Active Bacterial Core Surveillance (ABCs) Report Emerging Infections Program Network : Group B Streptococcus, 2015

ABCs Areas: California (3 county San Francisco Bay area); Colorado (5 county Denver area); Connecticut (children < 1 year); Georgia (20 county); Maryland; Minnesota; New Mexico; New York (15 county Rochester and Albany areas); Oregon (3 county Portland area); Tennessee (20 counties)ABCs Population: The surveillance areas represent 33,415,379 persons and 437,266 live births.ABCs Case Definition: Invasive group B streptococcal disease: isolation of Group B Streptococcus from a normally sterile site in a resident of a surveillance area in 2015. Early-onset cases occur at < 7 days of age and late-onset occur between 7 and 89 days of age.Citation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2015. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2015. Active Bacterial Core Surveillance Report, Emerging Infections Program Network, Group B Streptococcus, 2015.Feb2017 Filegbs15.pd