GIDEON update 2006.4

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

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WHAT'S NEW ?          	Update    06.4      August 8 to August 16 2006


EPIDEMIOLOGY

GRADIENT MAPS CREATED		Anthrax
				Brucellosis
				Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
				Echinococcosis - unilocular
				Japanese encephalitis
				Tick-borne encephalitis
				Trichinosis
				Tularemia
				West Nile fever
				
Adenovirus infections		Germany
AIDS				India
Anthrax				Canada, United States
Chikungunya			India
Cholera				All reporting countries, Worldwide
Crimea-Congo hem. fever		Russian Federation, Turkey
Escherichia coli diarrhea	Netherlands
Fungal infection - invasive	Worldwide
Hepatitis B			China
Hookworm			Kenya
Influenza			Bulgaria, China, Indonesia, Worldwide
Meningitis - bacterial		France
Onchocerciasis			Brazil, Colombia, Eduador, Guatemala, Mexico, 
	Venezuela, Worldwide
Plague				Madagascar
Poliomyelitis			Taiwan, United States
Salmonellosis			United States
Shigellosis			China


THERAPY

PHARMACOLOGY			Hepatitis B vaccine


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WHAT'S NEW ?          	Update    06.4      August 16 to August 24 2006


EPIDEMIOLOGY

GRADIENT MAP ADDED		Dengue

Aeromonas and marine Vibrio	Germany
AIDS				Canada
Angiostrongyliasis		China
Anthrax				Russian Federation, Scotland, United Kingdom, United States, 
	Worldwide
Botulism			Russian Federation
Chandipura & vesic. stomatitis	United States
Cholera				Angola, Niger, United States
Crimea-Congo hemorrhagic fever	Turkey
Cryptosporidiosis		Spain
Diphyllobothriasis		Japan, Worldwide
Enterovirus infections		Malaysia
Escherichia coli diarrhea	United Kingdom
Hepatitis C			Uganda
Influenza			Indonesia, Japan, Worldwide
Legionellosis			Switzerland, Worldwide
Leishmaniasis - cutaneous	Argentina, Colombia, Pakistan
Leprosy				All reporting countries, worldwide
Leptospirosis			New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna
Listeriosis			United Kingdom
Malaria				Perus, Worldwide
Measles				Fiji
Meningitis - aseptic		Serbia and Montenegro
Meningitis - bacterial		Germany
Mycobacterium ulcerans		Benin
Paragonimiasis			United States
Pertussis			United States
Q-fever				United States
Relapsing fever			United States
Respiratory viruses - misc.	China, Jordan, South Africa
Salmonellosis			Japan, Latvia
Shigellosis			United Kingdom
Toxocariasis			Japan, Worldwide
Toxoplasmosis			Taiwan
Tuberculosis			France, India, Netherlands, Russian Federation
Typhus - endemic		Vietnam
Typhus - scrub			China
Vibrio parahaemolyticus		United States
West Nile fever			Canada, United States



THERAPY

PHARMACOLOGY			Amoxicillin-clavulanate, Cefotetan, Imipenem, Levofloxacin, 
	Linezolid, Meropenem, Micafungin, Piperacillin-Tazobactam

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WHAT'S NEW ?          	Update    06.4      August 24 to August 30 2006


