GIDEON update
G I D E O N
GLOBAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES & EPIDEMIOLOGY NETWORK
WHAT'S NEW ? Update 02.4 December 1, 2002
*** MEDICAL SECTION ***
DIAGNOSIS
DISEASE ADDED
CLINICAL PARAMETERS Astrakhan fever, Kawasaki disease,
Pneumocystis pneumonia
EPIDEMIOLOGY
DISEASE PARAMETERS Tularemia
DISEASE DISTRIBUTION Israeli spotted fever
Nipah virus infection
West Nile fever
NOTES EXPANDED OR UPDATED Notes designated <Worldwide>
for a wide range of diseases have been expanded. These text
files are invaluable in preparing reviews, lecture handouts, etc.
ALL REPORTABLE DISEASES American Samoa, Canary Islands, Guam,
Poland, Puerto Rico, Spain, United Kingdom [Scotland],
United States, Virgin Islands - U.S.
AIDS Ethiopia, Ghana, Ireland, Senegal,
Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Uganda, United Kingdom,
Vietnam
Amebiasis Slovenia
Amebic abscess Vietnam
Anthrax Indonesia
Bartonellosis - cat borne Denmark
Bartonellosis - other systemic <Worldwide>
Baylisascariasis United States
Bunyaviridae infections United States
Campylobacteriosis Israel, Switzerland
Candida infections Iceland
Capillariasis - intestinal Egypt
Chlamydial infections United Kingdom
Chlamydia pneumoniae Slovenia
Cholera All endemic countries, Hong Kong, Japan,
Spain, <Worldwide>
Clostridial food poisoning United Kingdom
Crimea Congo hemorrhagic fever Iran
Cryptosporidiosis Thailand, Uganda, United Kingdom
Dengue Ecuador, Israel, New Caledonia, Wallis
amd Futuna
Diphtheria Americas region (all countries),
<Worldwide>
Echinococcosis - unilocular United States
Echinococcosis - multilocular United States
Echinococcosis - unilocular China, Kazakhstan
Ehrlichiosis - human monocytic Republic of Korea
Enterobiasis Thailand
Escherichia coli diarrhea Ireland, Israel, United States
Filariasis - bancroftian China
Filariasis - Brugia timori Indonesia
Gastroenteritis - viral Indonesia, Ireland, United Kingdom,
United States, <Worldwide>
Gnathostomiasis Mexico
Gonorrhea United Kingdom
Hantavirus - old world Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome Argentina, Chile
Hepatitis A Chile, Denmark
Hepatitis B China, Cuba, Denmark, Hong Kong, Israel,
Italy
Hepatitis C Belgium, Brazil, Ghana, Italy, Thailand,
United Kingdom, <Worldwide>
Herpes simplex infections United Kingdom
Heterophyid infections Republic of Korea, <Worldwide>
Human metapneumovirus United Kingdom
Isosporiasis Thailand
Kawasaki disease United States
Legionellosis Belgium, France, Japan, Spain,
United Kingdom, United States, <Worldwide>
Leishmaniasis - cutaneous Brazil, Turkey
Leishmaniasis - visceral Brazil, Israel, Italy, Spain,
<Worldwide>
Leprosy Guadeloupe
Leptospirosis Barbados, Brazil, France, United States
Listeriosis Israel, United Kingdom, United States
Lymphogranuloma venereum Bahamas
Lyme disease China, Germany, Indonesia, Sweden
Malaria Armenia, Brazil, China, Germany,
Indonesia, Madagascar, Mexico, Republic of Korea,
<Worldwide>
Measles Colobmia, Venezuela, <Worldwide>
Mediterranean spotted fever Greece, Italy
Melioidosis Singapore
Meningitis - aseptic Japan
Meningitis - bacterial Au7stria, Bulgaria, Burundi, Germany,
Malta, New Zealand, Rwanda, Slovenia, Tanzania,
United Kingdom
Monkeypox Dem. Rep. Congo
Mycobacterium ulcerans Australia, Benin, French Guyana, Ghana,
Guinea, Ivory Coast, Papua New Guinea, Togo
Necrotizing soft tissue Denmark, Israel
Nipah virus infection Bangladesh, Cambodia
Onchocerciasis <Worldwide>
Opisthorchiasis Thailand
Pertussis Americas region (all countries),
United Kingdom, <Worldwide>
Plague Mongolia
Poliomyelitis Angola, Bangladesh, India, Nepal,
Pakistan, <Worldwide>
Q fever Canada, France
Rabies France, Serbia and Montenegro,
Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom,
United States
Relapsing fever United States
Rocky Mountain spotted fever United States
Rotavirus Peru
Salmonellosis Israel, United States
Schistosomiasis - haematobium Cuba
Schistosomiasis - intercalatum Cuba
Schistosomiasis - japonicum Indonesia
Schistosomiasis - mansoni Cuba
Shigellosis Croatia, Estonia, Germany, Hungary,
Malta, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia,
Slovenia, Spain
Smallpox <Bioterrorism>, Israel
