GIDEON update 2006.3

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

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WHAT'S NEW ?          	Update    06.3      May 11 to May 18, 2006


CLINICAL DATABASE		Blastocystis hominis
				Cyclosporiasis

EPIDEMIOLOGY

ALL REPORTABLE DISEASES		Guatemala
				Latvia
				Lithuania
				Maldives
				Morocco

AIDS				Switzerland
Chikungunya			Germany, Mauritius, Reunion
Cholera				Angola, Zimbabwe
Dengue				Puerto Rico
Dracunculiasis			All reporting countries, Worldwide
Escherichia coli diarrhea	Scotland
Filariasis - bancroftian	Worldwide
Giardiasis			Russian Federation
Hepatitis A			Republic of Korea
Hepatitis B			Denmark
Influenza			Djibouti, Worldwide
Leptospirosis			Russian Federation, Vietnam
Listeriosis			Russian Federation
Lyme disease			Russian Federation
Malaria				Costa Rica
Measles				Germany
Mumps				Russian Federation
Onchocerciasis			Worldwide
Salmonellosis			Norway
Shigellosis			France
Syphilis			Russian Federation
Tick-borne encephalitis		Russian Federation
Trypanosomiasis - African	Equatorial Guinea
Tuberculosis			France, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Reunion, 
	Russian Federation
Typhoid and enteric fever	Worldwide


THERAPY

PHARMACOLOGY			Albendazole, Amikacin, Amoxicillin/Clavulanate, 
				Ampicicllin, Chloroquine, Cidofovir, Ciprofloxacin, 
				Clarithromycin, Dibekacin, Didanosine, Doxycycline, 
				Efavirenz, Eflornithine, Erythromycin, Ethionamide, 
				Gentamicin, Isepamicin, Kanamycin, Lamivudine, 
				Lincomycin, Meropenem, Metronidazole, Minocycline, 
				Moxifloxacin, Netilmicin, Nitazoxanide, Norfloxacin, 
				Paromomycin, Quinine, Ritonavir, Spectinomycin, 
				Stavudine, Streptomycin, Sulfonamides, Suramin, 
				Teicoplanin, Thiabendazole, Tobramycin, Vancomycin, 
				Zalcitabine, Zidovudine
		
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WHAT'S NEW ?          	Update    06.3      May 18 to May 24, 2006

EPIDEMIOLOGY

ALL REPORTABLE DISEASES		Jordan

AIDS				Denmark, French Guiana, South Africa
Campylobacteriosis 		Worldwide
Capillariasis - intestinal	Taiwan
Cholera				Angola, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda
Coccidioidomycosis		United States
Cowpox				Netherlands, Worldwide
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever	Pakistan
Diphtheria			Canada
Ehrlichiosis - hum. granulocyt.	United States, Worldwide
Enterovirus infection		Canada
Escherichia coli diarrhea	Argentina, New Zealand
Fasciolopsiasis			Thailand, Worldwide
Filariasis - bancroftian	India
Gonorrhea			Denmark
Hantavirus infec. - old world	Serbia and Montenegro
Hepatitis B			Canada, India
Hepatitis C			Canada
Herpes B infection		Nepal
Influenza			Egypt, Indonesia, Laos, Worldwide
Japanese encephalitis		Worldwide
Leptospirosis			Australia
Malaria				Papua New Guinea, Thailand
Measles				India
Meningitis - bacterial		China, Worldwide
Mumps 				United States
Pentastomiasis - Armillifer	Germany, Italy
Rabies				Mexico, Namibia
Rotavirus			Brazil
Schistosomiasis - haematobium	South Africa, Zimbabwe
Schistosomiasis - mansoni	Zimbabwe
Streptococcus suis infection	China
Syphilis			Denmark
Toxoplasmosis			Brazil
Trichinosis			Canada, France, Germany
Tularemia			China
West Nile fever			Cuba, Mexico

