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Selected weekly by a senior CDC scientist from the standard sections listed below.
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When to start ART in Africa - an urgent research priority
De Cock KM, El-Sadr WM. N Engl J Med. 2013 Feb 20.
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Transmission studies resume for avian flu
Fouchier RA, Garcia-Sastre A, Kawaoka Y, Barclay WS, Bouvier NM, Brown IH, Capua I, Chen H, Compans RW, Couch RB, Cox NJ, Doherty PC, Donis RO, Feldmann H, Guan Y, Katz JM, Kiselev OI, Klenk HD, Kobinger G, Liu J, Liu X, Lowen A, Mettenleiter TC, Osterhaus AD, Palese P, Peiris JS, Perez DR, Richt JA, Schultz-Cherry S, Steel J, Subbarao K, Swayne DE, Takimoto T, Tashiro M, Taubenberger JK, Thomas PG, Tripp RA, Tumpey TM, Webby RJ, Webster RG. Science. 2013 Feb 1;339(6119):520-1.
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Field evaluation of a broadly sensitive HIV-1 in-house genotyping assay for use with both plasma and dried blood spot specimens in a resource-limited country
Inzaule S, Yang C, Kasembeli A, Nafisa L, Okonji J, Oyaro B, Lando R, Mills LA, Laserson K, Thomas T, Nkengasong J, Zeh C. J Clin Microbiol. 2013 Feb;51(2):529-39.
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The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text. Articles published in the past 6-8 weeks authored by CDC or ATSDR staff.
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Americans' use of dietary supplements that are potentially harmful in CKD
Grubbs V, Plantinga LC, Tuot DS, Hedgeman E, Saran R, Saydah S, Rolka D, Powe NR. Am J Kidney Dis. 2013 Feb 12.
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Brief report: differences in multijoint symptomatic osteoarthritis phenotypes by race and sex: the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project
Nelson AE, Golightly YM, Renner JB, Schwartz TA, Kraus VB, Helmick CG, Jordan JM. Arthritis Rheum. 2013 Feb;65(2):373-7.
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Racial and socioeconomic disparities in epilepsy in the District of Columbia
Kroner BL, Fahimi M, Kenyon A, Thurman DJ, Gaillard WD. Epilepsy Res. 2013 Feb;103(2-3):279-87.
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Breast cancer survival in the US and Europe: a CONCORD high-resolution study
Allemani C, Sant M, Weir HK, Richardson LC, Baili P, Storm H, Siesling S, Torrella-Ramos A, Voogd AC, Aareleid T, Ardanaz E, Berrino F, Bielska-Lasota M, Bolick S, Cirilli C, Colonna M, Contiero P, Cress R, Crocetti E, Fulton JP, Grosclaude P, Hakulinen T, Izarzugaza MI, Malmstrom P, Peignaux K, Primic-Zakelj M, Rachtan J, Safaei Diba C, Sanchez MJ, Schymura MJ, Shen T, Traina A, Tryggvadottir L, Tumino R, Velten M, Vercelli M, Wolf HJ, Woronoff AS, Wu X, Coleman MP. Int J Cancer. 2013 Mar 1;132(5):1170-81.
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Preventable hospitalizations for hypertension: establishing a baseline for monitoring racial differences in rates
Will JC, Yoon PW. Prev Chronic Dis. 2013 Feb;10:E24.
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Cyclic changes in HIV shedding from the female genital tract during the menstrual cycle
Curlin ME, Leelawiwat W, Dunne EF, Chonwattana W, Mock P, Mueanpai F, Thep-Amnuay S, Whitehead SJ, McNicholl JM. J Infect Dis. 2013 Feb 15.
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Invasive candidiasis in Pakistan: clinical characteristics, species distribution and antifungal susceptibility
Farooqi JQ, Jabeen K, Saeed N, Iqbal N, Malik B, Lockhart SR, Zafar A, Brandt ME, Hasan R. J Med Microbiol. 2013 Feb;62(Pt 2):259-68.
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Mass screening for fever in children: a comparison of 3 infrared thermal detection systems
Selent MU, Molinari NM, Baxter A, Nguyen AV, Siegelson H, Brown CM, Plummer A, Higgins A, Podolsky S, Spandorfer P, Cohen NJ, Fishbein DB. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2013 Feb 19.
