 2015 Oct 26:1-2.
         
     52. In-hospital pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccination is associated with detection of pneumococcal vaccine serotypes in adults hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia
         Grijalva CG, Wunderink RG, Zhu Y, Williams DJ, Balk R, Fakhran S, Courtney DM, Anderson EJ, Qi C, Trabue C, Pavia AT, Moore MR, Jain S, Edwards KM, Self WH.
         Open Forum Infect Dis. 2015 Dec;2(4):ofv135.
         
     53. HPV vaccination coverage of male adolescents in the United States
         Lu PJ, Yankey D, Jeyarajah J, O'Halloran A, Elam-Evans LD, Smith PJ, Stokley S, Singleton JA, Dunne EF.
         Pediatrics. 2015 Oct 26.
         
     54. Risk of injection-site abscess among infants receiving a preservative-free, two-dose vial formulation of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Kenya
         Burton DC, Bigogo GM, Audi AO, Williamson J, Munge K, Wafula J, Ouma D, Khagayi S, Mugoya I, Mburu J, Muema S, Bauni E, Bwanaali T, Feikin DR, Ochieng PM, Mogeni OD, Otieno GA, Olack B, Kamau T, Van Dyke MK, Chen R, Farrington P, Montgomery JM, Breiman RF, Scott JA, Laserson KF.
         PLoS One. 2015 ;10(10):e0141896.
         
     55. An anti-influenza virus antibody inhibits viral infection by reducing nucleus entry of influenza nucleoprotein
         Yoon A, Yi KS, Chang SY, Kim SH, Song M, Choi JA, Bourgeois M, Hossain MJ, Chen LM, Donis RO, Kim H, Lee Y, Hwang do B, Min JY, Chang SJ, Chung J.
         PLoS One. 2015 ;10(10):e0141312.
         

   • Injury and Violence

     56. Effectiveness of a statewide abusive head trauma prevention program in North Carolina
         Zolotor AJ, Runyan DK, Shanahan M, Durrance CP, Nocera M, Sullivan K, Klevens J, Murphy R, Barr M, Barr RG.
         JAMA Pediatr. 2015 Oct 26:1-6.
         

   • Laboratory Sciences

     57. Gas-phase reaction products and yields of terpinolene with ozone and nitric oxide using a new derivatization agent
         Ham JE, Jackson SR, Harrison JC, Wells JR.
         Atmos Environ. 2015 ;122:513-520.
         
     58. Assessing the impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines on invasive pneumococcal disease using polymerase chain reaction-based surveillance: an experience from South Africa
         Tempia S, Wolter N, Cohen C, Walaza S, von Mollendorf C, Cohen AL, Moyes J, de Gouveia L, Nzenze S, Treurnicht F, Venter M, Groome MJ, Madhi SA, von Gottberg A.
         BMC Infect Dis. 2015 ;15:450.
         
     59. Detection of the HA-33 protein in botulinum neurotoxin type G complex by mass spectrometry
         Kalb SR, Baudys J, Barr JR.
         BMC Microbiol. 2015 ;15(1):227.
         
     60. Survey of influenza and other respiratory viruses diagnostic testing in US hospitals, 2012-13
         Su S, Fry AM, Kirley PD, Aragon D, Yousey-Hindes K, Meek J, Openo K, Oni O, Sharangpani R, Morin C, Hollick G, Lung K, Laidler M, Lindegren ML, Schaffner W, Atkinson A, Chaves SS.
         Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2015 Oct 27.
         
     61. A molecular sensor to characterize arenavirus envelope glycoprotein cleavage by subtilisin kexin isozyme-1 (SKI-1)/site-1 protease (S1P)
         Oppliger J, da Palma JR, Burri DJ, Bergeron E, Khatib AM, Spiropoulou CF, Pasquato A, Kunz S.
         J Virol. 2015 Oct 28.
         
     62. Human norovirus culture in B cells
         Jones MK, Grau KR, Costantini V, Kolawole AO, de Graaf M, Freiden P, Graves CL, Koopmans M, Wallet SM, Tibbetts SA, Schultz-Cherry S, Wobus CE, Vinje J, Karst SM.
         Nat Protoc. 2015 Dec;10(12):1939-47.
         
     63. A real-time PCR assay for detection of the Ehrlichia muris-like agent, a newly recognized pathogen of humans in the upper Midwestern United States
         Allerdice ME, Pritt BS, Sloan LM, Paddock CD, Karpathy SE.
         Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2015 Oct 21.
         
     64. ICAM-1 regulates the survival of influenza virus in lung epithelial cells during the early stages of infection
         Othumpangat S, Noti JD, McMillen CM, Beezhold DH.
         Virology. 2015 Oct 22;487:85-94.
         

   • Maternal and Child Health

     65. Growth charts for children with Down syndrome in the United States
         Zemel BS, Pipan M, Stallings VA, Hall W, Schadt K, Freedman DS, Thorpe P.
         Pediatrics. 2015 Oct 26.
         