MICROBIOLOGY

NEW TAXA ADDED			Bacteroides finegoldii
				Gordonia polyisoprenivorans
		
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WHAT'S NEW ?          	Update    06.3      May 25 to June 1, 2006

EPIDEMIOLOGY

ALL REPORTABLE DISEASES		Bosnia and Herzegovina
				Czech Republic
				Iceland
				Malta
				Macedonia
				Romania
				Serbia and Montenegro

AIDS				Japan, Spain
Anthrax				Russian Federation
Campylobacteriosis		Denmark
Cholera				Angola, Niger
Chikungunya			Canada, Worldwide
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever	Russian Federation
Gastroenterititis - viral	United Kingdom
Hepatitis A			Italy
Hepatitis B			Taiwan
Hepatitis C			Poland
Influenza			Indonesia, Slovakia, Switzerland, Turkey, Worldwide
Lymphocytic choriomeningitis	United States, Worldwide
Measles				Fiji, United States
Myiasis				Lithuania
Necrotizing skin & soft tissue	Norway
Orbital infections		Worldwide
Plague				Worldwide
Salmonellosis			Bulgaria, Denmark
Scistosomiasis - japonica	Philippines
		
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WHAT'S NEW ?          	Update    06.3      June 1 to June 8, 2006

DIAGNOSIS

CLINICAL DATABASE		Cryptococcosis
				Dientamoeba fragilis infection


EPIDEMIOLOGY

ALL REPORTABLE DISEASES		Spain

Adenovirus			France
AIDS				Argentina, Brazil, Burkina Faso, China, Ghana, India
Amebic colitis			Nicaragua, Oman
Anthrax				Ukraine
Babesiosis			United States, Worldwide
Brucellosis			Ireland, United States
Campylobacteriosis		United Kingdom
Chikungunya			Germany, United Kingdom, Worldwide
Chlamydia trachomatis		Brazil
Chlamydophila pneumoniae	China
Clonorchiasis			China
Cholera				Angola, Liberia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Clostridium difficile 		Worldwide
Crimea-Congo hemorrhagic fever	Iran
Cryptosporidiosis		Egypt, Norway, United Kingdom, United States
Dipylidiasis			China
Dirofilariasis			Brazil, Japan, Thailand
Enterovirus infection		Malaysia
Escherichia coli diarrhea	Australia, Scotland, United Kingdom
Fascioliasis			China
Gastroenteritis - viral		Canada, United Kingdom
Giardiasis			Norway, Oman, United Kingdom
Gnathostomiasis			Laos
Gonorrhea			China, Germany, United States
Hantavirus - Old world		Germany, Guinea
Hepatitis A			Germany, Mongolia
Hepatitis B			Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Ghana, India, Lebanon, 
	Mongolia, Pakistan, United States
Hepatitis C			Argentina, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Ghana, India, Lebanon, 
	Mongolia, Scotland, United States
Hepatitis D			Turkey
Hepatitis E			Brazil, Sudan
Influenza			Denmark, Djibouti, Indonesia, Worldwide
Legionellosis			China, Spain
Leptospirosis			Australia, Canada
Listeriosis			Spain
Malaria				Ireland
Measles				Denmark, Germany
Mediterranean spotted fever	Spain
Metagonimiasis			China
Mycetoma			Albania
Mycoplasma pneumoniae		China
Paragonimiasis			China
Pertussis			Israel
Plague				China
Poliomyelitis			Israel, Namibia
Q-fever				Israel
Respiratory viruses - misc.	United States
Rickettsia felis		Spain
Rotavirus			Egypt, Spain
Shigellosis			Central African Republic
St. Louis encephalitis		Brazil
Streptococus suis		Thailand
Syphilis			Argentina, China, Ghana, India, Mongolia
Tick-borne encephalitis		Germany
Toxocariasis			China
Trichinosis			China, Laos
Tuberculosis			Switzerland, Ukraine
Tularemia			Worldwide
Typhus - endemic		Spain
Varicella			Netherlands

THERAPY

NEW DRUGS ADDED			Anidulafungin

PHARMACOLOGY			Ivermectin
		
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WHAT'S NEW ?          	Update    06.3      June 8 to June 15, 2006