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Eosinophilic meningitis in a previously healthy 13-year-old child
Thyssen A, Mitchell M, Qvarnstrom Y, Rao S, Benke TA, Glode MP. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013 Feb;32(2):194.
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Predictors of outcome in routine care for Cryptococcal meningitis in Western Kenya: lessons for HIV outpatient care in resource-limited settings
Kendi C, Penner J, Koech J, Nyonda M, Cohen CR, Bukusi EA, Ngugi E, Meyer AC. Postgrad Med J. 2013 Feb;89(1048):73-7.
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Contraceptive availability during an emergency response in the United States
Ellington SR, Kourtis AP, Curtis KM, Tepper N, Gorman S, Jamieson DJ, Zotti M, Barfield W. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2013 Feb 19.
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Plasmodium vivax: modern strategies to study a persistent parasite's life cycle
Galinski MR, Meyer EV, Barnwell JW. Adv Parasitol. 2013 ;81:1-26.
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Elevated Lyme disease seroprevalence among dogs in a nonendemic county: harbinger or artifact?
Millen K, Kugeler KJ, Hinckley AF, Lawaczeck EW, Mead PS. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2013 Feb 19.
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Clinical experience with intravenous zanamivir under an emergency investigational new drug program in the United States
Chan-Tack KM, Gao A, Himaya AC, Thompson EG, Singer ME, Uyeki TM, Birnkrant DB. J Infect Dis. 2013 Jan 1;207(1):196-8.
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Can clinical tests help monitor human papillomavirus vaccine impact?
Meites E, Lin C, Unger ER, Steinau M, Patel S, Markowitz LE, Hariri S. Int J Cancer. 2013 Feb 19.
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Predictive accuracy of the Veterans Aging Cohort Study index for mortality with HIV infection: a North American cross cohort analysis
Justice AC, P. Modur S, Tate JP, Althoff KN, Jacobson LP, Gebo KA, Kitahata MM, Horberg MA, Brooks JT, Buchacz K, Rourke SB, Rachlis A, Napravnik S, Eron J, Willig JH, Moore R, Kirk GD, Bosch R, Rodriguez B, Hogg RS, Thorne J, Goedert JJ, Klein M, Gill J, Deeks S, Sterling TR, Anastos K, Gange SJ. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2013 Feb 1;62(2):149-163.
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Estimates of sexually transmitted infection prevalence and incidence in the United States: time to embrace uncertainty
Miller WC, Siripong N. Sex Transm Dis. 2013 Mar;40(3):194-6.
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Case-control studies of sporadic enteric infections complement information from outbreak investigations
Fullerton KE, Mahon BE. Foodborne Pathog Dis. 2013 Jan;10(1):97-8.
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How can polygenic inheritance be used in population screening for common diseases?
Khoury MJ, Janssens AC, Ransohoff DF. Genet Med. 2013 Feb 14.
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Rapid hepatitis C virus divergence among chronically infected individuals
Cruz-Rivera M, Carpio-Pedroza JC, Escobar-Gutierrez A, Lozano D, Vergara-Castaneda A, Rivera-Osorio P, Martinez-Guarneros A, Chacon CA, Fonseca-Coronado S, Vaughan G. J Clin Microbiol. 2013 Feb;51(2):629-32.
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Enumeration of sex workers in the central business district of Nairobi, Kenya
Kimani J, McKinnon LR, Wachihi C, Kusimba J, Gakii G, Birir S, Muthui M, Kariri A, Muriuki FK, Muraguri N, Musyoki H, Ball TB, Kaul R, Gelmon L. PLoS One. 2013 ;8(1):e54354.
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Developing stories from the field to highlight policy, systems, and environmental approaches in obesity prevention
Zwald M, Jernigan J, Payne G, Farris R. Prev Chronic Dis. 2013 Feb;10:E23.
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Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 infection among U.S. thalassemia patients
Switzer W, Shankar A, Trimble S, Thompson AA, Giardina PJ, Cohen AR, Coates TD, Vichinsky E, Neufeld EJ, Boudreaux JM, Heneine PW. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2013 Feb 15.
