CDC Science Clips: Volume 7, Issue 8, February 24, 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.
   • Communicable Diseases
     • Civil surgeon tuberculosis evaluations for foreign-born persons seeking permanent U.S. residence
       Bemis K, Thornton A, Rodriguez-Lainz A, Lowenthal P, Escobedo M, Sosa LE, Tibbs A, Sharnprapai S, Moser KS, Cochran J, Lobato MN.
       J Immigr Minor Health. 2015 Feb 13.
       
   • Disease Reservoirs and Vectors
     • Comparison of vector competence of Aedes mediovittatus and Aedes aegypti for dengue virus: implications for dengue control in the Caribbean
       Poole-Smith BK, Hemme RR, Delorey M, Felix G, Gonzalez AL, Amador M, Hunsperger EA, Barrera R.
       PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015 Feb;9(2):e0003462.
       
   • Genetics and Genomics
     • Phenotypic and phylogenetic analysis of Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolates recovered from diarrhea cases in Guangdong Province, China
       Li B, Luo J, Tan H, Ke B, He D, Ke C, Klena JD, Zhang Y.
       Int J Food Microbiol. 2015 Jan 19;200c:13-17.
       
     • Isolation and functional characterization of the novel Clostridium botulinum neurotoxin A8 subtype
       Kull S, Schulz KM, Strotmeier JW, Kirchner S, Schreiber T, Bollenbach A, Dabrowski PW, Nitsche A, Kalb SR, Dorner MB, Barr JR, Rummel A, Dorner BG.
       PLoS One. 2015 ;10(2):e0116381.
       
   • Immunity and Immunization
     • Comparative effectiveness of high-dose versus standard-dose influenza vaccines in US residents aged 65 years and older from 2012 to 2013 using Medicare data: a retrospective cohort analysis
       Izurieta HS, Thadani N, Shay DK, Lu Y, Maurer A, Foppa IM, Franks R, Pratt D, Forshee RA, MaCurdy T, Worrall C, Howery AE, Kelman J.
       Lancet Infect Dis. 2015 Feb 6.
       
   • Laboratory Sciences
     • High-sensitivity MALDI-TOF MS quantification of anthrax lethal toxin for diagnostics and evaluation of medical countermeasures
       Boyer AE, Gallegos-Candela M, Quinn CP, Woolfitt AR, Brumlow JO, Isbell K, Hoffmaster AR, Lins RC, Barr JR.
       Anal Bioanal Chem. 2015 Feb 12.
       
   • Occupational Safety and Health
     • Occupational burns treated in emergency departments
       Reichard AA, Konda S, Jackson LL.
       Am J Ind Med. 2015 Mar;58(3):290-8.
       
     • Are gloves and gowns safe for handling chemotherapy?
       Connor TH, Power LA, Massooml F, Polovich M.
       Pharm Purch Prod. 2015 Jan;12(1):2,4.
       
   • Parasitic Diseases
     • Successful treatment of an adolescent with Naegleria fowleri primary amebic meningoencephalitis
       Linam WM, Ahmed M, Cope JR, Chu C, Visvesvara GS, da Silva AJ, Qvarnstrom Y, Green J.
       Pediatrics. 2015 Feb 9.
       
   • Zoonoses
     • Assessment of transmission, pathogenesis and adaptation of H2 subtype influenza viruses in ferrets
       Pappas C, Yang H, Carney PJ, Pearce MB, Katz JM, Stevens J, Tumpey TM.
       Virology. 2015 Feb 4;477c:61-71.
       
   
   
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. Use of low-dose aspirin as secondary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in US adults (from the National Health Interview Survey, 2012)
        Fang J, George MG, Gindi RM, Hong Y, Yang Q, Ayala C, Ward BW, Loustalot F.
        Am J Cardiol. 2015 Jan 14.
        
     2. Dietary intake of flavonoids and oesophageal and gastric cancer: incidence and survival in the United States of America (USA)
        Petrick JL, Steck SE, Bradshaw PT, Trivers KF, Abrahamson PE, Engel LS, He K, Chow WH, Mayne ST, Risch HA, Vaughan TL, Gammon MD.
        Br J Cancer. 2015 Feb 10.
        
     3. Epilepsy Foundation public awareness campaigns - 2001 through 2013
        Buelow J, Gattone P, Giles W, Kobau R.
        Epilepsy Behav. 2015 Feb 3.
        
     4. Excess cancers among HIV-infected people in the United States
        Robbins HA, Pfeiffer RM, Shiels MS, Li J, Hall HI, Engels EA.
        J Natl Cancer Inst. 2015 Apr;107(4).
        