EPIDEMIOLOGY

ALL REPORTABLE DISEASES		Israel

Adenovirus			Georgia, Italy, Poland, Spain
Aeromonas and marine Vibrio	Denmark
AIDS				Dem. Rep. Congo, Morocco, Thailand, United States, 
	Worldwide
Amebic colitis			Ethiopia
Amoeba - free living		Chile, United States
Angiostrongyliasis		China,, India
Anthrax				Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Mongolia, Russian Federation
Ascariasis			Ivory Coast, Poland
Babesiosis			Poland
Bacterial vagionsis		China
Bartonellosis - cat-borne	Spain
Bartonellosis - other systemic	China
Botulism			France, United Kingdom, Worldwide
Campylobacteriosis		Kenya
Candidiasis			Brazil
Chandipura & Vesic. stomatitis 	United States
Chikunguna			France, India, Malaysia, Reunion
Chlamydia trachomatis		Norway
Chlamydophila pneumoniae	Germany, Republic of Korea
Chromomycosis			Venezuela
Cholera				Angola, India, Liberia, Senegal
Coenurosis			Iran
Cryptococcosis			Worldwide
Cryptosporidiosis		Brazil, Ethiopia, India, Iran, Norway, Slovenia
Dipylidiasis			Iran, Spain
Dermatophytosis			France
Echinococcosis - multilocular	Italy, Poland, Slovakia
Echinococcosis - unilocular	Iran
Ehrlichiosis - granulocytic	Germany, Italy, Spain
Enterobiasis			Italy, Ivory Coast, Poland
Fungal infection - invasive	United States
Gastroenteritis - viral		Italy, Mexico
Giardiasis			Ethiopia, Norway, Poland
Hantavirus - old world		India
Hepatitis A			India, Wallis and Futuna
Hepatitis B			Brazil, Hong Kong, Morocco, Oman, Scotland
Hepatitis C			Morocco, Puerto Rico, Scotland, Senegal, United States
Hepatitis E			India, Laos
Herpes simplex			Dem. Rep. Congo, Sweden, Tanzania
Histoplasmosis			Ecuador, Italy
Influenza			Indonesia, Vietnam, Worldwide
Isosporiasis			Ethiopia
Japanese encephalitis		China
Legionellosis			Republic of Korea
Leishmaniasis - cutaneous	France, French Guiana
Lyme disease			Germany
Malaria				India
Measles				Japan
Mediterranean spotted fever	Italy, Portugal, Spain
Mycoplasma pneumoniae		Georgia, Republic of Korea
Necrotiz. skin & soft tissue	Denmark
Orbital infections		United States
Paragonimiasis			Japan, United States
Parainfleunza virus		Georgia, Spain
Plague				Dem. Rep. congo
Poliomyelitis			China
Q-fever				Italy, Scotland
Rabies				China
Relapsing fever			Italy, Senegal
Respiratory syncytial virus	Georgia
Respiratory viruses - misc.	Spain, Taiwan
Rotavirus			Italy, Malayasia, Poland
Salmonellosis			Hungary, Kenya, United Kingdom, United States
Strongyloidiasis		Ivory Coast
Toxocariasis			Iran, Spain
Trichuriasis			Ivory Coast, Poland
Tuberculosis			Norway, Scotland
Tungiasis			Worldwide
Typhoid				China, Fiji, India
Typhus - epidemic		Bosnia and Herzegovina
Vibrio parahaemolyticus infec.	United States
West Nile fever			Russian Federation, Switzerland
Varicella			India, Ireland
Yellow fever			All reporting countries, Worldwide


THERAPY

PHARMACOLOGY			Oseltamivir
				Tigecycline


MICROBIOLOGY

NEW TAXA ADDED			Alistipes onderdonkii
				Alistipes shahii
				Asaia bogorensis
				Candida thermophila
				Gordonia araii
				Gordonia effusa
				Solobacterium moorei

NAME CHANGED			CDC Group EF-4a to Neisseria animaloris
				CDC Group EF-4b to Neisseria zoodegmatis

PHENOTYPE DATABASE		Lactobacillus casei
				Lactobacillus rhamnosus


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WHAT'S NEW ?          	Update    06.4      August 30 to September 7 2006


DIAGNOSIS

CLINICAL DATABASE		Leishmaniasis - cutaneous
				Melioidosis


EPIDEMIOLOGY

ALL REPORTABLE DISEASES		American Samoa
				Guam
				Northern Marianas
				Puerto Rico
				Virgin Islands, U.S.