   • Nutritional Sciences

     66. Calcium plus vitamin D supplementation and risk of fractures: an updated meta-analysis from the National Osteoporosis Foundation
         Weaver CM, Alexander DD, Boushey CJ, Dawson-Hughes B, Lappe JM, LeBoff MS, Liu S, Looker AC, Wallace TC, Wang DD.
         Osteoporos Int. 2015 Oct 28.
         
     67. The state of evaluation research on food policies to reduce obesity and diabetes among adults in the United States, 2000-2011
         Freudenberg N, Franzosa E, Sohler N, Li R, Devlin H, Albu J.
         Prev Chronic Dis. 2015 ;12:E182.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health

     68. A source-based measurement database for occupational exposure assessment of electromagnetic fields in the INTEROCC study: a literature review approach
         Vila J, Bowman JD, Richardson L, Kincl L, Conover DL, McLean D, Mann S, Vecchia P, van Tongeren M, Cardis E.
         Ann Occup Hyg. 2015 Oct 21.
         
     69. Coccidioidomycosis among workers constructing solar power farms, California, USA, 2011-2014
         Wilken JA, Sondermeyer G, Shusterman D, McNary J, Vugia DJ, McDowell A, Borenstein P, Gilliss D, Ancock B, Prudhomme J, Gold D, Windham GC, Lee L, Materna BL.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Nov;21(11):1997-2005.
         
     70. Summary of notifiable noninfectious conditions and disease outbreaks: acute occupational pesticide-related illness and injury - United States, 2007-2010
         Calvert GM, Beckman J, Prado JB, Bojes H, Mulay P, Lackovic M, Waltz J, Schwartz A, Mitchell Y, Moraga-McHaley S, Leinenkugel K, Higgins S.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 ;62(54):5-10.
         
     71. Summary of notifiable noninfectious conditions and disease outbreaks: surveillance for silicosis - Michigan and New Jersey, 2003-2010
         Filios MS, Mazurek JM, Schleiff PL, Reilly MJ, Rosenman KD, Lumia ME, Worthington K.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 ;62(54):81-5.
         

   • Occupational Safety and Health - Mining

     72. Lung pathology in U.S. coal workers with rapidly progressive pneumoconiosis implicates silica and silicates
         Cohen RA, Petsonk EL, Rose C, Young B, Regier MP, Najmuddin AM, Abraham JL, Churg A, Green FH.
         Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2015 Oct 29.
         
     73. Cardiac and mitochondrial dysfunction following acute pulmonary exposure to mountaintop removal mining particulate matter
         Nichols CE, Shepherd DL, Knuckles TL, Thapa D, Stricker JC, Stapleton PA, Minarchick VC, Erdely A, Zeidler-Erdely PC, Alway SE, Nurkiewicz TR, Hollander JM.
         Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2015 Oct 23:ajpheart 00353 2015.
         
     74. Shale failure mechanics and intervention measures in underground coal mines: results from 50 years of ground control safety research
         Murphy MM.
         Rock Mech Rock Eng. 2015 .
         

   • Parasitic Diseases

     75. One hundred years after its discovery in Guatemala by Rodolfo Robles, Onchocerca volvulus transmission has been eliminated from the Central Endemic Zone
         Richards F, Rizzo N, Diaz Espinoza CE, Morales Monroy Z, Crovella Valdez CG, de Cabrera RM, de Leon O, Zea-Flores G, Sauerbrey M, Morales AL, Rios D, Unnasch TR, Hassan HK, Klein R, Eberhard M, Cupp E, Dominguez A.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2015 Oct 26.
         

   • Public Health, General

     76. Shattuck lecture: The future of public health
         Frieden TR.
         N Engl J Med. 2015 Oct 29;373(18):1748-54.
         

   • Statistics as Topic

     77. A simple approach for sample size calculation for comparing two concordance correlation coefficients estimated on the same subjects
         Lin HM, Williamson JM.
         J Biopharm Stat. 2015 ;25(6):1145-60.
         

   • Veterinary Medicine

     78. Freshwater harmful algal blooms and cyanotoxin poisoning in domestic dogs
         Cherry C, Buttke D, Wong D.
         J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2015 ;247(9):1004-1005.
         

   • Zoonoses

     79. Development and characterization of monoclonal antibodies directed against the nucleoprotein of Heartland virus
         Calvert AE, Brault AC.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2015 Oct 26.
         
     80. Expanding range of Amblyomma americanum and simultaneous changes in the epidemiology of spotted fever group Rickettsiosis in the United States
         Dahlgren FS, Paddock CD, Springer YP, Eisen RJ, Behravesh CB.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2015 Oct 26.
         
     81. Dengue knowledge and preventive practices in Iquitos, Peru
         Paz-Soldan VA, Morrison AC, Cordova Lopez JJ, Lenhart A, Scott TW, Elder JP, Sihuincha M, Kochel TJ, Halsey ES, Astete H, McCall PJ.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2015 Oct 26.
         
     82. No geographic correlation between Lyme disease and death due to 4 neurodegenerative disorders, United States, 2001-2010
         Forrester JD, Kugeler KJ, Perea AE, Pastula DM, Mead PS.
         Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Nov;21(11):2036-9.
         
   
   

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