Active Bacterial Core Surveillance (ABCs) Report Emerging Infections Program Network : Group B Streptococcus, 2011

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 32,061,541 persons and 444,618 live births. Source: National Center for Health Statistics bridged race vintage 2011 postcensal file and 2010 state vital recordsABCs 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 2011. Early onset cases occur at < 7 days of age and late onset occur between 7 and 89 days of age.Nov2012 File \u2013 January 31, 2012Publication date from document properties.gbs11.pdf201