DIAGNOSIS		

CLINICAL DATABASE		West Nile fever


EPIDEMIOLOGY

AIDS				India
Chlamydia trachomatis		Denmark
Dengue				All reporting countries
Escherichia coli diarrhea	United States
Filariasis - bancroftian	All endemic countries, Worldwide
Gastroenteritis - viral		Scotland, United States
Legionellosis			Spain
Leptospirosis			India
Meningitis - bacterial		United States
Mumps				Austria
Penicilliosis marneffei		Belgium, Italy, United States, Worldwide
Pertussis			Papua New Guinea
Poliomyelitis			Namibia
Rabies				China
Staphylococcal food infection	United States
West Nile fever			United States


THERAPY

NEW VACCINE ADDED		Human papillomavirus

INTERACTIONS DATABASE		Ibuprofen

SUSCEPTIBILITY DATABASE		Alternaria spp.
				Bipolaris spp.
				Exophiala spp.

PHARMACOLOGY			Amphotericin B, Fluconazole, Itraconazole, Levofloxacin, 
	Linezolid, Lumefantrine-Artemether, Mefloquine, Moxifloxacin, Ofloxacin, 
	Posaconazole, Tenofovir, Voriconazole

		
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WHAT'S NEW ?          	Update    06.3      June 15 to June 22, 2006

DIAGNOSIS		

EPIDEMIOLOGY

ALL REPORTABLE DISEASES		American Samoa
				Azerbaijan
				Guam
				Northern Marianas
				Puerto Rico
				South Africa
				United States
				Virgin Islands, U.S.

ROUTINE VACCINATION SCHEDULES	All reporting countries

AIDS				Taiwan
Anthrax				India, Namibia, South Africa
Chikungunya			India, Worldwide
Fungal infection - invasive	United States
Gastroenteritis - viral		Hungary, Netherlands, Worldwide
Influenza			China, Indonesia, Worldwide
Malaria				Bahamas
Measles				Cambodia, Fiji, Laos, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, 
	United Kingdom
Mumps				Austria, United States
Plague				Dem. Rep. Congo
Rabies				Serbia and Montenegro
Typhoid				Marshall Islands

		
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WHAT'S NEW ?          	Update    06.3      June 23 to June 29, 2006

DIAGNOSIS		

EPIDEMIOLOGY

DISEASE DISTRIBUTION		O'nyong nyong
				Rickettsia sibirica mongolotimonae infection

ALL REPORTABLE DISEASES		Sweden
				Wallis and Futuna

AIDS				Uganda, United States, Zambia
Alkhurma hemorrhagic fever	Kenya, Saudi Arabia, Uganda, Worldwide
Anthrax				United States
Ascariasis			China
Bartonellosis - other systemic	United States, Worldwide
Bunyaviridae - misc.		Kenya
Candidiasis			Norway
Chlamydia trachomatis		Australia
Cholera				Angola, Cameroon, Kenya, Liberia, Mozambique, Niger, 
	Zimbabwe
Clonorchiasis			China
Crimea-Congo hemorrhagic fever	Kenya, Russian Federation
Cryptosporidiosis		Haiti
Cysticercosis			China, South Africa
Dengue				Cameroon, Nicaragua
Escherichia coli diarrhea	Japan, Vietnam
Fungal infection - invasive	Worldwide
Gastroenteritis - viral		Australia
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome	Argentina, Brazil, Canada
Hepatitis B			Iran, Uganda
Hepatitis C			Republic of Korea, Thailand, Uganda
Hepatitis E			China
Hookworm			China
Influenza			China, Indonesia, Worldwide
Japanese spotted fever		Republic of Korea
Legionellosis			Republic of Korea
Leishmaniasis - cutaneous	French Guiana
Leishmaniasis - visceral	Kenya
Leptospirosis			Japan, New Caledonia, United States, Wallis and Futuna
Listeriosis			Finland, France, Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Lyme disease			Belgium, Finland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia, 
	Slovakia, United Kingdom, Worldwide
Lymphogranuloma venereum	France
Malaria				Denmark, India, Kenya, United States
Measles				Saudi Arabia, United States
Melioidosis			Thailand
Meningitis - bacterial		Greece, Nigeria, Switzerland, United States, Worldwide
Mumps				Saudi Arabia
Onchocerciasis			Nigeria
Paragonimiasis			China
Plague				Dem. Rep. Congo
Poliomyelitis			Namibia
Protothecosis			Worldwide
Respiratory viruses - misc.	Hong Kong
Rickett.sibirica mongolotimonae Portugal, Worldwide
Rubella				Saudi Arabia
Salmonellosis			United States
Schistosomiasis - japonicum	Philippines
Sindbis				Cameroon
Syphilis			France, Uganda
Taeniasis			China
Thogoto				Kenya
Toxocariasis			Indonesia
Toxoplasmosis			China
Trichinosis			China
Trichuriasis			China
Trypanosomiasis - African	France
Tuberculosis			Ethiopia, Ghana, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States, 
	Vietnam, Wordwide
West Nile fever			Cameroon, Spain, United States
Yellow fever			cameroon
Yersiniosis			Norway


