GIDEON update 2004.3
WHAT'S NEW ? Update 04.3 September 1, 2004
Note: Weekly updates are automatically displayed on the Internet version of GIDEON.
Udates for the disk version will list these updates in chronological order.
1. May 1 to July 15, 2004
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GIDEON GRAPHS - The Internet version of GIDEON now offers a vast
number of graphs depicting disease incidence, rates, mortality rates ...
and much more. All graphs are updated "in real time" as data are
added to the program
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DIAGNOSIS
CLINICAL PARAMETERS Human metapneumovirus infection
Oesophagostomiasis
Paracoccidioidomycosis
EPIDEMIOLOGY
Disease parameters Bacillary angiomatosis
DISEASE DISTRIBUTION Echinococcosis - Amercian polycystic
Ehrlichiosis - human granulocytic
Ehrlichiosis - human monocytic
Mycobacteriosis - M. ulcerans
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 Belgium
Denmark
Germany
Iceland
Norway
Aeromonas & marine vibrio Australia
AIDS All countries, <Worldwide>
Ameba - free living Thailand, <Worldwide>
Anisakiasis Japan, Republic of Korea, <Worldwide>
Anthrax China, Georgia, India, Kazakhstan,
United States
Babesiosis Japan
Bartonellosis - other systemic <Worldwide>
Botulism Russian Federation
Brucellosis Spain
Campylobacteriosis Finland
Candidiasis Ireland, <Worldwide>
Cercarial dermatitis <Worldwide>
Chancroid Ireland
Chlamydia pneumoniae Taiwan
Chlamydia trachomatis Ireland, Mexico
Cholera Australia, Benin, Cameroon, Cambodia,
Dem. Rep. Congo, Hong Kong, India, Ivory Coast, Japan, Kenya,
Liberia, Mali, Niger, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe
Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever Iran, Pakistan, Russian Federation
Cryptococcosis France
Cryptosporidiosis Finland, Ireland, Rep. of Korea, Switzerland
Dengue French Guiana, Indonesia, New Caledonia,
Sri Lanka, Venezuela, Vietnam
Diphtheria Latvia, Turkey
Diphyllobothriasis France, Italy, Switzerland, <Worldwide>
Dirofilariasis Italy
Dracunculiasis All reporting countries, <Worldwide>
Ebola Russian Federation, Sudan, <Worldwide>
Echinococcosis - Am. polycystic Peru
Echinococcus - multilocular Denmark, <Worldwide>
Echinostomiasis Philippines, <Worldwide>
Ehrlichiosis - human monocytic Chile
Ehrlichiosis - hum granulocytic Hungary, United States
Enterobiasis <Worldwide>
Escherichia coli diarrhea Canada, Japan, New Zealand, United States
Filariasis - Bancroftian China, Trinadad and Tobago
Gastrodiscoidiasis <Worldwide>
Gastroenteritis - viral Australia, Botswana, Canada,
Finland, Ireland, Scotland, Spain, United Kingdom, United States
Giardiasis Finland
Gnathostomiasis Japan
Gonorrhea Europe - all countries, United States,
<Worldwide>
Granuloma inguinale Ireland
Hantavirus - Old World Croatia
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome Brazil
Hepatitis A Denmark, Italy, Re. Korea, Sweden,
South Africa, Turkey
Hepatitis B India, Japan, Saudi Arabia, South Africa,
Turkey
Hepatitis C Japan, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Taiwan
Hepatitis E Japan, Turkey
Herpes simplex Ireland, Israel, Mexico
Human metapneumovirus Argentina, Norway
Hymenolepis diminuta <Worldwide>
Influenza Egypt, <Worldwide>
Japanese encephalitis Hong Kong, Vietnam
Japanese spotted fever Republic of Korea
Legionellosis Denmark, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden
Leishmaniasis - cutaneous Brazil, Peru
Leismaniasis - mucocutaneous Brazil
Leishmaniasis - visceral Albania
Leprosy Canada
Leptospirosis Kenya
Lyme disease Germany, Norway, Poland, <Worldwide>
Lymphogranuloma venereum Ireland
Malaria Denmark, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Nigeria,
Pakistan, Uganda, United States, <Worldwide>
Mayaro Venezuela
Measles Americas Region (all countries),
Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar,
Nepal, Norway, Papua New Guinea, South Africa, Sri Lanka,
Thailand
Mediterranean spotted fever Kazakhstan
Meningitis - bacterial Denmark, Germany, Lebanon
Microspiridiosis <Worldwide>
Mycobacteriosis - M. ulcerans All endemic countries
Mycobacteriosis - systemic Dominican Republic
Nipah and Nipah-like viruses Bangladesh
Onchocerciasis United States, <Worldwide>
Opisthorchiasis Thailand
Paragonimiasis <Worldwide>
Pediculosis Ireland
Plague Ecuador, Peru, United States
Poliomyelitis Afghanistan, Benin, Burkina Faso,
Central African Republic Chad, Egypt, Ghana, India, Ivory Coast,
Lebanon, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, South Africa, Sudan, Togo,
<Worldwide>
