Active Bacterial Core Surveillance (ABCs) Report Emerging Infections Program Network : Group B Streptococcus, 2003

ABCs Areas: California (3 county San Francisco Bay area); Colorado (5 county Denver area); Connecticut; Georgia (20 county Atlanta area); Maryland; Minnesota; New York (15 county Rochester/Albany area); Oregon (3 county Portland area); Tennessee (11 urban counties)ABCs Population: The surveillance areas represent 30,494,187 persons and 420,641 live births. Source: National Center for Health Statistics bridged-race vintage 2003 postcensal file and 2002 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 2003. Early-onset cases occur at < 7 days of age and late-onset occur between 7 and 90 days of age.Citation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2004. Active Bacterial Core Surveillance Report, Emerging Infections Program Network, Group B Streptococcus, 2003.Dec2004 File \u2013 27Dec2004gbs03.pdf200