MICROBIOLOGY

NEW TAXA ADDED			Mycobacterium arupense
				Nocardia exalbida
				Prototheca blaschkeae

PHENOTYPE			Corynebacterium xerosis
				Staphylococcus aureus subsp anaerobius

		
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WHAT'S NEW ?          	Update    06.3      June 29 to July 5 2006


DIAGNOSIS

CLINICAL DATABASE		Kawasaki disease
				Rhinosporidiosis
				Strongyloidiasis
				Typhus - scrub


EPIDEMIOLOGY

AIDS				China, India, Spain, Taiwan
Bacterial vaginosis		India, Laos
Bartonellosis - other systemic	Spain
Campylobacteriosis		France
Candidiasis			India, Laos
Chlamydia trachomatis		Australia, China, India, Laos, Vietnam
Chlamydophila pneumoniae	Chile, Jordan, Spain
Cholera				Iran
Crimea-Congo hem. fever		Russia
Cryptosporidiosis 		Japan
Dengue				United States
Diphteria			All reporting countries
Echinococcosis - granulosis	Spain
Ehrlichiosis - hum. monocytic	Brazil
Enterovirus 			Australia, Malaysia
Escherichia coli diarrhea	United Kingdom, United States
Fascioliasis			Brazil, Ireland
Filariasis - Bancroftian	East Timor, India
Filariasis - Brugia		East Timor
Fungal infection - invasive	Singapore
Gastroenteritis - viral		France, Germany, Japan
Gonococcal infection		Australia, China, Laos, Vietnam
Granuloma inguinale		Australia
Hantavirus - Old world		Austria, China
Hepatitis B			All reporting countries
Hepatitis C			China, Denmark, Germany, Lebanon, Nigeria, Pakistan, 
	Worldwide
Hepatitis E			China, Sudan
Herpes simplex			Australia, Singapore, Vietnam
Hookworm			Uganda
Hymenolepis nana		Uganda
Influenza			Indonesia, Nigeria, Worldwide
Kingella infection		Israel
Legionellosis			France, Jordan
Leprosy				Hong Kong
Leptospirosis			Thailand
Listeriosis			Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Worldwide
Lyme disease			Canada
Malaria				Norway, United States
Measles				All reporting countries
Mediterranean spotted fever	Thailand
Meningitis - bacterial		All reporting countries
Mumps				All reporting countries
Mycetoma			Argentina
Mycoplasma pneumoniae		China, France, Jordan
Ornithosis			Netherlands
Parvovirus B19			Thailand
Pertussis			All reporting countries
Pleisiomonas shigelloides	Cameroon
Poliomyelitis			All reporting countries
Q-fever				Spain, Thailand
Respiratory viruses - misc.	United States
Rotavirus			China, France, Japan, Serbia and Montenegro, Spain, 
	United States
Rubella				All reporting countries
Salmonellosis			Canada, United States
SARS				China, Worldwide
Schistosomiasis - haematobium	Yemen
Schistosomiasis - mansoni	Uganda
Smallpox			Bioterrorism, United States
Streptococcus suis		China
Syphilis			Australia, China, India, Vietnam
Tetanus				All reporting countries
Tick-borne encephalitis		France
Toxoplasmosis			Colombia, Turkey
Trachoma			Australia
Trichinosis			Bosnia and Herzegovina
Trichomoniasis			Australia, Laos, Tanzania
Trichuriasis			Uganda
Trypanosomiasis - American	Venezuela
Tuberculosis			All reporting countries
Typhoid				Marshall Islands
Typhus - endemic		Israel, Thailand
Typhus - scrub			Thailand
West Nile fever			Russian Federation
Yellow fever			All reporting countries


