GIDEON update 2000.2

                      G I D E O N
       GLOBAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES & EPIDEMIOLOGY NETWORK
 

WHAT'S NEW ?          Update  00.2           June 1, 2000
 

                             *** MEDICAL SECTION ***
 

DIAGNOSIS

DISEASES ADDED  "Nipah and Hendra viruses" have been
  reassigned to 'Nipah virus infection" and
  "Hendra virus infection."

CLINICAL PARAMETERS Cryptosporidiosis, Microsporidiosis,
   Nipah and Hendra viruses, Whipple's
   disease

EPIDEMIOLOGY

Notes designated <Worldwide> for a wide range of diseases have
been expanded.  These text files are invaluable in preparing
reviews, lecture handouts, etc.

DISEASE DISTRIBUTION  Mayaro

NOTES EXPANDED OR UPDATED
ALL REPORTABLE DISEASES  Bolivia, Czechoslovakia,
   Germany, Hungary, Norway, Oman,
   Singapore, Switzerland

Adenovirus    Japan, <Worldwide>
AIDS   Afghanistan, Argentina, Bangladesh, Brazil,
   Cambodia, China, Cuba, Denmark, Ethiopia,
   India, Indonesia, Israel, Mexico, Myanmar,
   Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Peru,
   Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South
   Africa, Sudan, Switzerland, Tanzania,
   Thailand, Uganda, Viet Nam, Zambia,
   Zimbabwe, <Worldwide>