     5. Using multiple sources of data for surveillance of postoperative venous thromboembolism among surgical patients treated in Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals, 2005-2010
        Nelson RE, Grosse SD, Waitzman NJ, Lin J, DuVall SL, Patterson O, Tsai J, Reyes N.
        Thromb Res. 2015 Jan 26.
        
     6. Measuring quality of life in muscular dystrophy
        Bann CM, Abresch RT, Biesecker B, Conway KC, Heatwole C, Peay H, Scal P, Strober J, Uzark K, Wolff J, Margolis M, Blackwell A, Street N, Montesanti A, Bolen J.
        Neurology. 2015 Feb 6.
        
   • Communicable Diseases
     7. Acceptability and preliminary efficacy of a tailored online HIV/STI testing intervention for young men who have sex with men: the Get Connected! program
        Bauermeister JA, Pingel ES, Jadwin-Cakmak L, Harper GW, Horvath K, Weiss G, Dittus P.
        AIDS Behav. 2015 Feb 1.
        
     8. US hospital preparedness for obstetrics patients with possible Ebola
        Meaney-Delman D, Koonin LM, Jamieson DJ.
        Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2015 Feb 3.
        
     9. Implementation of national HIV screening recommendations in the Indian Health Service
        Reilley B, Leston J, Tulloch S, Neel L, Galope M, Taylor M.
        J Int Assoc Provid AIDS Care. 2015 Feb 5.
        
     10. Use of group quarantine in Ebola control - Nigeria, 2014
         Grigg C, Waziri NE, Olayinka AT, Vertefeuille JF.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 Feb 13;64(5):124.
         
     11. Addressing needs of contacts of Ebola patients during an investigation of an Ebola cluster in the United States - Dallas, Texas, 2014
         Smith CL, Hughes SM, Karwowski MP, Chevalier MS, Hall E, Joyner SN, Ritch J, Smith JC, Weil LM, Chung WM, Schrag S, Santibanez S.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 Feb 13;64(5):121-123.
         
     12. Differences in misreporting of sexual behavior over time: implications for HIV trials
         Gallo MF, Warner L, Hobbs MM, Jamieson DJ, Hylton-Kong T, Steiner MJ.
         Sex Transm Dis. 2015 Mar;42(3):160-1.
         
     13. Associations between psychosocial factors and incidence of sexually transmitted disease among South African adolescents
         O'Leary A, Jemmott JB, Jemmott LS, Teitelman A, Anita Heeren G, Ngwane Z, Icard LD, Lewis DA.
         Sex Transm Dis. 2015 Mar;42(3):135-9.
         
   • Disease Reservoirs and Vectors
     14. Genetically modifying the insect gut microbiota to control Chagas disease vectors through systemic RNAi
         Taracena ML, Oliveira PL, Almendares O, Umana C, Lowenberger C, Dotson EM, Paiva-Silva GO, Pennington PM.
         PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015 Feb;9(2):e0003358.
         
   • Environmental Health
     15. A simple procedure for estimating pseudo risk ratios from exposure to non-carcinogenic chemical mixtures
         Scinicariello F, Portier C.
         Arch Toxicol. 2015 Feb 11.
         
     16. Differences in grass pollen allergen exposure across Australia
         Beggs PJ, Katelaris CH, Medek D, Johnston FH, Burton PK, Campbell B, Jaggard AK, Vicendese D, Bowman DM, Godwin I, Huete AR, Erbas B, Green BJ, Newnham RM, Newbigin E, Haberle SG, Davies JM.
         Aust N Z J Public Health. 2015 Feb;39(1):51-5.
         
   • Genetics and Genomics
     17. Examination of genetic variants involved in generation and biodisposition of kinins in patients with angioedema
         Levy J, Rivard GE, Wagner E, Beezhold D, Berlin N, Fan L, Zhang Z, Sussman GL.
         Allergy Asthma Clin Immunol. 2014 ;10(1):60.
         
   • Healthcare Economics
     18. The relation between tobacco taxes and youth and young adult smoking: what happened following the 2009 U.S. federal tax increase on cigarettes?
         van Hasselt M, Kruger J, Han B, Caraballo RS, Penne MA, Loomis B, Gfroerer JC.
         Addict Behav. 2015 Jan 19;45c:104-109.
         
   • Immunity and Immunization
     19. Effect of use of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in children on invasive pneumococcal disease in children and adults in the USA: analysis of multisite, population-based surveillance
         Moore MR, Link-Gelles R, Schaffner W, Lynfield R, Lexau C, Bennett NM, Petit S, Zansky SM, Harrison LH, Reingold A, Miller L, Scherzinger K, Thomas A, Farley MM, Zell ER, Taylor TH, Pondo T, Rodgers L, McGee L, Beall B, Jorgensen JH, Whitney CG.
         Lancet Infect Dis. 2015 Feb 2.
         
