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, epidemiology, laboratory diagnosis and pathogen characterization, 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

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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

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DBD Organization Chart

• Organization Chart [1 page] (text-only) Updated Jul 2017

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.

2016

• Summer 2016 Posted July 2016

2015

• Winter 2015 Posted January 2016
• Summer 2015 Posted October 2015

2014

• Fall 2014 Posted November 2014

2013

• Fall 2013 Posted December 2013
• Spring 2013 Posted June 2013

2012

• Winter 2012 Posted April 2013
• 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 [4 pages]
• Spring 2009 [9.62 MB, 4 pages]
  WARNING: file size is large and will take a while to download.

2008

• Winter 2008 [1.29 MB, 4 pages]

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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 [9 pages]
  CDC Global Health E-Brief, Third Quarter, 2009

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Division Contact Information

• Bacterial diseases contacts

Division Topics

• Active Bacterial Core surveillance (ABCs)
• Anthrax vaccination
• Chlamydia pneumoniae
• Diphtheria / Corynebacterium diphtheriae
  • Diphtheria vaccination
• Group A Streptococcal (GAS) Disease / group A Streptococcus
  • Necrotizing fasciitis
  • Post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis
  • Strep throat
  • Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS)
  • Skin disease (impetigo, erysipelas, perianal strep)
  • Scarlet fever
  • Rheumatic fever
• Group B Streptococcal (GBS) Disease / group B Streptococcus
• Haemophilus influenzae disease (including Hib)
  • Hib vaccination
• Legionellosis / Legionella
  • Legionnaires’ disease
  • Pontiac fever
• Meningococcal disease / Neisseria meningitidis
  • Meningococcal vaccination
• Mycoplasma pneumoniae
• Pertussis / Bordetella pertussis
  • Pertussis vaccination
• Pneumococcal disease / Streptococcus pneumoniae
  • Pneumococcal vaccination
• Pneumonia
  • World Pneumonia Day
• Psittacosis / Chlamydophila psittaci
• Tetanus / Clostridium tetani
  • Tetanus vaccination
• Unexplained Respiratory Disease Outbreaks (URDO)

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Outbreak Resources

• Pertussis Outbreaks
• Unexplained Respiratory Disease Outbreaks

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