THERAPY

PHARMACOLOGY			Albendazole, Azithromycin, Clarithromycin, Daptomycin, 
	Erythromycin, Indinvair, Itraconazole, Ketoconazole, Nafcillin, Nelfinavir, 
	Novobiocin, Ritonavir, Terbinafine

INTERACTIONS DATABASE		Conivaptan
				Ranolazine

		
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WHAT'S NEW ?          	Update    06.3      June 5 to July 13 2006


EPIDEMIOLOGY

ALL REPORTABLE DISEASES		Bahrain
				Belgium
				Brazil

AIDS				Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Dominican Republic, Ghana, 
	Kenya, Mali, Tanzania, Zambia
Anthrax				Canada, Peru, Russian Federation, United States
Botulism			Germany, Thailand
Chikungunya			India
Cholera				Angola, Guinea, Liberia
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever Russia, Turkey
Enterovirus infections		Hong Kong, Malaysia
Gastroenteritis - viral		Hong Kong, United States, Worldwide
Hantavirus - Old world		Russian Federation
Influenza			Denmark, Indonesia, Iraq, Mongolia, South Africa, 
	Spain, Worldwide
Meningitis - bacterial		Poland
Mumps				Austria
Poliomyelitis 			Afghanistan, Pakistan, Worldwide
Salmonellosis			Norway, United Kingdom
Shigellosis			China
West Nile fever			Canada, United States
Yellow fever			Brazil

		
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WHAT'S NEW ?          	Update    06.3      June 13 to July 20 2006


EPIDEMIOLOGY

Adenovirus infections		Japan
AIDS				Costa Rica, Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa, Solomon Islands, 
	Tonga, Vanuatu
Anthrax				Canada, Turkey
Ascariasis			Colombia
Blastocystis hominis		Colombia
Brainerd diarrhea		United States
Campylobacteriosis 		Worldwide
Chlamydia trachomatis		Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu
Clostridium difficile		United Kingdom
Dengue				United States
Echinococcosis - multilocular	France
Enterovirus infection		Malaysia
Escherichia coli diarrhea	Argentina, Worldwide
Gastroenteritis - viral		New Zealand, Republic of Korea
Giardiasis			Colombia
Gonococcal infection		Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu
Hymenolepis nana		Colombia
Influenza			South Africa, Worldwide
Japanese encephalitis		Indonesia
Influenza			Indonesia, Worldwide
Legionellosis			Netherlands
Lyme disease			France
Malaria				Netherlands
Meningitis - bacterial		Poland, United States
Ornithosis			France
Rabies				Belarus
Salmonellosis			United States
Syphilis			Fiji, Germany, Kiribati, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, 
	Vanuatu
Tick-borne encephalitis		Austria, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Italy, Poland, 
	Russian Federation, Slovakia, Sweden
Trichuriasis			Colombia

THERAPY

PHARMACOLOGY			Influenza vaccine - live
				Telithromycin
		
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WHAT'S NEW ?          	Update    06.3      June 21 to July 27 2006