Aeromonas and marine Vibrio	Australia
AIDS				Ireland
Anthrax				Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation
Ascariasis			Bangladesh
Cholera				Angola, Chad, Ivory Coast, Switzerland
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever	Russian Federation
Escherichia coli diarrhea	Ireland
Fascioliasis			Turkey
Filariasis - bancroftian	Malaysia
Giardiasis			Poland
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome	Colombia
Herpes simplex			United States
Japanese encephalitis		Nepal
Kawasaki disease		Japan, Thailand
Leishmaniasis - cutaneous	Brazil
Leishmaniasis - visceral	Croatia, Italy
Leptospirosis			Brazil, Colombia
Listeriosis			Hungary
Lyme disease			Poland
Malaria				Bangladesh, Bhutan, Dem. Rep. Korea, East Timor, India, 
	Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand
Mansonelliasis - perstans	Switzerland
Mediterranean spotted fever	Italy
Melioidosis			Malaysia
Meningitis - viral		Russian Federation, Serbia and Montenegro
Paragonimiasis			Japan
Pythiosis			Thailand, Worldwide
Q-fever				Cyprus
Rabies				Czech Republic, France, Russian Federation, Ukraine
Respiratory viruses - misc.	Worldwide
Rotavirus			Australia
Shigellosis			China
Sporotrichosis			India
Tick-borne encephalitis		Sweden
Toxocariasis			Poland, Turkey
Toxoplasmosis			Brazil, Czech Republic, France, Grenada, Iran, Poland, 
	United States
Trachoma			Cape Verde, Niger, Zambia
Trichomoniasis			Poland
Trichuriasis			Bangladesh
Tularemia			Turkey, United States
Typhus - scrub			Taiwan
Varicella			Israel


THERAPY				

PHARMACOLOGY			Rotavirus vaccine


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WHAT'S NEW ?          	Update    06.4      September 7 to September 13, 2006


EPIDEMIOLOGY

ALL REPORTABLE DISEASES		Anguilla
				Antigua and Barbuda
				Aruba
				Bahamas
				Barbados
				Belize
				Bermuda
				British Virgin Islands
				Cayman Islands
				Dominica
				Grenada
				Guyana
				Jamaica
				Japan
				Montserrat
				Saint Kitts and Nevis
				Saint Lucia
				Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
				Suriname
				Trinidad and Tobago
				Turks and Caicos Islands
				
Adenoviruses			Republic of Korea
AIDS				Tanzania
Anthrax				Bulgaria, Canada, Kyrgyzstan
Bacterial vaginosis		India
Campylobacteriosis		Barbados
Chikungunya			Indonesia
Diphtheria 			All reporting countries
Enterovirus infections		India, Italy, Thailand, Vietnam
Escherichia coli diarrhea	Netherlands, United States, Worldwide
Gastroenteritis - viral		Sweden
Hepatitis A			Bulgaria
Hepatitis E			Nepal
Influenza			Indonesia, Sudan, Vietnam, Worldwide
Leishmaniasis - visceral	Turkey
Leptospirosis			Thailand
Measles				All reporting countries
Mediterranean spotted fever	India
Meningitis - bacterial		Brazil, Germany
Meningitis - viral		India, Italy
Mumps				All reporting countries
Parainfluenza virus		Republic of Korea
Pertussis			All reporting countries
Rabies				Bhutan, Iran, Madagascar, Swaziland
Respiratory viruses - misc	Republic of Korea
Salmonellosis			Jordan, Serbia and Montenegro
Tetanus				All reporting countries
Trypanosomiasis - American	Mexico, Worldwide
Tuberculosis			Cuba, United Kingdom
Typhus - scrub			India
Varicella			India
West Nile fever			Canada, United States


THERAPY

NEW DRUGS ADDED			Darunavir

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WHAT'S NEW ?          	Update    06.4      September 14 to September 21, 2006


EPIDEMIOLOGY

ALL REPORTABLE DISEASES		Republic of Korea
				Thailand

Anthrax				India
Botulism			Ireland, Poland, Russian Federation, United States
Chikungunya			United Kingdom, Worldwide
Dengue				Myanmar, Sri Lanka
Echinococcosis - multilocular	China
Echinococcosis - unilocular	China
Enterovirus infections		Russian Federation, Serbia and Montenegro
Escherichia coli diarrhea	Sweden, United States
Hantavirus - old world		Russian Federation
Influenza			Indonesia, Iraq, Republic of Korea, Worldwide
Malaria				France
Measles				Fiji
Meningitis - aseptic		Russian Federation, Serbia and Montenegro
Poliomyelitis			Afghanistan, Bandladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, 
	Iran, Madagascar, Malawi, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, 
	Syria, Worldwide
Tick-borne encephalitis		Russian Federation
Trichinosis			France
Tuberculosis			South Africa
West Nile fever			Canada, United States

