GIDEON update 1998.4

December 1, 1998
Diagnosis 
Clinical database updated     African tick-bite fever, Ehrlichiosis - 
                              human granulocytic, Hepatitis B 

Epidemiology 
  

Notes designated<Worldwide> for a  wide range of diseases  have been 
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Disease distribution          Angiostrongyliasis, Chikungunya, 
Fascioliasis, Lyme disease, Mayaro,  Mediterranean fever, 
Rhinosporidiosis, Rickettsia felis infection 

Notes expanded or updated: 
All reportable diseases       Costa Rica, Hong Kong, Japan, Poland, 
                              South Africa, Spain 

Adenovirus infections         Japan 
Aeromonas & marine vibrio     United States 
Angiostrongyliasis            Puerto Rico 
Anthrax                       Australia, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Russia, 
                              United Kingdom 
Aseptic meningitis            Argentina, Japan, United Kingdom 
Babesiosis                    United States 
Bacillus cereus               United Kingdom 
Bartonellosis                 Peru 
Brucellosis                   Portugal 
California encephalitis       Russia 
Candida infections            France 
Chikungunya                   Senegal 
Conjunctivitis - viral        Japan 
Cowpox                        Norway 
Cryptosporidiosis             Ethiopia, United Kingdom, United States 
Cyclosporiasis                Canada 
Dengue                        Argentina, Cambodia, Canada, Dominican 
                              Republic, Laos, Malaysia, New Caledonia, 
                              Panama,  Philippines, Puerto Rico, 
                              Samoa,  Trust Territories 
                              U.S.,  United States, Venezuela, Viet 
                              Nam, Wallis and Futuna, <The World> 
Diphtheria                    Japan, New Zealand, Russia, United 
                              Kingdom 
Diphyllobothriasis            Argentina 
Dirofilariasis                Canary Islands, Japan, Switzerland 
Eastern equine encephalitis   Panama, United States 
Echinococcosis - granulosus   Turkey 
Ehrlichiosis - human granul.  Czechoslovakia, Italy,  Switzerland, 
                              United States 
Enterovirus infections        Hong Kong, Japan 
Escherichia coli diarrhea     Argentina, Canada, Denmark, Germany, 
                              Ireland, Italy, United Kingdom, United 
                              States, <Worldwide> 
Fascioliasis                  Cape Verde, Cuba 
Fungal infection - systemic   <Worldwide> 
Gnathostomiasis               Japan 
Gonorrhea                     United Kingdom 
Hantavirus - Old World        Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Norway, 
                              Taiwan, Yugoslavia 
Hanta resp. distress synd.    Chile, United States 
Hepatitis A                   New Zealand, United Kingdom 
Hepatitis B                   France, Italy, New Zealand, Saudi 
                              Arabia, Tanzania, United Kingdom, 
                              United States 
Hepatitis C                   Ghana 
Hepatitis G                   Colombia, Viet Nam 
Herpes simplex infections     Japan, United States 
Histoplasmosis                Australia 
Japanese encephalitis         Nepal 
Kawasaki disease              Japan 
Legionellosis                 All reporting European countries, 
                              Australia, <Worldwide> 
Leishmaniasis - cutaneous     Peru 
Leishmaniasis - visceral      Brazil, Russia 
Leprosy                       Zimbabwe 
Leptospirosis                 Russia 
Listeriosis                   France, New Zealand 
Lyme disease                  All reporting countries 
Mayaro                        French Guiana 
Measles                       All reporting countries in Americas, 
                              Australia, China 
Mediterr. spotted fever       Bulgaria, Hungary, Portugal, Russia 
Meningitis                    Angola, Australia, Cuba, New Zealand, 
                              United Kingdom 
Mumps                         Finland 
Norwalk (etc) virus           Bangladesh, United Kingdom, <Worldwide> 
Opisthorchiasis               Thailand 
Penicilliosis                 Viet Nam, <Worldwide> 
Pertussis                     United States 
Plague                        Madagascar, Mongolia, Mozambique, United 
                              States, <Worldwide> 
Poliomyelitis                 India 
Rabies                        All reporting countries, <Worldwide> 
Rhodococcus equi infection    Taiwan 
Rickettsia felis infection    Mexico 
Roseola                       Japan 
Rotavirus infections          <Worldwide> 
Rubella                       Finland, France, United States 
Salmonellosis                 Australia, France, United Kingdom, 
                              United States, <Worldwide> 
Sandfly fever                 Italy 
Schistosomiasis - hematob.    Egypt 
Schistosomiasis - mansoni     Martinique 
Septicemia                    All reporting countries 
Shigellosis                   United Kingdom 
Staphylococcal food poisoning France 
St. Louis encephalitis        United States 
Syphilis                      United States 
Taeniasis                     Honduras 
Tetanus                       Italy, Portugal 
Tick-borne enceph.            Japan, Russia 
Toxoplasmosis                 Norway 
Trypanosomiasis - African     Ivory Coast 
Trypanosomiasis - American    Mexico 
Typhoid                       France, Russia 
Typhus - endemic              Portugal 
Typhus - epidemic             Peru 
Venezuelan equine enceph.     Mexico 
Vibrio parahaemolyticus infx. Japan, Taiwan, United States 
Visceral leishmaniasis       China, Spain, Turkey 
Yaws                          Papua New Guinea 