EPIDEMIOLOGY

AIDS				Spain
Anthrax				Canada, India, Kazakhstan, United States
Botulism			Finland, Ukraine
Campylobacteriosis		Japan
Chlamydophila pneumoniae	United States
Cholera				Angola, Dem. Rep. Congo, United States, 
	Zimbabwe
Clonorchiasis			Republic of Korea
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever	Albania, Russian Federation, Turkey
Cryptosporidiosis		Kenya
Cysticercosis			France, Germany, United States, Worldwide
Dengue				United States
Dracunculiasis			Uganda
Eastern equine encephalitis	United States
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome	Paraguay
Hepatitis C			Egypt
Influenza			Indonesia, Thailand, Worldwide
Japanese encephalitis		Australia, India
Lassa fever			Germany, Sierra Leone
Legionellosis			Netherlands
Leishmaniasis - visceral	Kenya
Leprosy				Paraguay
Malaria				East Timor, Kyrgyzstan
Mumps				Paraguay
Q-fever				Scotland, Spain, United States
Rocky Mountain spotted fever	United States
Salmonellosis			United Kingdom, United States
Schistosomiasis - haematobium	Kenya
Tularemia			United States
Typhus - endemic		Egypt
Vibrio parahaemolyticus		United States
West Nile fever			Canada, United States


THERAPY

VACCINE ADDED			Herpes zoster

PHARMACOLOGY			Linezolid


MICROBIOLOGY

NEW TAXA ADDED		Bacillus massiliensis
			Bacteroides dorei
			Enterococcus caccae

NAME CHANGED		Bacteroides distasonis to Parabacteroides distasonis
			Bacteroides goldsteinii to Parabacteroides goldsteinii
			Bacteroides merdae to Parabacteroides merdae
				
		
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WHAT'S NEW ?          	Update    06.3      June 27 to August 3 2006