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WHAT'S NEW ?          	Update    06.4      September 21 to September 28, 2006


EPIDEMIOLOGY

ALL REPORTABLE DISEASES		Cook Islands

AIDS				Denmark, France, Kazakhstan
Amebiasis			Albania, Andorra, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 
	Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, 
	Macedonia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, United Kingdom
Anthrax				Armenia, Canada, United States
Botulism			Albania, Andorra, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, 
	Finland, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Luxembourg, Moldova, San Marino, 
	Slovakia, Slovenia, United Kingdom
Brucellosis			Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, 
	France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, 
	Moldova, Portugal, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, 
	United Kingdom
Campylobacteriosis		Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Hungary, Ireland, 
	Luxembourg, Macedonia, Netherlands, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, 
	Turkey, United Kingdom
Chlamydial infections		Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, 
	Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, San Marino, 
	Servia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Cholera				Canada, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mauritania, Togo, Tanzania
Cryptosporidiosis		Bulgaria, Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Ireland, Luxembourg, 
	San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, United Kingdom
Dengue				Andorra, Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, 
	Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, 
	Malta, Moldova, Poland, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Echinococcosis - unilocular	Armenia, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, 
	France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, Portugal, 
	San Marino, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, United Kingdom
Escherichia coli diarrhea	Andorra, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, 
	Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, 
	San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States
Giardiasis			United States
Gonococcal infection		European region - all reporting countries
Hantavirus infec. - Old World	Andorra, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, 
	Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ideland, Israel, 
	Moldova, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, United Kingdom
Hepatitis A			Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, 
	Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Moldova, San Marino, Serbia, 
	Slovenia, Turkey
Hepatitis B			Japan
Hepatitis C			Andorra, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Finland, 
	France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Luxembourg, Moldova, San Marino, Serbia, 
	Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland
Herpes simplex infections	Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Cyprus, Estonia, 
	Hungary, Latvia, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Netherlands, Poland, San Marino, 
	Slovakia, Slovenia, Uzbekistan
Heterophyiasis			Philippines
Influenza			Indonesia, Thailand, Worldwide
Legionellosis			Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, 
	Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, Portugal, 
	San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom
Leishmaniasis - visceral	Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, 
	Finland, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, 
	Luxembourg, Moldova, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, 
	United Kingdom
Leptospirosis			Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, 
	Cyprus, Finland, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, 
	Moldova, San Marino, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, 
	United Kingdom
Listeriosis			Andorra, Austria, Bulgaria, Estonia, France, Georgia, 
	Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, San Marino, Serbia, 
	Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Turkey
Lyme disease			Andorra, Croatia, Cyprus, Georgia, Hungary, Luxembourg, 
	Moldova, San Marino, Serbia
Lymphogranuloma venereum	Germany
Malaria				Belgium, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Moldova, Slovakia, 
	Slovenia, Spain, United Kingdom
Measles				Mexico, United States, Venezuela, Worldwide
Meningitis - aseptic		Latvia, Russian Federation
Meningitis - Bacterial		European region - all reporting countries
Measles				South Africa
Mumps				Czech Republic, Ireland
Ornithosis			Netherlands
Q-fever				Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, 
	Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, 
	Moldova, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, United Kingdom
Rotavirus			Armenia, Bulgaria, Colombia, Hungary, Ireland, Luxembourg, 
	Moldova, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, United Kingdom
Rubella				Americas region - all countries, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, 
	Bulgaria, Cyprus, Italy, Macedonia, Portugal, Russian Federation, Serbia and Montenegro, 
	Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Worldwide
Salmonellosis			Albania, Armenia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Finland, 
	France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Moldova, Netherlands, 
	San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, United Kingdom
Shigellosis			Albania, Armenia, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, 
	Germany, Greece, Hungary, Luxembourg, Moldova, Russian Federation, San Marino, Serbia, 
	Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey
Syphilis			European region - all reporting countries
Tick-borne encephalitis		Andorra, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Greece, Ireland, 
	Luxembourg, Moldova, Norway, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, 
	United Kingdom
Toxoplasmosis			Andorra, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, 
	Greece, Hungary, Luxembourg, Moldova, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, 
	Turkey, United Kingdom
Trichinosis			Andorra, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, 
	Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Luxembourg, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, 
	Portugal, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, United Kingdom, Worldwide
Trypanosomiasis - American	Peru
Tularemia			Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, 
	Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Moldova, San Marino, Serbia, 
	Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom
Typhoid				Andorra, Armenia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, France, 
	Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, 
	San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom
Varicella			European region - all reporting countries
West Nile fever			Andorra, Austria, Bultaria, Canada, Croatia, Estonia, 
	Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, 
	Luxembourg, Moldova, Norway, Russian Federation, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, 
	Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States
Yersiniosis			Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Finland, 
	Georgia, Hungary, Luxembourg, Moldova, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, 
	United Kingdom