Q-fever Bosnia Herzegovina, France
Rabies Brazil, Kenya, South Africa, United States,
<Worldwide>
Respiratory syncytial virus Ireland
Rocky Mountain spotted fever Brazil
Rotavirus Botswana, United Kingdom
Rubella Denmark, Finland, France, Greece,
Italy, Romania, Russian Federation, Spain, <Worldwide>
Salmonellosis Europe - all countries, New Zealand,
United States, <Worldwide>
Sandfly fever Italy, Netherlands
SARS China, <Worldwide>
Scarlet fever Russian Federation
Schistosomiasis - mansoni Uganda
Schistosomiasis - mekongi Cambodia
Shigellosis Russian Federation, United States
Strongyloidiasis Kuwait
Syphilis Europe - all countries, Mexico,
South Africa, <Worldwide>
Tick-borne encephalitis All endemic countries
Toxoplasmosis Brazil, Turkey, United States, Vietnam
Trichinosis France, Serbia and Montenegro
Trichomoniasis Ireland
Trichostrongyliasis Iran, <Worldwide>
Tuberculosis Canada, Czech Republic, India, Spain
Tularemia Kazakhstan, United States
Typhoid Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, <Worldwide>
Varicella Spain, United States
Vesicular stomatitis United States
West Nile fever Belize, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico,
Russian Federation, Sudan, United States
Yellow fever Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Colombia,
French Guiana, Peru, Venezuela
Yersiniosis Finland
PHARMACOLOGY Albendazole, Amantadine, Amphotericin B,
Azithromycin, Carbenicillin, Daptomycin, Didanosine, Diloxanide,
Fleroxacin, Flucytosine, Foscarnet, Gancyclovir, Griseofulvin,
Indiavir, Isoniazid, Itraconazole, Levofloxacin, Linezolid,
Nitrofurantoin, Pentamidine, Quinopristin-Dalfopristin, Rimantidine,
Ritonavir, Rufloxacin, Saquinavir, Spiramycin, Vancomycin,
Voraconazole
DRUGS ADDED Bacampicillin
Clofoctol
Cyclacillin
Micafungin
Pazufloxacin
Propicillin
Thiamphenicol
Trospectinomycin
SUSCEPTIBILITY DATABASE Cryptococcus albidus
Cryptococcus laurentii
Madurella mycetomatis
Oesophagostomum bifurcum
Rhodotorula glutinis
Sprorobolomyces salmonicolor
TOXICITY DATABASE Xerostomia or dry mouth
TESTING STANDARDS Cefoxitin, Chloramphenicol,
Ciprofloxacin, Doxycycline, Minocycline,
Sulfa. Trimethoprim, Telithromycin, Tetracyclines
MICROBIOLOGY
NEW TAXA ADDED Brevibacterium sanguinis
Klebsiella variicola
Legionella - all species
Mycobacterium saskatchewanense
Nocardia arthritidis
Prevotella salivae
Prevotella shahii
Trichosporon gamsii
Trichosporon scarabaeorum
PHENOTYPE DATABASE UPDATED
NAME CHANGED Trichosporon pullulans to Guehomyces pullulans
Clostridium hastiforme has been incorporated into
the priority taxon, Tissierella preacuta
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.
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G I D E O N
GLOBAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES & EPIDEMIOLOGY NETWORK
WHAT'S NEW ? Update 04.3 July 15 to July 22, 2004
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GIDEON GRAPHS - The Internet version of GIDEON now offers a vast
number of graphs depicting disease incidence, rates, mortality rates ...
and much more. All graphs are updated "in real time" as data are
added to the program
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DISEASE DISTRIBUTION Ehrlichiosis - human granulocytic
Leishmaniasis - cutaneous
COUNTRY-SPECIFIC NOTES
AIDS Norway
Anthrax China, Kazakhstan
Brucellosis Lebnaon, Saudi Arabia, Spain
Cholera Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Japan, Mali, Niger,
Singapore, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe
Cryptosporidiosis Republic of Korea
Diphyllobothriasis France, Italy, Switzerland, <Worldwide>
Ebola Sudan, <Worldwide>
Echinococcosis - unilocular Morocco, Sudan
Echinostomiasis Thailand
Ehrlichiosis - hum granulocytic Hungary, United States
Escherichia coli diarrhea United States
Gastroenteritis - viral Australia, Scotland, Spain, United Kingdom,
United States
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome Brazil
Hepatitis A Republic of Korea
Hepatitis B European Region (all countries), India
Heterophyid nematodes Thailand
Hymenolepis diminuta <Worldwide>
Legionellosis Denmark, Spain, Sweden
Leishmaniasis - cutaneous Sri Lanka
Leprosy Brazil, Canada, India
Leptospirosis Kenya
Lyme disease Germany
Malaria <Worldwide>
Mayaro Venezuela
Measles Americas Region (all countries)
Microspiridiosis <Worldwide>
Mumps European Region (all countries)
Mycobacteriosis - systemic Dominican Republic
Opisthorchiasis Thailand
Poliomyelitis Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic,
Chad, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Togo, <Worldwide>