     20. The development of global vaccine stockpiles
         Yen C, Hyde TB, Costa AJ, Fernandez K, Tam JS, Hugonnet S, Huvos AM, Duclos P, Dietz VJ, Burkholder BT.
         Lancet Infect Dis. 2015 Feb 5.
         
   • Informatics
     21. Complex interventions and their implications for systematic reviews: a pragmatic approach
         Petticrew M, Anderson L, Elder R, Grimshaw J, Hopkins D, Hahn R, Krause L, Kristjansson E, Mercer S, Sipe T, Tugwell P, Ueffing E, Waters E, Welch V.
         Int J Nurs Stud. 2015 Jan 9.
         
   • Injury and Violence
     22. Notes from the field: prevalence of risk factors for suicide among veterinarians - United States, 2014
         Nett RJ, Witte TK, Holzbauer SM, Elchos BL, Campagnolo ER, Musgrave KJ, Carter KK, Kurkjian KM, Vanicek C, O'Leary DR, Pride KR, Funk RH.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 Feb 13;64(5):131-132.
         
   • Laboratory Sciences
     23. Effectiveness of practices for improving the diagnostic accuracy of non ST elevation myocardial infarction in the emergency department: a Laboratory Medicine Best Practices systematic review
         Layfield C, Rose J, Alford A, Snyder SR, Apple FS, Chowdhury FM, Kontos MC, Newby LK, Storrow AB, Tanasijevic M, Leibach E, Shaw C, Liebow EB, Christenson RH.
         Clin Biochem. 2015 Feb 7.
         
     24. Lack of in vitro-in vivo correlation for a UC781-releasing vaginal ring in macaques
         McConville C, Smith JM, McCoy CF, Srinivasan P, Mitchell J, Holder A, Otten RA, Butera S, Doncel GF, Friend DR, Malcolm RK.
         Drug Deliv Transl Res. 2015 ;5(1):27-37.
         
     25. Improving newborn screening for cystic fibrosis using next-generation sequencing technology: a technical feasibility study
         Baker MW, Atkins AE, Cordovado SK, Hendrix M, Earley MC, Farrell PM.
         Genet Med. 2015 Feb 12.
         
     26. Serratia marcescens is injurious to intestinal epithelial cells
         Ochieng JB, Boisen N, Lindsay B, Santiago A, Ouma C, Ombok M, Fields B, Stine OC, Nataro JP.
         Gut Microbes. 2014 Nov 2;5(6):729-36.
         
     27. Variola virus specific diagnostic assays: characterization, sensitivity, and specificity
         Kondas AV, Olson VA, Li Y, Abel J, Laker M, Rose L, Wilkins K, Turner J, Kline R, Damon IK.
         J Clin Microbiol. 2015 Feb 11.
         
     28. A(H7N9) virus results in early induction of proinflammatory cytokine responses in both human lung epithelial and endothelial cells and shows increased human adaption compared with avian H5N1 virus
         Zeng H, Belser JA, Goldsmith CS, Gustin KM, Veguilla V, Katz JM, Tumpey TM.
         J Virol. 2015 Feb 11.
         
     29. Structural characterization of a protective epitope spanning A(H1N1)pdm09 influenza virus neuraminidase monomers
         Wan H, Yang H, Shore DA, Garten RJ, Couzens L, Gao J, Jiang L, Carney PJ, Villanueva J, Stevens J, Eichelberger MC.
         Nat Commun. 2015 ;6:6114.
         
     30. Oncoprotein mdig contributes to silica-induced pulmonary fibrosis by altering balance between Th17 and Treg T cells
         Thakur C, Wolfarth M, Sun J, Zhang Y, Lu Y, Battelli L, Porter DW, Chen F.
         Oncotarget. 2015 Feb 9.
         
   • Maternal and Child Health
     31. Seroprevalence of cytomegalovirus among children 1 to 5 years of age in the United States from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey of 2011 to 2012
         Lanzieri TM, Kruszon-Moran D, Amin MM, Bialek SR, Cannon MJ, Carroll MD, Dollard SC.
         Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2015 Feb;22(2):245-7.
         
     32. Lessons from mother: long-term impact of antibodies in breast milk on the gut microbiota and intestinal immune system of breastfed offspring
         Rogier EW, Frantz AL, Bruno ME, Wedlund L, Cohen DA, Stromberg AJ, Kaetzel CS.
         Gut Microbes. 2014 Sep 3;5(5):663-8.
         