DIAGNOSIS

CLINICAL DATABASE		Respiratory syncytial virus infection



EPIDEMIOLOGY

DISEASE DISTRIBUTION		O'nyong-nyong
				Rickettsia felis

Adenovirus			Brazil, France, Japan, Poland, Tunisia, United States
Aeromonas and marine Vibrio	Brazil, Hong Kong
AIDS				Brazil, China, France, Greece, Haiti, India, Kenya, Mozambique, 
	South Africa, Switzerland, Tanzania, Uganda, United States, Zambia
Amebic colitis			Iran, New Caledonia
Amoeba - free living		Greece
Anthrax				Canada
Bacterial vaginosis		Denmark
Blastomycosis			United States
Brucellosis			Brazil, China, United States
Chikungunya			India
Chlamydia infections, misc	Bangladesh, Ireland, Nigeria
Chlamydophila pneumoniae	Bangladesh
Cholera				Guinea
Coenurosis			Estonia
Cowpox				Netherlands, Worldwide
Cutaneous larva migrans		Republic of Korea
Cryptosporidiosis		colombia, Poland
Dirofilariasis			Canary Islands
Diphyllobothriasis		Estonia
Ehrlichiosis - hum. granulocyt.	Poland
Enterovirus infections		Belarus, Brazil, Spain
Escherichia coli diarrhea	Turkey
Fascioliasis			Switzerland
Filariasis - bancroftian	China
Gastroenteritis - viral		Japan, Poland, Tunisia
Giardiasis			Colombia, France, Haiti, Zimbabwe
Gonococcal infection		Bangladesh, India, Sweden
Hantavirus - Old world		Worldwide
Hantavirus pulmonary synd.	French Guiana
Hepatitis A			Spain, Switzerland
Hepatitis B			Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, China, Egypt, Italy, 
	Nepal, Turkey
Hepatitis C			Burkina Faso, China, Egypt, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Spain, 
	Switzerland, United Kingdom
Hepatitis D			China, Turkey
Hepatitis G			China
Herpes simplex			Brazil, France, India, Indonesia
Histoplasmosis			Australia
Hookworm			Belize, Tuvalu
Influenza			Iraq, Laos, Netherlands, Thailand, United States, Worldwide
Japanese encephalitis		India
Leishmaniasis - cutaneous	Argentina, Brazil
Leishmaniasis - visceral	Brazil, United Kingdom
Leprosy				India
Leptospirosis			Brazil, India, Mexico
Listeriosis			Costa Rica, Italy, United Kingdom
Lyme disease			Norway, Poland, United States, Worldwide
Lymphogranuloma venereum	Australia
Measles				Belarus, Niger, Yemen
Meningitis - aseptic		Belarus, Brazil, Spain
Meningitis - bacterial		Vietnam
Metorchiasis			China
Microsporidiosis		Colombia, Worldwide
Mumps				Scotland
Myiasis				Worldwide
Onchocerciasis			Equatorial Guinea
O'nyong-nyong			Chad
Opisthorchiasis			Laos
Parainfluenza			Brazil, France
Parvovirus B19			China
Penicilliosis			Greece
Pertussis			Slovenia
Poliomyelitis			India, Nigeria, Singapore
Rabies				All reporting countries, Worldwide
Rat bite fever - streptobac.	Canada
Relapsing fever			Senegal
Respiratory syncytial virus	Bangladesh, Brazil, France, Spain
Respiratory viruses - misc.	Australia, France, Republic of Korea, Spain
Rickettsia felis		Indonesia
Rotavirus			India, Jordan, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia
Rubella				Cameroon, Yemen
Salmonellosis			Japan, Poland
Sandfly fever			France, Worldwide
SARS				China
Shigellosis			Brazil, Kenya, Nepal
Streptococcus suis infection	Worldwide
Strongyloidiasis		Papua New Guinea
Syphilis			Bangladesh, Belerus, Botswana, Egypt, Mexico, Mozambique, 
	United Kingdom
Tick-borne encephalitis		Italy
Toxocariasis			Poland, Turkey
Toxoplasmosis			Bangladesh, Benin, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Comoros, Estonia, 
	Ghana, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Kenya, Mexico, Niger, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Sweden, 
	Togo, Uganda, United States, Zambia, Worldwide
Trachoma			Ethiopia, Oman, Vietnam
Trichinosis			China, Estonia
Trichomoniasis			Republic of Korea
Trichuriasis			China, Tuvulu
Trypanosomiasis - American	Brazil, Mexico, United States
Tuberculosis			Hong Kong, South Africa, Spain
Typhus - endemic		Indonesia
Varicella			United States
Vibrio parahaemolyticus		United States
Yersiniosis			Greece

				
		
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WHAT'S NEW ?          	Update    06.3      August 3 to August 10 2006


EPIDEMIOLOGY

Aeromonas and marine Vibrio	United States
Amoeba-free living		Portugal
Anthrax				All reporting countries
Brucellosis			All reporting countries
Echinococcosis - unilocular	Algeria, Croatia, Falkland Islands, Iran, Japan, Kenya, 
	Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Moldova, Tunisia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Erysipeloid			Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Macedonia, 
	Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia
Gastroenteritis - viral		Finland
Hantavirus pumonary syndrome	Bolivia, Brazil, Canada
Influenza			Iraq, Netherlands, Thailand, Worldwide
Leptospirosis 			All reporting countries
Listeriosis			All reporting countries
Measles				Italy
Ornithosis			Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia
Q-fever				All reporting countries
Rabies				China
Rickettsia felis infection	Spain
Salmonellosis			All reporting countries
Shigellosis			Tanzania
Toxoplasmosis			All reporting countries
Trichinosis 			All reporting countries
Tularemia			All reporting countries
Vibrio parahaemolyticus		United States
West Nile fever			Canada, United States


THERAPY

PHARMACOLOGY			Voriconazole


MICROBIOLOGY

NEW TAXA ADDED			Clostridium aldenense
				Clostridium citroniae
				Streptococcus pseudoporcinus

PHENOTYPE DATABASE		Clostridium bolteae
				Clostridium clostridioforme
				Clostridium hathewayi

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