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WHAT'S NEW ?          	Update    06.4      September 28 to October 5, 2006


EPIDEMIOLOGY

DISEASE DISTRIBUTION		Leishmaniasis - cutaneous
				Sparganosis
				Tick-borne encephalitis: Russian spring-summer

ALL REPORTABLE DISEASES		Republic of Korea

Adenovirus			Germany, Worldwide
Aeromonas and marine Vibrio	United States
AIDS				Cambodia, Iran, Mexico, Mongolia, Nicaragua, Tanzania
Amebic colitis			Iran, South Africa
Angiostrongyliasis		China
Anthrax				Azerbaijan, China, Romania
Ascariasis			Republic of Korea
Aspergillosis			Sri Lanka
Bartonellosis - South American	Peru
Blastomycosis			India, United States
Botulism			Ireland
Brucellosis			Zambia
Campylobacteriosis		Norway, Spain
Candidiasis			Australia, Iran
Chikungunya			India, Indonesia, United States, Worldwide
Chlamydia trachomatis		Argentina
Chlamydophila pneumoniae	Turkey
Clostridium difficile colitis	Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Japan, Netherlands, 
	United Kingdom, United States
Coenurosis			Italy
Clonorchiasis			Republic of Korea
Crimean Congo hem. fever	Turkey
Cryptosporidiosis		Cambodia, Croatia, Netherlands, Norway, Scotland
Cyclosporiasis			Peru
Cytomegalovirus			Sweden
Diphtheria			Brazil, Germany, Israel
Dipylidiasis			Spain
Echinococcosis - unilocular	Australia, Kenya, Tunisia
Ehrlichiosis - hum. granulocyt.	Poland, United States
Enterobiasis			Republic of Korea
Enterovirus			Norway
Entomophthoramycosis		Norway, Worldwide
Escherichia coli diarrhea	Canada, Central African Republic, France, 
	United States
Gastroenteritis - viral		Brazil, Ghana, Spain, Tunisia
Giardiasis			Netherlands
Gonococcal infection		Mongolia
Hantavirus - Old World		Slovenia
Hepatitis A			Czech Republic, Spain, Tunisia
Hepatitis B			Japan, Turkey
Hepatitis C			Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, Iran, Italy, Turkey, 
	United Kingdom
Hepatitis E			Cambodia
Herpes simplex			Sweden, Tanzania, Vanuatu
Histoplasmosis			India
Hookworm			Republic of Korea
Influenza			China, Indonesia, Netherlands, Thailand, Worldwide
Lassa fever			Liberia
Legionellosis			France, Netherlands
Leishmaniasis - cutaneous	Ghana
Listeriosis			Denmark
Lymphogranuloma venereum	Sweden
Malaria				Bahamas
Mayaro				Argentina, Worldwide
Meningitis - viral		Ireland
Metagonimiasis			Republic of Korea
Mumps				Canada, United States
Mycobacteriosis - systemic	Brazil, France
Mycoplasma pneumoniae		Turkey
Ornithosis			Turkey
Parainfluenza virus		Canada, United States
Pharyngitis			Denmark, Israel, Sweden, United States
Poliomyelitis			India, Worldwide
Q-fever				United States
Rabies				Mali
Respiratory syncytial virus	Canada, Sweden
Respiratory viruses - misc.	Sweden, Thailand
Rhinosporidiosis		Italy
Rocky Mountain spotted fever	United States
Rotavirus			Spain
Rubella				Japan, United States, Worldwide
Salmonellosis			Denmark, Ireland, United States
Scabies				United Kingdom
Sparganosis 			All reporting countries
Syphilis			Mexico, Mongolia, Nicaragua
Thelaziasis			Worldwide
Toxocariasis			Spain
Toxoplasmosis			Brazil, France, Iran, Taiwan
Trichomoniasis			Mongolia
Trichuriasis			Republic of Korea
Tuberculosis			Iran, South Africa, Spain
Tularemia			Denmark, Sweden
Typhoid				Iran
Typhus - endemic		United States
Typhus - scrub			India
Varicella			Spain, Sweden
West Nile fever			Argentina, Canada, United States

