Active Bacterial Core surveillance (ABCs) Streptococcus pneumoniae
ABCs is an ongoing surveillance program that began in 1997. <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/abcs/reports-findings/surv-reports.html">ABCs reports</a> describe the ABCs case definition and the specific methodology used to calculate rates and estimated numbers in the United States for each bacterium by year.  The methods, …