GIDEON update
GIDEON update # 96.2 June 1, 1996
Software Improvements
GIDEON is now on the INTERNET ! A daily net search has now been added
to our reference sources; and we have inaugurated a Web site:
http://www.stanford.edu/~blackman/gideon/
This site will outline GIDEON, summarize previous GIDEON updates, and
present a demonstration program which can be downloaded.
Diagnosis
New Diseases Added
We suggest you take time to review these new diseases in the
Epidemiology module - scan the individual country and notes:
Bunyaviridae infections - misc (Batai, Bunyamwera, Bwamba,
Calovo, Catu, Fort Sherman, Germiston, Guama, Guaroa,
Ilesha, Lumbo, Nyando, Shokwe, Shuni, Tacaiuma, Tataguine,
Wyeomyia)
New World Phleboviruses (Alanquer, Arboledas, Bujaru, Cacao,
Candiru, Chagres, Punta Toro)
Rickettsia felis infection
Clinical Database Updated
Hemorrhagic fever renal syndrome has been renamed 'Hantavirus infections
- Old World; Argentine hemorrhagic fever, Bolivian hemorrhagic fever,
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, Hantavirus infections - Old World,
Kyasanur Forest disease, Lassa fever, Louping ill, Lymphocytic
choriomeningitis, Marburg disease, Oropouche, Powassan, Rabies,
Rift Valley fever, Rocio, Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever, Vesicular
stomatitis disease, West Nile fever
Epidemiology
Note: Figures for the most recent reporting period should be considered
preliminary
Database
Parameters updated
Babesiosis, Colorado tick fever, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever,
Ilheus, Penicilliosis, Rabies, Rift Valley fever, Sandfly fever
Global distribution updated
Capillariasis - hepatic, Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever,
European tick encephalitis, Far Eastern tick encephalitis,
Hantavirus pulmonary, Vesicular stomatitis, West Nile fever
Notes expanded or added
All reportable diseases Australia, Denmark, Finland, Israel,
Netherlands, Russia, Taiwan
Aeromonas / marine vibrio Japan
Angiostrongyliasis United States
Anthrax Canada
Aseptic meningitis Japan
Babesiosis United States
Brucellosis Russia
Chikungunya Vietnam,
Chlamydia infection Martinique
Colorado tick fever United States
Cowpox India
Crimean Congo hem. fever Russia, Yugoslavia,
Cryptosporidiosis United States
Cutaneous leishmaniasis Brazil
Cyclospora infection Nepal
Dengue Trust Territories U.S.
Diphtheria Germany, Thailand
Ebola disease Gabon, Kenya, Sudan, United States
Echinococcosis - granulosis Jordan, United Kingdom
Escherichia coli diarrhea Denmark
European tick enceph. Poland, Russia,
Far Eastern tick enceph. Japan, Russia
Fascioliasis Bolivia, France
Filariasis - bancroftian Papua New Guinea,
Giardiasis Ethiopia, United States
Gonorrhea Denmark, France
Hantavirus infx. - Old World China, Finland, Greece, Korea, Russia,
Yugoslavia,
Hantavirus resp. distress United States,
Hepatitis B Burundi, Denmark, Hong Kong, Iceland,
Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, Vietnam
Hepatitis C Burundi, Denmark, India, Ireland, Italy,
Kenya, Thailand, Vietnam
Hepatitis E China, Israel, Spain
Herpes simplex infection Sweden, United Kingdom, United States
Histoplasmosis New Caledonia
Influenza
Japanese encephalitis Australia, China, India, Indonesia,
Japan, Korea, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Taiwan,
Vietnam
Kawasaki disease Japan
Kyasanur Forest disease India
Lassa fever Sierra Leone
Legionellosis Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Greece,
Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Switzerland,
United Kingdom,
Leprosy Thailand, Yugoslavia
Leptospirosis Barbados, Mexico, Russia, Trust
Territories U.S.