Aeromonas and marine Vibrio France, <Worldwide>
Ameba - free living  Peru
Anisakiasis   <Worldwide>
Anthrax    Canada, Norway
Bacillus cereus food poisoning <Worldwide>
Barma Forest disease  Australia
Bacillus cereus   United States
Bartonellosis - other systemic <Worldwide>
Bartonellosis - South American <Worldwide>
Botulism   Japan, Russia, United States
Brucellosis   Israel, United States
Campylobacteriosis  United States
Cercarial dermatitis  Iceland
Chlamydia trachomatis  Sweden
Chlamydia pneumoniae  Finland
Cholera    Australia, Comoros, Dem. Rep.
   Congo, Germany, Ghana, Guinea Bissau,
   India, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi,
   Singapore, Somalia, Tanzania, Togo,
   Zambia
Clostridial food poisoning United States
Coenurosis   <Worldwide>
Crimea Congo hem. fever  Oman
Cryptosporidiosis  Indonesia, <Worldwide>
Cyclospora infection  <Worldwide>
Cysticercosis   France
Dengue    Barbados, British Virgin Islands,
   Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic,
   El Salvador, French Guiana, Honduras,
   Jamaica, Malaysia, Martinique, Mexico,
   Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Singapore,
   St. Lucia, Suriname, United States,
   Venezuela, Vietnam
Dicrocoeliasis   <Worldwide>
Diphtheria   All reporting countries;
   <Worldwide>
Dipylidiasis   <Worldwide>
Dirofilariasis   <Worldwide>
Echinococcosis - granulosis Bulgaria, Chile, Oman
Ehrlichiosis - human granulocy. Yugoslavia
Enteritis necroticans  <Worldwide>
Enterovirus infection  Cuba, Singapore
Escherichia coli diarrhea France, United States,
   <Worldwide>
European tick encephalitis Czechoslovakia, Germany, Sweden
Filariasis - bancroftian All African countries, New
   Caledonia
Filariasis - Brugia malayi Sri Lanka, United States,
   <Worldwide>
Gastroenteritis - viral  United States, <Worldwide>
Giardiasis   Canada, Cuba
Gonorrhea   Norway, United Kingdom
Hantaviruses - Old World Finland, Philippines, Russia,
   South Africa, Sweden, <Worldwide>
Hantavirus resp. distress Brazil, Canada, Panama, United
   States
Hepatitis A   Argentina, Australia, Germany,
   Hong Kong, Norway
Hepatitis B   Denmark, Germany, Mexico, Nepal,
   Norway, Russia, Singapore
Hepatitis C   Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark,
   Germany, Italy, Mexico, Napal, Norway,
   Russia, Saudi Arabia, <Worldwide>
Hepatitis E   Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal,
   Pakistan
Hepatitis G and GB  Sourh Africa
Herpes simplex infection Argentina
Herpesvirus simiae  United Kingdom
Histoplasmosis   India
Influenza   <Worldwide>
Japanese encephalitis  Australia, Korea, Nepal
Kawasaki disease  <Worldwide>
Lassa fever   Germany
Legionellosis   Denmark, France, Spain, United
   Kingdom
Leishmaniasis - visceral Brazil, India, Sudan,
   <Worldwide>
Leptospirosis   Argentina, Barbados, India,
   Venezuela
Listeriosis   Finland, France, Italy, United
   States, <Worldwide>
Lobomycosis   United States
Lyme disease   Canada, Russia, United States,
   Yugoslavia
Malaria    Belgium, China, Costa Rica,
   Dominican Republic, Ecuador, India,
   Laos, Mexico, Nepal, Reunion,
   Singapore, Uganda, Zimbabwe
Marburg disease   Dem. Rep. Congo
Mayaro    Ecuador
Measles    All reporting countries,
   <Worldwide>
Mediterranean spotted fever Bulgaria
Melioidosis   Australia
Meningitis   Central African Republic, Cuba,
   Denmark, Ethiopia, France, Netherlands,
   New Zealand, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sudan,
   United Kingdom, United States,
   <Worldwide>
Meningitis - aseptic (viral) Cuba
Microsporidiosis  Mexico
Monkeypox   <Worldwide>
Mononucleosis - infectious Bulgaria, Thailand
Mumps    Denmark
Murray Valley encephalitis Australia
Mycobacterium ulcerans  Ghana
Necrotizing skin / soft tissue Norway, <Worldwide>
Nipah and Hendra viruses <Worldwide>
Oesophogostomiasis  Togo
Parainfluenza virus  Korea
Penicilliosis   Singapore
Pertussis   All reporting countries
   <Worldwide>
Pharyngeal and cervical space  <Worldwide>
  infection
Plague    Madagascar, United States
Poliomyelitis   All reporting countries,
   <Worldwide>
Q-fever    Canada, Oman, Saudi Arabia,
   United Arab Emirates
Rabies    Canada, Danmark, Greenland,
   United States
Rheumatic fever   Ethiopia
Rotavirus   United States
Rubella    United States
Salmonellosis   Canada, Ireland, Russia, Spain,
   United States, <Worldwide>
Schistosomiasis - haematobium Tanzania
Septicemia   France, Spain
Shigellosis   Chile, Russia, United States
Sparganosis   <Worldwide>
Sporotrichosis   Peru
Syphilis   Madagascar, Norway, Senegal
Tetanus    All reporting countries,
   <Worldwide>
Toxoplasmosis   Central African Republic
Trachoma   Gambia
Trypanosomiasis - African Ivory Coast, <Worldwide>
Tuberculosis   Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Brazil,
   Cambodia, China, Cuba, Czechoslovakia,
   Denmark, Ethiopia, France, India,
   Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Myanmar, New
   Caledonia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru,
   Philippines, Russia, South Africa,
   Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Viet Nam,
   Zimbabwe, <Worldwide>
Tularemia  United States, <Worldwide>
Typhoid and enteric fever Russia, Vietnam
Typhus - endemic  Mexico
Varicella   Israel
Vibrio parahaemolyticus  United States
Yersinia enterocolitica  United States
Venezuelan equine encephalitis French Guiana
West Nile fever   Dem. Rep. Congo, United States
Yellow fever   Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia,
   Netherlands, Peru, Suriname
Yersiniosis  <Worldwide>
 

THERAPY
 
DRUGS ADDED    Atevirdine, Gatifloxacin, Moxifloxacin

PHARMACOLOGY  The pharmacological profile of all drugs has
   been extensively updated and expanded.  There
   are now over 4,000 vaccine and drug trade names
   and 230 interacting drugs in the GIDEON data
   base.
 
INTERACTIONS DATABASE  Abacavir, Albendazole, Ampicillin,
   Aurothioglucose, Benztropine, Bepridil,
   Bromperidol, Buspirone, Cidofovir, Diltiazem,
   Eproscartan, Ethambutol, Ethosuxamide,
   Fexofenadine, Grepafloxacin, Halofantrine,
   Levothyroxine, Meperidine, Methadone,
   Metroprolol, Nizatidine, Olanzapine,
   Para-amino salicylic acid, Penicillamine,
   Pentostatin, Porfimer, Praziquantel,
   Pyrazinamide, Quetiapine, Quinine, Riluzole,
   Ropinirole, Sertraline, Sirolimus,
   Sparfloxacin, Trimetrexate, Zafirlukast,
   Zopiclone
SUSCEPTIBILITY DATABASE  Candida famata, Candida
   guilliermondii, Candida inconspicua,
   Candida keyfr, Candida lipolytica, Candida
   pelliculosa, Mycobacterium peregrinum,
   Penicillium marneffii, Rhodotorula rubra
 

MICROBIOLOGY

NEW TAXA ADDED   Abiotrophia para-adiacens,
  Burkholderia stabilis, Burkholderia vietnamiensis
 
PHENOTYPE DATABASE  Abiotrophia adiacens, Abiotrophia
   Abiotrophia defectiva, Abiotrophia
   elegans, Desulfovibrio spp.