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Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 monovalent and seasonal influenza vaccination among adults 25 to 64 years of age with high-risk conditions-United States, 2010
Lu PJ, Gonzalez-Feliciano A, Ding H, Bryan LN, Yankey D, Monsell EA, Greby SM, Euler GL. Am J Infect Control. 2013 Feb 15.
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Adoption of rotavirus vaccine by U.S. physicians: progress and challenges
O'Leary ST, Parashar UD, Crane LA, Allison MA, Stokley S, Beaty BL, Brtnikova M, Hurley LP, Kempe A. Am J Prev Med. 2013 Jan;44(1):56-62.
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Progress with rotavirus vaccines: summary of the Tenth International Rotavirus Symposium
Parashar U, Steele D, Neuzil K, Quadros C, Tharmaphornpilas P, Serhan F, Santosham M, Patel M, Glass R. Expert Rev Vaccines. 2013 Feb;12(2):113-7.
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Substituent effects on the reactivity of benzoquinone derivatives with thiols
Mbiya W, Chipinda I, Siegel PD, Mhike M, Simoyi RH. Chem Res Toxicol. 2013 Jan;26(1):112-123.
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The AGREE II instrument is helpful for creation of National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry laboratory medicine practice guidelines
Kahn SE, Astles JR, Lo SF, Bennett MJ. Clin Chem. 2013 Feb;59(2):446-7.
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Optimization of a combined human parechovirus-enterovirus real-time reverse transcription-PCR assay and evaluation of a new parechovirus 3-specific assay for cerebrospinal fluid specimen testing
Selvaraju SB, Nix WA, Oberste MS, Selvarangan R. J Clin Microbiol. 2013 Feb;51(2):452-8.
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Development and evaluation of a novel, semiautomated Clostridium difficile typing platform
Westblade LF, Chamberland RR, MacCannell D, Collins R, Dubberke ER, Dunne WM, Burnham CA. J Clin Microbiol. 2013 Feb;51(2):621-4.
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Inducible nitric oxide contributes to viral pathogenesis following highly pathogenic influenza virus infection in mice
Perrone LA, Belser JA, Wadford DA, Katz JM, Tumpey TM. J Infect Dis. 2013 Feb 18.
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Establishing a liquid-covered culture of polarized human airway epithelial Calu-3 cells to study host cell response to respiratory pathogens in vitro
Harcourt JL, Haynes LM. J Vis Exp. 2013 (72).
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The group A streptococcal collagen-like protein-1, Scl1, mediates biofilm formation by targeting the extra domain A-containing variant of cellular fibronectin expressed in wounded tissue
Oliver-Kozup H, Martin KH, Schwegler-Berry D, Green BJ, Betts C, Shinde AV, Van De Water L, Lukomski S. Mol Microbiol. 2013 Feb;87(3):672-89.
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Real-time loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RealAmp) for the species-specific identification of Plasmodium vivax
Patel JC, Oberstaller J, Xayavong M, Narayanan J, Debarry JD, Srinivasamoorthy G, Villegas L, Escalante AA, Dasilva A, Peterson DS, Barnwell JW, Kissinger JC, Udhayakumar V, Lucchi NW. PLoS One. 2013 ;8(1):e54986.
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Kinetics of viral replication and induction of host responses in ferrets differs between ocular and intranasal routes of inoculation
Belser JA, Maines TR, Gustin KM, Katz JM, Tumpey TM. Virology. 2013 Feb 12.
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Association between blood spot transforming growth factor-beta and patent ductus arteriosus in extremely low-birth weight infants
Natarajan G, Shankaran S, McDonald SA, Das A, Ehrenkranz RA, Goldberg RN, Stoll BJ, Tyson JE, Higgins RD, Schendel D, Hougaard DM, Skogstrand K, Thorsen P, Carlo WA. Pediatr Cardiol. 2013 Jan;34(1):149-54.
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Screening for critical congenital heart disease: a matter of sensitivity
Oster ME, Colarusso T, Glidewell J. Pediatr Cardiol. 2013 Jan;34(1):203-4.