     33. Postdiarrheal hemolytic uremic syndrome in United States children: clinical spectrum and predictors of in-hospital death
         Mody RK, Gu W, Griffin PM, Jones TF, Rounds J, Shiferaw B, Tobin-D'Angelo M, Smith G, Spina N, Hurd S, Lathrop S, Palmer A, Boothe E, Luna-Gierke RE, Hoekstra RM.
         J Pediatr. 2015 Feb 4.
         
   • Occupational Safety and Health
     34. Breast cancer incidence in a cohort of U.S. flight attendants
         Schubauer-Berigan MK, Anderson JL, Hein MJ, Little MP, Sigurdson AJ, Pinkerton LE.
         Am J Ind Med. 2015 Mar;58(3):252-66.
         
     35. Evaluation of pulmonary and systemic toxicity of oil dispersant (COREXIT EC9500A) following acute repeated inhalation exposure
         Roberts JR, Anderson SE, Kan H, Krajnak K, Thompson JA, Kenyon A, Goldsmith WT, McKinney W, Frazer D, Jackson M, Fedan JS.
         Environ Health Insights. 2015 02/09;8(Suppl. 1):63-74.
         
     36. Commentary on the contributions and future role of occupational exposure science in a vision and strategy for the discipline of exposure science
         Harper M, Weis C, Pleil JD, Blount BC, Miller A, Hoover MD, Jahn S.
         J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2015 Feb 11.
         
     37. Silicosis mortality trends and new exposures to respirable crystalline silica - United States, 2001-2010
         Bang KM, Mazurek JM, Wood JM, White GE, Hendricks SA, Weston A.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 Feb 13;64(5):117-120.
         
     38. Notes from the field: silicosis in a countertop fabricator - Texas, 2014
         Friedman GK, Harrison R, Bojes H, Worthington K, Filios M.
         MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 Feb 13;64(5):129-130.
         
     39. Exposure-response relationships for select cancer and non-cancer health outcomes in a cohort of US firefighters from San Francisco, Chicago and Philadelphia (1950-2009)
         Daniels RD, Bertke S, Dahm MM, Yiin JH, Kubale TL, Hales TR, Baris D, Zahm SH, Beaumont JJ, Waters KM, Pinkerton LE.
         Occup Environ Med. 2015 Feb 11.
         
   • Occupational Safety and Health - Mining
     40. Current knowledge of U.S. metal and nonmetal miner health: current and potential data sources for analysis of miner health status
         Yeoman KM, Halldin CN, Wood J, Storey E, Johns D, Laney AS.
         Arch Environ Occup Health. 2015 Feb 6.
         
   • Parasitic Diseases
     41. Home visits to assess the reliability of caregiver-reported use of insecticide-treated bednets by children in Machinga District, Malawi
         Wong J, Shah MP, Mwandama D, Gimnig JE, Lindblade KA, Mathanga DP.
         Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2015 Feb 9.
         
     42. The association of weather variability and under five malaria mortality in KEMRI/CDC HDSS in Western Kenya 2003 to 2008: a time series analysis
         Sewe M, Rocklov J, Williamson J, Hamel M, Nyaguara A, Odhiambo F, Laserson K.
         Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2015 ;12(2):1983-1997.
         
   • Statistics as Topic
     43. Use of random forest to estimate population attributable fractions from a case-control study of Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis infections
         Gu W, Vieira AR, Hoekstra RM, Griffin PM, Cole D.
         Epidemiol Infect. 2015 Feb 12:1-9.
         
   • Zoonoses
     44. High rates of o'nyong nyong and Chikungunya virus transmission in coastal Kenya
         LaBeaud AD, Banda T, Brichard J, Muchiri EM, Mungai PL, Mutuku FM, Borland E, Gildengorin G, Pfeil S, Teng CY, Long K, Heise M, Powers AM, Kitron U, King CH.
         PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015 Feb;9(2):e0003436.
         
     45. An investigation of Bartonella spp., Rickettsia typhi, and Seoul hantavirus in rats (Rattus spp.) from an inner-city neighborhood of Vancouver, Canada: is pathogen presence a reflection of global and local rat population structure?
         Himsworth CG, Bai Y, Kosoy MY, Wood H, DiBernardo A, Lindsay R, Bidulka J, Tang P, Jardine C, Patrick D.
         Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2015 Jan;15(1):21-6.
         
     46. Rodents as hosts of infectious diseases: biological and ecological characteristics
         Morand S, Jittapalapong S, Kosoy M.
         Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2015 Jan;15(1):1-2.
         
     47. Prevalence and genetic characteristics of Cryptosporidium, Enterocytozoon bieneusi and Giardia duodenalis in cats and dogs in Heilongjiang province, China
         Li W, Li Y, Song M, Lu Y, Yang J, Tao W, Jiang Y, Wan Q, Zhang S, Xiao L.
         Vet Parasitol. 2015 Jan 28.
         
   
   

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