If you have any additional information which you would like to
see added to your GIDEON program, please let us know (forward
relevant documentation, photocopy or reprint).

Note that reporting statistics for the most recent year may be
preliminary in some cases.  Final data will be incorporated into
the software as they become available.
 
 

                             *** TECHNICAL SECTION ***

Last Minute Additions
---------------------

There are a couple of last minute additions in the GIDEON program, which are
not mentioned in the Help. These changes are as follows -

1) Printing and saving reports
Four new toolbar buttons have been added to GIDEON's main screen, on the
top-right corner of the window. These buttons allow the printing and saving
of reports directly, without the need to access the File menu.

2) Copy to Clipboard button
In the report preview screen, a button has been added to allow the copying
of the entire report to the Windows Clipboard (and from there the report
may be pasted elsewhere).
 

Fixed Bugs
----------
GIDEON had trouble running on computers with far-eastern languages
(Japanese, Chinese, Korean), as well as problems with some west-european
languages. The bug which was causing this has been fixed. As of update 99-4,
there is no need to make any special modification in the computer's
language setting (or the "Regional Settings" of Windows) to make GIDEON
work.
 

Troubleshooting
---------------
Following is a list of known problems and solutions concerning the GIDEON
program. This list will be updated with any new problems found.
 

PROBLEM:
After installing GIDEON and trying to run a different application, the
application won't start and I get an error message saying: "This application
uses CTL3D32.DLL, which is not the correct version. This version of
CTL3D32.DLL is designed only for Windows '95 systems.

SOLUTION:
The GIDEON CD contains 2 files, "ctl3dnt" and "ctl3d32_98" (in the
multi-user version, these files will also appear on the "UserInst"
directory on the server computer). If your operating system is Windows NT,
double-click on the first one. If you are using Windows '98, double-click
on the second one. You will be asked where to unzip these files, and you
should choose the system directory of your Windows (in most cases,
WINNT\SYSTEM32 for NT users and WINDOWS\SYSTEM for Windows '98 users).
After choosing the directory, unzip the files. The other application
should now work.
 

PROBLEM:
When trying to print the results of a comparison, the page appears
distorted.

SOLUTION:
When comparing too many diseases or pathogens, it is only natural that
not all of them would fit on a printed page. For a normal sized page
with normal margins, it is recommended that the number of columns
compared would be no greater than 5. If you still want to print the
table with a larger number of columns, you should save the report
instead, load it into a word processor, and print it from there.
For example, in Microsoft Word you can mark the text representing the
table and convert it to a Word table by choosing the "Convert Text to
Table" option under the Table menu. In the dialog box that pops up, in
the "Seperate text at" section you should choose "Tabs", and click OK).
 

PROBLEM:
When trying to run GIDEON, I get the following message:
"Run time error '35603' Invalid Key"

SOLUTION:
This problem might occur only if you received an older version of the
GIDEON database (the version which is located on our website is an old
version). It is not supposed to happen as of update 99-4.
This problem may originate when the Windows enviornment is not in English.
They are not known to occur on Windows NT systems. If this happens in your
computer, try to do the following (in some systems this may not work):
1) Click on the "Start" button in the task bar. Choose "Settings", and then
choose "Control Panel".
2) Double click "Regional Settings".
3) A window should appear with a map in it, and above the map there should
be a box with your current regional setting (e.g French). Change it to
"English" (there are several English options, choose any one of them).
Changing the above option will not affect any capablities concerning your
language. It will only change some settings which Windows uses (for example,
the default currency). All the settings which will be affected are listed in
the other windows of the "Regional Settings" (above the box with your
regional setting, there are tabs which you can use to set certain settings).
You may play with some of these settings afterwards (for example, the
default measurement system can always be changed between "Metric" and
"U.S").