Key points
- Active Bacterial Core surveillance (ABCs) publishes annual data that are available from several sources.
- ABCs maintains an extensive collection of isolates for the five ABCs pathogens.
- Both ABCs isolates and data are available upon request.
ABCs Isolate Bank
The ABCs Isolate Bank is an extensive collection of isolates for ABCs pathogens. The Isolate Bank is a joint project of CDC's Division of Bacterial Diseases, the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, and the CDC Biorepository.
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ABCs Isolate Bank
Bact Facts Interactive Dashboard
Bact Facts Interactive allows you to analyze and visualize data from ABCs. These pathogens include group A Streptococcus, group B Streptococcus, Haemophilus influenzae, Neisseria meningitidis, and Streptococcus pneumoniae.
Annual data are available for:
- Case and death counts
- Case and death rates
- Clinical syndromes
- emm types, serotypes, or serogroups
- Antibiotic resistance
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Bact Facts Interactive
Available datasets for download
ABCs publishes annual aggregate datasets with bacterium-specific case counts and rates by key demographic and laboratory characteristics.
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Public use datasets on data.cdc.gov
Isolate and additional data requests
ABCs isolates and additional data are available upon request.
Isolates may be available by
- Certain years
- Demographic and clinical data
- Laboratory testing results
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Isolate and Data Requests