Division of Bacterial Diseases (DBD)
Our Mission
The mission of the Division of Bacterial Diseases (DBD) is to prevent and control illness and death from vaccine-preventable and other respiratory bacterial diseases, in the U.S. and worldwide, through excellence in epidemiologic and laboratory science. This office within the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases plays a critical role in outbreak response, diagnostic epidemiology, vaccine development, and control of respiratory and vaccine-preventable disease nationally and globally.
Our Priorities
- Improve detection, prevention, and control of respiratory and related invasive bacterial pathogens
- Accelerate development, introduction, and monitoring of bacterial vaccines domestically
- Accelerate development, introduction, and monitoring of bacterial vaccines globally
What We Do
The Division of Bacterial Diseases serves as the primary contact regarding bacterial respiratory and vaccine-preventable diseases. In addition to serving as experts in the area of bacterial respiratory and vaccine-preventable disease issues, we also:
- Assure the overall quality of the science relating to bacterial respiratory and vaccine-preventable disease
- Review, prepare, and coordinate congressional testimony and briefing documents related to these diseases, and analyze programmatic and policy implications of legislative proposals
- Advise CDC, OID, and NCIRD on policy matters concerning DBD programs and activities
- Provide statistical methodology and participate in outbreak investigations and disease reporting systems for ongoing surveillance
- Develop new methods or adapt existing methods for statistical applications in epidemiologic or laboratory research studies
- Provide statistical consultation for epidemiologic and laboratory research studies
DBD Organization Chart
- Organization Chart [14 KB, 1 page] (text-only) Updated Sept 2011
DBD Newsletter
About the Bulletin
DBD publishes a newsletter to update staff and interested stakeholders about ongoing Division activities. The first issue was released in December 2008.
2012
- Summer 2012 Posted July 2012
2011
- Winter 2011 Posted December 2011
- Fall 2011 Posted November 2011
- Spring/Summer 2011 Posted Sept 2011
2010
- Winter 2010 [3.49 MB, 2 pages] Posted Dec 2010
- Summer 2010 [1.94 MB, 2 pages]Posted Oct 2010
- Spring 2010 [1.95 MB, 2 pages] Posted May 2010
2009
- Winter 2009 [1.41 MB, 2 pages]
- Summer 2009 [240.95 KB, 4 pages]
- Spring 2009 [9.62 MB, 4 pages]
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2008
DBD Stories
- CDC Responds to Meningitis in Burkina Faso – Interview with Rana Hajjeh
CDC Global Health Video (Release date: 5/2/2011; Time: 3:13) - New Meningitis Vaccine to Save Lives in Africa [1.2MB , 9 pages]
CDC Global Health E-Brief, Third Quarter, 2010 - "Get Smart" Campaign Goes Global to Fight Antibiotic Resistance[1.3MB, 9 pages]
CDC Global Health E-Brief, Second Quarter, 2010 - Not Just Blowing Smoke: Simple, Low-Cost Changes Reduce Respiratory Disease in Kenyan Children [729KB, 9 pages]
CDC Global Health E-Brief, Third Quarter, 2009
Division Contact Information
Programs
- Pneumococcal Vaccine
- Adolescent Vaccines
- Get Smart: Know When Antibiotics Work
- Active Bacterial Core surveillance (ABCs)
- Vaccine Safety Analytic Unit (VAU)
- Vaccine Development (Anthrax & Immunology)
- PneumoADIP
- The Hib Initiative
Outbreak Resources
Respiratory Diseases
- Chlamydia pneumoniae
- Group A streptococcal disease (necrotizing fasciitis, impetigo, scarlet fever, strep throat, strep toxic shock)
- Group B streptococcal disease
- Haemophilus influenzae
- Legionellosis (Legionnaires' Disease and Pontiac Fever)
- Mycoplasma pneumoniae
- Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
- Pneumococcal disease
- Pneumococcal meningitis and cochlear implants
- Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine
- Pneumonia
- Psittacosis
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
- Trachoma
- Feature Story on Children's Respiratory Hospitalizations
(April 2007)
Meningitis and Vaccine Preventable Diseases
- Anthrax vaccine & safety
- Bacterial meningitis
- Diphtheria (Corynebacterium diphtheriae Infection)
- DTaP, DT, TD vaccines
- Haemophilus influenzae serotype B
- Meningococcal meningitis
- Meningococcal conjugate vaccine
- Meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine
- Neisseria meningitidis
- Pertussis (whooping cough)
e-Tools
Web Features
- Get Smart: Know When Antibiotics Work (English, Spanish)
- Have You Heard About How To Prevent Meningococcal Disease? (English)
- Is Your Child Protected Against Hib Disease? (English, Spanish)
- Pertussis (Whooping Cough) - What You Need To Know (English, Spanish)
- Pneumonia Can Be Prevented – Vaccines Can Help (English )
- Protect Your Baby from Group B Strep (English)
- Protect Your Unborn Baby or Newborn from Infections (English, Spanish)
Podcasts
- Get Smart: Know When Antibiotics Work podcasts
- Invasive Haemophilus influenzae Disease, Europe, 1996–2006
- Meningitis Immunization for Adolescents
- New and Improved Vaccine (A Cup of Health with CDC)
- Pertussis, or Whooping Cough, Vaccine Recommendation for Adolescents
- Preventing Pneumonia (A Cup of Health with CDC)
Videos
- Meningococcal Disease: Have You Heard?
- Sniffle. Snort. Sneeze. No Antibiotics Please!
- CDC Expert Commentary in Partnership with Medscape (available to registered users of Medscape's Professional sites; registration is free [http://www.medscape.com])
Health-e-Cards
Adolescent Immunization, It's Their Turn! Initiative
- It's our turn! (animated)
- It's our turn!
- It's their turn!
Appropriate Antibiotic Use and Antibiotic Resistance
- Antibiotics Use (older child)
- No Antibiotics Please (younger child)
- Prevent Resistance
Group B Strep
Pneumonia
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