High-impact global diseases: 
AIDS                          All European countries, Australia, 
                              Burkina Faso, Cambodia,  Ethiopia, 
                              Haiti, Israel,  Sierra Leone, Taiwan, 
                              Viet Nam 
Cholera                       Afghanistan, Australia, Bhutan, Burkina 
                              Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada,  Chad, 
                              Comoros, Congo, Dem. Rep. Congo, France, 
                              Ghana, Guinea, Hong Kong, India, Iran, 
                              Iraq, Liberia, Macao, Mozambique, 
                              Netherlands,  Russia, Rwanda, Sierra 
                              Leone,  Singapore, Sri Lanka, Togo, 
                              Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, 
                              Zimbabwe 
Malaria                       Australia, Belgium, Costa Rica, France, 
                              Hong Kong, Kenya, Malaysia, Panama, 
                              Russia, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago, 
                              United Kingdom, <Worldwide> 
Tuberculosis                  All reporting countries, <Worldwide> 
Yellow fever                  Brazil, French Guiana, Senegal 

Therapy 
Pharmacological profile       Cefdinir, Cefotetan, Cefoxitin, 
                              Chloramphenicol, Indinavir, Nelfinivir, 
                              Piperacillin-tazobactam, Pyrazinamide, 
                              Ritonavir, Tazobactam-clavulanate 
Susceptibility database       Bacteroides distasonis, Bacteroides 
                              ovatus, Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, 
                              Bacteroides uniformis, Bacteroides 
                              vulgatus, Prevotella bivia, Prevotella 
                              buccae, Prevotella corporis, Prevotella 
                              intermedia, Prevotella melaningogenica 
Toxicity database             Hyperlipidemia 
Interactions database         Grapefruit juice 

Microbiology 
New taxa added                Aeromonas eucrenophila, Enterobacter 
                              intermedium, Gemella sanguinis, 
                              Massilia timonae, Ochrobacterium 
                              intermedium, Streptococcus infantis, 
                              Streptococcus peroris 
Name changed                  Aureobacterium spp. to Microbacterium spp. 
Phenotypic database           Aeromonas caviae, Aeromonas media, 
                              Aeromonas schubertii, Aeromonas trotta, 
                              CDC group Ivc-2, CDC group EO-2, 
                              CDC group EO-3, Cellulomonas hominis, 
                              Mycobacterium marinum, Nocardia 
                              brasiliensis, Ochrobacterium anthropi, 
                              Porphyromonas gingivalis, Pseudomonas 
                              pertucinogena, Pseudoramonobacter 
                              alactolyticus, Ruminobacter 
                              amylophilus, Serratia ficaria, 
                              Staphylococcus hominis 
  

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