THERAPY

PHARMACOLOGY			Primaquine

				
MICROBIOLOGY

NEW TAXA ADDED		Burkholderia oklahomensis	
			Mycobacterium colombiense

NAMES CHANGED	
		Haemophilus aphrophilus to Aggregatibacter aphrophilus
		Haemophilus paraphrophilus to Aggregatibacter paraphrophilus
		Haemophilus segnis to Aggregatibacter segnis
		Haem. actinomycetemcomitans  to Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans

PHENOTYPE		Clostridium limosum
			Clostridium tertium

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WHAT'S NEW ?          	Update    06.4      October 5 to October 12, 2006


EPIDEMIOLOGY

DISEASE DISTRIBUTION		Coenurosis
				Mycobacterium ulcerans infection

ALL REPORTABLE DISEASES		Canada

AIDS				All reporting countries
Amebic colitis			Taiwan
Anthrax				Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
Ascariasis			Uganda
Botulism			Canada, Ukraine, United States
Chancroid			Thailand
Chikungunya			India, Worldwide
Cholera				Angola, China, Guinea, India, Liberia, Niger, Nigeria, 
	Sudan, Zimbabwe
Coenurosis			Israel, Worldwide
Cryptococcosis			United States, Worldwide
Cryptosporidiosis		Worldwide
Dengue				Costa Rica, Micronesia
Enterovirus			India, Italy
Escherichia coli diarrhea	Canada, United Kingdom, United States
Gonococcal infection		Thailand
Hepatitis A			Argentina, Bulgaria
Hepatitis B			Poland, Thailand
Hookworm			Uganda
Influenza			Indonesia
Infectious mononucleosis	Japan
Malaria				China, Malaysia, Worldwide
Meningitis - aseptic		Latvia
Meningitis - bacterial		France
Mycobacterium ulcerans		Central African Republic
Parvovirus B19			Worldwide
Plague				Dem. Rep. Congo
Rabies				China
Schistosomiasis - mansoni	Uganda
Shigellosis			United States
Sparganosis 			Republic of Korea
Syphilis			Thailand
Trichuriasis			Uganda
Tuberculosis 			United Kingdom
Typhoid				Nepal
Typhus - endemic		New Zealand
West Nile fever			Canada, France, United States


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WHAT'S NEW ?          	Update    06.4      October 12 to October 19, 2006