Q-fever Bosnia Herzegovina, France
Rabies Brazil, Colombia, United States, <Worldwide>
Rocky Mountain spotted fever Brazil
Rubella European Region (all countries)
Shigellosis Russian Federation, United States
Strongyloidiasis Thailand
Syphilis Europe - all countries
Tick-borne encephalitis All endemic countries
Trichiuriasis Thailand
Tularemia United States
Typhoid Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, <Worldwide>
Vesicular stomatitis United States
West Nile fever Belize, Canada, Puerto Rico, Russian Federation,
Sudan, United States
Yellow fever Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Colombia,
French Guiana, Peru, Venezuela
PHARMACOLOGY Amphotericin B, Itraconazole, Linezolid,
Voraconazole
DRUGS ADDED Micafungin
SUSCEPTIBILITY DATABASE Cryptococcus albidus
Cryptococcus laurentii
Madurella mycetomatis
Oesophagostomum bifurcum
Rhodotorula glutinis
Sprorobolomyces salmonicolor
MICROBIOLOGY
NEW TAXA ADDED Brevibacterium sanguinis
Legionella - all species
Mycobacterium saskatchewanense
Trichosporon gamsii
Trichosporon scarabaeorum
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G I D E O N
GLOBAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES & EPIDEMIOLOGY NETWORK
WHAT'S NEW ? Update 04.3 July 22 to July 29, 2004
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CLINICAL PARAMETERS Barmah Forest disease
Kikuchi's disease and Kimura disease
Lyme disease
COUNTRY-SPECIFIC NOTES
AIDS Sweden
Anthrax Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Mongolia, Ukraine
Cercarial dermatitis Iran
Cholera Austria, Philippines
Conjunctivitis - viral Puerto Rico, <Worldwide>
Deugue Vietnam
Diphtheria Czech Republic
Escherichia coli diarrhea Canada, Switzerland, United States
Gastroenteritis- viral Scotland
Hantavirus - old world Sweden
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome Panama
Hapatitis A Spain
Hepatitis B Mongolia
Hepatitis C Czech Republic, Spain
Hepatitis D Sweden
Leishmaniasis - visceral Brazil
Leprosy Malaysia
Leptospirosis Portugal
Lymphogranuloma venereum Germany
Measles Czech Republic, Israel, Mexico
Medeterranean spotted fever India
Onchocerciasis <Worldwide>
Pertussis Czech Republic, Sweden
Poliomyelitis Czech Republic, Malaysia
Rabies France, Georgia, South Africa, United States
Rubella United States
Salmonellosis Germany, Ireland, United States
Tetanus Czech Republic, Turkey
Trichinosis Spain
Tuberculosis Indonesia
Typhoid Tajikistan
Vesicular stomatitis India
West Nile fever Canada, Ireland, Portugal, Puerto Rico,
United States
MICROBIOLOGY
NEW TAXA ADDED Nocardia beijingensis
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 GIDEON as they become available.
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G I D E O N
GLOBAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES & EPIDEMIOLOGY NETWORK
WHAT'S NEW ? Update 04.3 July 29 to August 5
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NOTE: ALL DATA SETS HAVE NOW BEEN CONVERTED INTO GRAPHS. THESE GRAPHS
ARE DESIGNED TO UPATE AUTOMATICALLY AS DATA ARE ADDED, AND WILL
REMAIN "IN-REAL-TIME" IN PARALLEL WITH THE ENTIRE PROGRAM !
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CLINICAL PARAMETERS
DISEASE DISTRIBUTION Trichostrongyliasis
COUNTRY-SPECIFIC NOTES
AIDS Japan, United Kingdom
Anthrax United States
Chlamydia infections United Kingdom
Cholera Dem. Rep. Congo, Liberia, Mali,
Russian Federation
Dengue Singapore
Diphtheria Americas Region - all countries
Escherichia coli diarrhea Canada
Gastroenteritis - viral United States
Gonorrhea United Kingdom
Hantavirus - Old world Denmark
Hepatitis A Poland
Hepatitis C Australia, Scotland
Herpes simplex infections United Kingdom
Leishmaniasis - cutaneous Israel
Lyme disease Bulgaria
Measles Americas Region - all countries,
Ireland, United Kingdom
Meningitis - bacterial France
Pertussis Americas Region - all countries,
Spain
Plague Dem. Rep. Congo
Poliomyelitis Americas Region - all countries
Salmonellosis United States
Shigellosis Russian Federation
Syphilis United Kingdom
Tetanus Americas Region - all countries
Tuberculosis Americas Region - all countries
Typhoid or enteric fever Ukraine, United States
Typhus - scrub Japan
Vibrio parahaemolyticus United States
MICROBIOLOGY
NEW TAXA ADDED Mycobacterium parmense
Paenibacillus massiliensis
Paenibacillus sanguinis
Paenibacillus timonensis
Veillonella montpellierensis
PHENOTYPE DATABASE UPLDATED Paenibacillus macerans
Paenibacillus polymyxa
Photorhabdus asymbiotica
Stenotrophomonas africana
Tsukamurella - all species