Syphilis Denmark, Germany, Ghana, United Kingdom
Tetanus Americas region (all countries), France,
<Worldwide>
Tick-borne encephalitis Germany, Lithuania
Toxocariasis Israel, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey
Toxoplasmosis Brazil, Slovenia
Trichinosis Chile, Finland, Israel, New Zealand,
Poland, Serbia and Montenegro
Tuberculosis Estonia, French Polynesia, Latvia,
Mongolia, Russian Republic
Tularemia Czech Republic, Sweden, United States
Typhoid and enteric fever Albania, Croatia, Denmark, Germany,
Slovaklia, Spain
Typhus - endemic Greece, Indonesia, United States
Typhus - epidemic <Worldwide>
Varicella Canada
Vesicular stomatitis United States
West Nile Fever Canada, Israel, Mexico, United States,
<Worldwide>
Yellow fever Senegal
THERAPY
DRUGS ADDED Clinafloxacin, Everninomycin
PHARMACOLOGY Albendazole, Cefoxitin, Cephalexin,
Ciprofloxacin, Ethionamide, Fluconazole, Gancyclovir,
Ketoconazole, Levofloxacin, Linezolid, Minocycline,
Moxifloxacin, Nalidixic acid, Nitazoxanide,
Nitrofurantoin, Pentamidine, Polymyxins, Quinine,
Ritonavir, Quinopristin-Dalfopristin, Sparfloxacin,
Terbinafine, Tetracyclines, Valacyclovir, Voriconazole
SUSCEPTIBILITY DATABASE Fusarium oxysporum, Fusarium solani
TOXICITY DATABASE Diplopia, Vasodilation
MICROBIOLOGY
NEW TAXA ADDED Actinomyces cardiffensis
Actinomyces houstonensis
Blastobacter denitrificans
Kytococcus schroeteri
Leptotrichia amnionii
Leptotrichia sanguinegens
Mycobacterium mageritense
Mycobacterium palustre
Roseburia intestinalis
Shuttleworthia satelles
PHENOTYPE DATABASE Afipia broomeae, Afipia clevelandensis,
Eubacterium rectale, Kytococcus sedentarius,
Mycobacterium avium, Mycobacterium xenopi
NAME CHANGED
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
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Troubleshooting
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The following is a list of known problems and solutions concerning
the GIDEON program. This list will be updated as necessary.
PROBLEM:
After installing GIDEON, other programs on the computer cannot be
initiated; and generate 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 file. If you are using Windows
'98, double-click on the second file. You will be asked where to unzip
these files - 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
problematic application should now work.
PROBLEM:
When trying to print the results of a Comparison, the page appears
distorted.
SOLUTION:
When comparing an excessive number of diseases or pathogens, not all
columns will fit on a printed page. For a normal sized page
with standard margins, it is recommended that the number of columns
compared be no greater than 5. If you still wish to print a table
containing a larger number of columns, you should save the report;
transfer it to a word processor; and print 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. A dialog box will now appear. In
the "Seperate text at" section you should choose "Tabs", and click OK).
PROBLEM:
When trying to run GIDEON, I receive 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). This error should no longer occur as of update 99-4.
This problem may originate when the Windows enviornment is not in
English, and is not known to occur on Windows NT systems. If this
happens in your computer, try 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 containing a map should appear. Above the map there
should be a box with your current regional setting (e.g French).
Change this 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 settings which might 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 alter 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").
PROBLEM:
When I click on the 'calendar' icon in the Diagnosis module, I
receive the following message:
"Runtime error '2.....; Automation error. The object involved has
been disconnected from its clients."
SOLUTION:
This error may occurred on some computers running newer versions
of Windows (XP, 2000). Unfortunately, the error is related to a
specific programming change introduced by Microsoft, and cannot be
corrected at this time. You may, however, still enter dates of
exposure and disease onset manually using the format, m/d/yy.
