TY - JOUR AU - Moore, Matthew AU - Whitney, Cynthia T1 - Use of Pneumococcal Disease Epidemiology to Set Policy and Prevent Disease during 20 Years of the Emerging Infections Program T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2015 VL - 21 IS - 9 SP - 1551 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Two decades ago, the Emerging Infections Program of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention implemented what seemed like a simple yet novel idea: a population- and laboratory-based surveillance system designed to identify and characterize invasive bacterial infections, including those caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae. This system, known as Active Bacterial Core surveillance, has since served as a flexible platform for following trends in invasive pneumococcal disease and studying vaccination as the most effective method for prevention. We report the contributions of Active Bacterial Core surveillance to every pneumococcal vaccine policy decision in the United States during the past 20 years. KW - pneumococcal disease KW - Streptococcus pneumoniae KW - bacteria KW - streptococci KW - vaccination KW - surveillance KW - epidemiology KW - Emerging Infections Program KW - Active Bacterial Core surveillance KW - antimicrobial resistance KW - EIP DO - 10.3201/eid2109.150395 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/9/15-0395_article ER - End of Reference