EPIDEMIOLOGY

ALL REPORTABLE DISEASES		Italy
				Netherlands

AIDS				Denmark, East Timor, Indonesia, Unganda
Ascariasis			Turkey
Anthrax				Botswana, Indonesia, Russian Federation
Botulism			Canada, Ireland, Poland, United Kingdom, 
	United States
Campylobacteriosis		Australia
Chikungunya			Reunion, Worldwide
Chlamydia trachomatis		France
Cholera				Angola, Kenya, Sudan
Dengue				India, Puerto Rico
Escherichia coli diarrhea	Australia
Filariasis - bancroftian	India
Hepatitis A			Pakistan
Hepatitis B			Denmark, Indonesia, Taiwan, Tanzania, Turkey
Hepatitis C			Canada, Denmark, Egypt, Indonesia, Taiwan, Turkey
Hepatitis E			United Kingdom
Hepatitis G			Taiwan
Influenza			Egypt, Indonesia, Sudan, Worldwide
Japanese encephalitis		India
Legionellosis			France, Spain
Leishmaniasis - cutaneous	Argentina, French Guiana
Leishmaniasis - visceral	India
Malaria				Bahamas, China, India
Marburg virus disease		Angola, Worldwide
Measles				Italy
Mediterranean spotted fever	Spain, Worldwide
Meningitis - bacterial		Denmark
Plague				Dem. Rep. Congo
Pneumocystosis			South Africa
Poliomyelitis			Kenya
Rabies				United Kingdom
Rotavirus			United States
Salmonellosis			Australia, Japan
Trichinosis			Turkey
Trichomonasis			Turkey
Trypanosomiasis - American	Mexico
Tuberculosis			Australia, Niger, Uganda, United Kingdom
Tularemia			Netherlands, Sweden
Typhoid				Australia
Varicella			France
West Nile fever			Canada, United States
Yellow fever			Ivory Coast


THERAPY

PHARMACOLOGY			Metonidazole
				Moxifloxacin
				Penicillin G
				Tigecycline


MICROBIOLOGY

PHENOTYPE			Alcalig. xylosoxidans ssp xylosoxidans

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WHAT'S NEW ?          	Update    06.4      October 19 to October 26, 2006


EPIDEMIOLOGY

ALL REPORTABLE DISEASES		Panama

Anthrax				India, Namibia
Botulism			Canada, United States
Chikungunya			United States
Cholera				Dem. Rep. Congo, Guinea, Niger
Enterovirus infections		India, United States
Gastroenteritis - viral		Norway
Hepatitis E			Dem. Rep. Congo
Influenza			Worldwide
Japanese encephalitis		Italy, United States
Malaria 			Panama, United States
Monkeypox			Dem. Rep. Congo, Worldwide
Plague				Uganda
Salmonellosis			Germany
Shigellosis			China, United States
Tick-borne encephalitis		Russian Federation
Tuberculosis			Panama
West Nile fever			Canada, United States
Yellow fever			Ivory Coast


MICROBIOLOGY

NEW TAXA ADDED			Clostridium amygdalinum
				Eggerthella hongkongensis
				Eggerthella sinensis
				Methylobacterium podarium
				Mycobacterium hodleri
				Mycobacterium barrassiae
				Rhodobacter massiliensis

PHENOTYPE DATABASE		Klebsiella variicola

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WHAT'S NEW ?          	Update    06.4      October 26 to November 2, 2006