Listeriosis Sweden
Lyme disease Czechoslovakia, Italy, Russia
Mansonelliasis - M. perstans Uganda
Marburg disease Germany, Kenya, Zimbabwe
Measles Nigeria, United States
Mediterranean spotted fever Central African Republic, Yugoslavia,
Zimbabwe
Melioidosis Malaysia
Meningitis Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon,
Central African Republic, Chad, Denmark,
Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Mali, Niger,
Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Tanzania,
Togo
Mycobacterium scrofulaceum United States
Mycobacteria - systemic Canada, United Kingdom, United States,
Mycetoma
Necrotizing skin infx. Spain
Norwalk (etc) gastroenteritis United Kingdom
Omsk hemorrhagic fever Russia
Onchocerciasis Uganda,
O'nyong-nyong
Oropouche Brazil
Penicilliosis Thailand
Pertussis Denmark
Plague Madagascar
Poliomyelitis All countries,
Powassan Canada
Queensland tick typhus Australia
Rabies Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Ecuador,
France, Germany, Hungary, Luxembourg,
Nigeria, Poland, Romania, Russia, South
Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey,
United States, Yugoslavia
Rheumatic fever Australia, Guadeloupe, Martinique,
Rift Valley fever Egypt, Mauritania
Rocky Mountain Spotted fev. Brazil
Ross River Disease Australia
Rubella Canada, United Kingdom
Salmonellosis France, United States
Sandfly fever Iran, Italy
Shigellosis United States
Syphilis Denmark, United States
Tetanus Bangladesh, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana,
India, Indonesia, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan,
Somalia, Sudan, Zaire
Toxoplasmosis Australia, Denmark
Trichinosis Spain, United States
Trypanosomiasis - African Principal vectors added to country notes
Tularemia Czechoslovakia
Typhus - endemic Taiwan
Vesicular stomatitis Brazil, India
Vibrio parahaemolyticus infx Taiwan
Visceral leishmaniasis Brazil, Russia, Sudan
Yaws Ecuador
High-impact global diseases:
AIDS China, Denmark, France, Israel, Italy,
Mexico, Niger, Puerto Rico, Sweden,
United States
Cholera Argentina, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina
Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, China, Colombia,
Ecuador, France, Guam, India, Japan,
Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico, Netherlands,
Niger, Nigeria, Peru, Senegal, Singapore,
Somalia, Togo, Uganda, United Kingdom,
Zaire, Zambia
Malaria Australia, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Israel,
Malaysia, Netherlands, Philippines, Sweden,
Taiwan, Thailand, United States
Tuberculosis Australia, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Israel,
Italy, Malawi, Mexico, Netherlands, Oman,
Portugal, Russia, South Africa, Spain,
Switzerland, Taiwan,
Yellow fever Bangladesh, Brazil, Ethiopia, Jordan
Therapy
Drugs added Ceftibuten, Novobiocin, Pristinamycin,
Virginiamycin
Pharmacology & usage Cefpirome, Clarithromycin, Dirithromycin,
Doxycycline, Dtap, Erythromycin, Ethambutol,
Fluconazole, Itraconazole, Ketoconazole,
Meningococcal vaccine, Ofloxacin, Rifabutin,
Tobramycin, Valacyclovir
Susceptibility guidelines Bordetella pertussis, Mycobacterium
haemophilum, Mycobacterium, marinum,
Mycobacterium, ulcerans, Vibrio cholerae
Testing criteria Pefloxacin
Interactions database Lansoprazole, Loratidine, Omeprazole,
Rifabutin, Simvostatin
Microbiology
New taxa added Bifidobacterium denticolens
Bifidobacterium inipinatum
Corynebacterium amycolatum
Lactobacillus paraplantarum
Mycobacterium lentiflavum
Tsukamurella pulmonis
Phenotypic database Alcaligenes faecalis type II, Alcaligenes
piechaudii, Bergeyella zoohelcum, Burkholderia
gladioli, Burkholderia mallei, Burkholderia
pseudomallei, Burkholderia putida,
Corynebacterium xerosis, Moraxella atlantae,
Moraxella lacunata, Moraxella nonliquefaciens,
Moraxella osloensis, Moraxella phenylpyruvica,
Mycobacterium xenopi, Neisseria elongata,
Weeksella virosa
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).
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Note that reporting statistics for the most recent year may be preliminary
in some cases. Final statistics will be incorporated into the software as
they become available.
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