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Volume 9, Number 7—July 2003
Synopsis

Disease Surveillance and the Academic, Clinical, and Public Health Communities

Robert W. Pinner*Comments to Author , Catherine A. Rebmann*, Anne Schuchat*, and James M. Hughes*
Author affiliations: *Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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Figure 2

Incidence of early- and late-onset invasive group B streptococcal disease in three active surveillance areas (California, Georgia, and Tennessee), 1990–1998, and activities for the prevention of group B streptococcal disease (22). CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ACOG, American College of Obstetricians; AAP, American Academy of Pediatrics.

Figure 2. Incidence of early- and late-onset invasive group B streptococcal disease in three active surveillance areas (California, Georgia, and Tennessee), 1990–1998, and activities for the prevention of group B streptococcal disease (22). CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ACOG, American College of Obstetricians; AAP, American Academy of Pediatrics.

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