EPIDEMIOLOGY

DISEASE DISTRIBUTION		Rickettsia felis infection

Adenovirus			China, Scotland
AIDS				Croatia, Ethiopia, Iran, Spain, Tanzania
Amebic colitis			Indonesia, Thailand
Ascariasis			Indonesia
Bacterial vagionsis		Denmark
Blastocystis hominis		Indonesia, Mexico, Thailand
Botulism			Kuwait, Thailand
Brucellosis			Algeria, Mexico
Chlamydia trachomatis		Argentina, Australia, United States
Chlamydophila pneumoniae	Republic of Korea, Nicaragua
Cholera				Guinea, Liberia
Clostridium difficile colitis	Canada
Clostridial food poisoning	Worldwide
Coenurosis			Switzerland
Crimea-Congo hemorrhagic fever	Iran
Cryptosporidiosis		Iran
Cytomegalovirus			United States
Dicrocoeliasis			Switzerland
Dirofilariasis			Argentina, Turkey
Ebola				Gabon
Echinococcosis - unilocular	Nepal
Enterobiasis			Indonesia
Fascioliasis			Bolivia, Switzerland
Giardiasis			Belize, Indonesia, Thailand, Worldwide
Gonococcal infection		Australia
Hantavirus - Old world		France, Russian Federation
Hepatitis A			Croatia, Saudi Arabia
Hepatitis B			Iceland, Iran, Mongolia, Peru, Saudi Arabia, Spain, 
	Uganda, United States, Venezuela
Hepatitis C			France, Iceland, Iran, Iraq, Mongolia, Peru, Spain, 
	United States
Hepatitis D			Mongolia
Hepatitis E			Argentina, China, Egypt, Spain
Herpes simplex			Turkey, Vietnam
Hookworm			Indonesia, Thailand
Influenza			Egypt, Worldwide
Legionellosis			Malaysia, New Zealand, Spain
Leprosy				Japan, United States
Leishmaniasis - cutaneous	Iran
Leishmaniasis - visceral	Tunisia
Leptospirosis			France, United Kingdom
Listeriosis			Portugal
Lyme disease			Netherlands, Portugal, Russian Federation
Lymphocytic choreomeningitis	Croatia
Lymphogranuloma venereum	Australia
Malaria				France, French Guiana
Measles				Greece, Spain
Melioidosis			United States, Worldwide
Meningitis - bacterial		Germany, Ireland
Microsporidiosis		Ethiopia, India
Mumps				United States
Mycetoma			Worldwide
Mycobacteria - atypical		India
Mycoplasma pneumoniae		Israel, Nicaragua
Ornithosis			Netherlands
Parainfluenza			Canada, United States, Worldwide
Pharyngitis - bacterial		Israel
Plague				Tanzania
Q-fever				Germany, Italy, United Kingdom
Respiratory syncytial virus	China, Scotland, Spain, United States
Respiratory viruses - misc.	Austria, Republic of Korea, Scotland, United States
Rickettsia felis		Portugal
Rocky Mountain spotted fever	Uruguay
Rotavirus			Colombia, Malaysia
Rubella				Taiwan, Turkey
Salmonellosis			Australia, Hungary, Latvia, United States
Schistosomiasis - haematobium	Israel
Schistosomiasis - mansoni	Israel
Schistosomiasis - mattheei	Zimbabwe
Schistosomiasis - mekongi	Cambodia
St. Louis encephalitis		Argentina
Staphylococcal food poisoning	Greece
Strongyloidiasis		Thailand
Syphilis			Argentina, France, Russian Federation
Tetanus				Australia
Tick-borne encephalitis		Switzerland
Toxocariasis			Estonia
Toxoplasmosis			China, Hungary, United States
Trachoma			Pakistan
Trichostrongyliasis		Switzerland
Trichuriasis			Indonesia, Thailand
Trypanosomiasis - American	Mexico
Tuberculosis 			Japan, New Zealand, Worldwide
Typhoid				United Kingdom
West Nile fever			Canada, Mexico, United States, Worldwide
Yersiniosis			Finland


THERAPY

PHARMACOLOGY			Anthrax vaccine

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WHAT'S NEW ?          	Update    06.4      November 2 to November 9, 2006


EPIDEMIOLOGY

ALL REPORTABLE DISEASES		Taiwan

Anthrax				Australia, India
Chikungunya			India, Worldwide
Cholera				Italy, Mozambique, Tanzania
Dengue				Barbados, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, 
	Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Granada, Honduras, 
	Jamaica, Martinique, Netherlands Antilles, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, 
	St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Worldwide
Ehrlichiosis - hum. granulocyt.	United Staates
Hepatitis B			Denmark
Influenza			Italy, Worldwide
Japanese encephalitis		India
Listeriosis			Denmark
Malaria				Worldwide
Pertussis			Guam, United States
Poliomyelitis			Cambodia, China, Egypt, Indonesia, Kenya, Madagascar, 
	Philippines
Respiratory viruses - misc.	Worldwide
Salmonellosis			United States
Tuberculosis			Canada
Tularemia			Worldwide
Typhoid				Nepal, Russian Federation, Philippines
West Nile fever			Canada, Mexico, United States
Yellow fever			Ivory Coast


THERAPY

PHARMACOLOGY			Varicella-Zoster immune globulin

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