GIDEON update 2003.4
WHAT'S NEW ? Update 03.4 December 1, 2003
*** MEDICAL SECTION ***
NAME CHANGED: Linguatulosis to Pentastomiasis - Linguatula
Moniliformis moniliformis to Acanthocephalan worms
Pentasomiasis - to Pentastomiasis armillifer
DIAGNOSIS
CLINICAL PARAMETERS Group C viral fevers
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
Q fever
EPIDEMIOLOGY
DISEASE DISTRIBUTION Babesiosis
Dicrocoeliasis
Ehrlichiosis - Human granulocytic
Japanese spotted fever
Rickettsialpox
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 Argentina
Australia
Estonia
Iceland
Finland
Latvia
Lithuania
Malaysia
Singapore
African tick bite fever St. Kitts and Nevis
Myanmar, Republic of Korea, Venezuela
Angiostrongyliasis Haiti
Anthrax All reporting countries
Anisakiasis Canada
Astrakhan fever Chad, Serbia-Montenegro
Babesiosis <Worldwide>
Botulism France, United States
Brucellosis Spain, United States
Campylobacteriosis United Kingdom
Chlamydia trachomatis Canada, Israel
Cholera All endemic countries, <Worldwide>,
Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, United States
Clonorchiasis Vietnam
Clostridial food poisoning Japan
Cowpox Finland
Cryptococcosis Australia
Cryptosporidiosis Ireland, Scotland, Spain,
United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela
Cysticercosis South Africa
Dengue Australia, Indonesia, Singapore,
Thailand, <Worldwide>
Diphtheria Afghanistan, Algeria, Denmark,
Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Venezuela, <Worldwide>
Dracunculiasis All endemic countries
Eastern equine encephalitis Canada, United States
Ehrlichiosis - hum. granulocyt. Estonia, United States, <Worldwide>
Enterovirus infection United States
Escherichia coli diarrhea Greece, Ireland, Japan,
United States
Flinders Island spotted fever <Worldwide>
Gastroenteritis - viral United States
Gianotti-Crosti syndrome <Worldwide>
Gnathostomiasis Mexico, Myanmar
Gonorhea Canada, Israel
Group C viral fevers Peru
Hantavirus - old world France, Sweden
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome Argentina, Paraguay
Hepatitis A Canada, Denmark, India,
United States
Hepatitis B European region - all countries,
India, Japan, Peru, United States, Vietnam, <Worldwide>
Hepatitis C Brazil, Pakistan, Taiwan, Turkey,
United States
Hepatitis E India
Hepatitis G Brazil
Histoplasmosis Italy
Human metapneumovirus Canada, Hong Kong
Influenza <Worldwide>
Japanese encephalitis India, Nepal, Republic of Korea
Japanese spotted fever Republic of Korea, Sri Lanka
Legionellosis Canada, France, Italy, New Zealand,
Spain, United Kingdom
Leishmaniasis - cutaneous Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, United States
Leprosy All countries, <Worldwide>
Leptospirosis France, India, Scotland, United Kingdom
Listeriosis Canada, United States
Loaisis Cameroon
Lyme disease China, Spain, United States
Malaria African region - all countries;
Americas region - All countries, Australia, China, Croatia,
Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Republic of Korea, Russian Republic,
Taiwan, United States
Mayaro Bolivia, French Guiana
Measles European region - all countries, Canada,
Trust Territories Pac., United States, <Worldwide>
Melioidosis Singapore
Meningitis - bacterial Australia, Canada, Denmark, Netherlands,
Norway, Russian Federation, Spain
Myiasis Pakistan, Sierra Leone
Onchocerciasis Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala,
Mexico, Venezuela, <Worldwide>
Paragonimiasis India
Pertussis European region - all countries, Algeria,
Canada, Sudan
Plague Mongolia, United States
Pneumocystis pneumonia Republic of Korea
Poliomyelitis Australia, Burkina Faso, Chad, Ghana,
India, Togo, <Worldwide>
Q fever Canada, Thailand
Rabies Americas region - All countries,
Lithuania, Poland, Puerto Rico, Russian Federation, Scotland,
Switzerland, <Worldwide>
Relapsing fever United States
Rickettsialpox Turkey, <Worldwide>
Rift Valley fever Egypt, Mauritania
Rubella Denmark, France, Kyrgyzstan, Samoa,
United Kingdom, United States
Salmonellosis Australia, Czech Republic, Denmark,
Finland, Japan, New Zealand, Scotland, Sweden, United Kingdom,
United States, <Worldwide>
Sarcocystosis Mongolia
SARS Canada, China, Singapore, Taiwan,
United States, <Worldwide>
Schistosomiasis - intercalatum Cameroon, <Worldwide>
Schistosomiasis - japonicum China
Shigellosis United States
Smallpox <Worldwide>
Staphylococcal food poisoning United States
Strongyloidiasis <Worldwide>
Syphilis Canada, Denmark, Japan
Tetanus Algeria, Denmark, Georgia, Poland
Trichinosis Canada, Spain, United States
Trypanosomiasis - American Argentina, Brazil, Suriname
Tuberculosis African region - all countries,
Chile, Ireland, Japan, Poland, Romania, Singapore
Tularemia Norway, Sweden
Typhoid Tajikistan
Typhus - epidemic Burundi, United States, <Worldwide>
Typhus - scrub Japan, Maldives, United States
Varicella United States
Venezuelan equine encephalitis Venezuela
Vibrio parahaemolyticus Japan
West Nile fever Austria, Canada, France, Guadeloupe,
Mexico, Netherlands, United States
Yaws Papua New Guinea
Yellow fever Bolivia, Brazil, Cameroon, Colombia,
Peru, Sierra Leone, Venezuela
THERAPY
PHARMACOLOGY Amoxiciilin, Ampicillin, Ampicillin-sulbactam,
Atazanavir, Azithromycin, Caspofungin, Cefmetazole, Cefuroxime,
Clindamycin, Didanosine, Efavirenz, Enfuvirtide, Erythromycin,
Fluconazole, Gatifloxacin, Halofantrine, Indinavir, Levofloxacin,
Lincomycin, Moxifloxacin, Nalidixic acid, Nelfinavir,
Nitrofurantoin, Pentamidine, Quinine, Rifabutin, Rifampin,
Ritonavir, Roxithromycin, Saquinavir, Sparfloxacin, Spiramycin,
Tetracyclines
VACCINE USAGE Argentine hemorrhagic fever, Mumps,
RSV immune globulin, Rubella, Varicella
DRUGS ADDED Influenza vaccine - live
TOXICITY DATABASE Cranial nerve palsy
Epistaxis
Torsade de points / prolonged QT interval
SUSCEPTIBILITY DATABASE Chaetomium spp.
INTERACTIONS DATABASE Atazanavir, Irinotecan
MICROBIOLOGY
NEW TAXA ADDED Acinetobacter parvus
Actinomyces nasicola
Actinomyces oricola
Brevibacterium lutescens
Brevibacterium otitidis
Cetobacterium somerae
Corynebacterium nigricans
Malassezia japonica [yeast]
Nesterokonia halobia
Nocardia puris
Ralstonia respiraculi
PHENOTYPE DATABASE Corynebacterium aurimucosum
Escherichia albertii
Nocardia africana
Nocardia paucivorans
Nocardia veterana
Weissella confusa
NAME CHANGED Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans
to Haemophilus actinomycetemcomitans
Bacillus stearothermophilus
to Geobacillus stearothermophilus
Vibrio hollisae to Grimontia hollisae
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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.