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Trends in survival among children with Down syndrome in 10 regions of the United States
Kucik JE, Shin M, Siffel C, Marengo L, Correa A. Pediatrics. 2013 Jan;131(1):e27-36.
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Thiurams in shoe contact dermatitis - a case series
Munk R, Sasseville D, Siegel PD, Law BF, Moreau L. Contact Dermatitis. 2013 Mar;68(3):185-7.
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Trends in energy intake among adults in the United States: findings from NHANES
Ford ES, Dietz WH. Am J Clin Nutr. 2013 Feb 20.
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The abilities of body mass index and skinfold thicknesses to identify children with low or elevated levels of dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry-determined body fatness
Freedman DS, Ogden CL, Blanck HM, Borrud LG, Dietz WH. J Pediatr. 2013 Feb 11.
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Organizational factors associated with work-related sleep problems in a nationally representative sample of Korean workers
Park JB, Nakata A, Swanson NG, Chun H. Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2013 Feb;86(2):211-22.
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Development and evaluation of fire barriers to reduce fire hazards on large mining equipment
DeRosa MI, Litton CD. Fire Technol. 2013 Apr;49(2):253-268.
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Meeting the 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans among U.S. youth
Song M, Carroll DD, Fulton JE. Am J Prev Med. 2013 Mar;44(3):216-22.
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Consideration of an applied model of public health program infrastructure
Lavinghouze R, Snyder K, Rieker P, Ottoson J. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2013 Feb 13.
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Heroin use and heroin use risk behaviors among nonmedical users of prescription opioid pain relievers - United States, 2002-2004 and 2008-2010
Jones CM. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2013 Feb 11.
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Zoonotic Cryptosporidium species and Enterocytozoon bieneusi genotypes in HIV-positive patients on antiretroviral therapy
Wang L, Zhang H, Zhao X, Zhang L, Zhang G, Guo M, Liu L, Feng Y, Xiao L. J Clin Microbiol. 2013 Feb;51(2):557-63.
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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).
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Population behavioral scenarios influencing radiological disaster preparedness and planning
Parlak AI, Lambert JH, Guterbock TM, Clements JL. Accid Anal Prev. 2012 Sep;48:353-62.
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After Fukushima: managing the consequences of a radiological release
Fitzgerald J, Wollner SB, Adalja AA, Morhard R, Cicero A, Inglesby TV. Biosecur Bioterror. 2012 Jun;10(2):228-36.
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Environmental measurements in an emergency: this is not a drill
Musolino SV, Clark H, McCullough T, Pemberton W. Health Phys. 2012 May;102(5):516-26.
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Radiation epidemiology: a perspective on Fukushima
Boice JD. J Radiol Prot. 2012 Mar;32(1):N33-40.
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Some lessons on radiological protection learnt from the accident at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant
Kai M. J Radiol Prot. 2012 Mar;32(1):N101-5.
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WHO's public health agenda in response to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident
van Deventer E, Del Rosario Perez M, Tritscher A, Fukushima K, Carr Z. J Radiol Prot. 2012 Mar;32(1):N119-22.
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Development and licensure of medical countermeasures to treat lung damage resulting from a radiological or nuclear incident
DiCarlo AL, Jackson IL, Shah JR, Czarniecki CW, Maidment BW, Williams JP. Radiat Res. 2012 May;177(5):717-21.
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Articles about important public health topics that have been mentioned in the press.
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Interim adjusted estimates of seasonal influenza vaccine effectiveness - United States, February 2013
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2013 Feb 22;62(7):119-23.
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Invasive cancer incidence - United States, 2009
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2013 Feb 22;62(7):113-8.
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Notes from the field: hospital outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae producing New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase - Denver, Colorado, 2012
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2013 Feb 15;62(6):108.
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Estimates of sexually transmitted infection prevalence and incidence in the United States: time to embrace uncertainty
Miller WC, Siripong N. Sex Transm Dis. 2013 Mar;40(3):194-6.
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Sexually transmitted infections among US women and men: prevalence and incidence estimates, 2008
Satterwhite CL, Torrone E, Meites E, Dunne EF, Mahajan R, Ocfemia MC, Su J, Xu F, Weinstock H. Sex Transm Dis. 2013 Mar;40(3):187-93.
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