GIDEON update 1999.3

September 1, 1999

DIAGNOSIS       Category definitions for 'Illness is recurrent or >3 weeks'
have been added to the Symptom list.
CLINICAL PARAMETERS Lobomycosis, Mycobacteriosis - M. marinum

EPIDEMIOLOGY
Notes designated <Worldwide> for a wide range of diseases have been expanded.
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DISEASE DISTRIBUTION African tick-bite fever, Bunyaviridae  infections,
Echinococcosis - multilocular, Ehrlichiosis -
chaffeensis, Gnathostomiasis, Mycobacteriosis - M.
ulcerans, Spondweni, Vesicular stomatitis

NOTES EXPANDED OR UPDATED
ALL REPORTABLE DISEASES Brazil, Czech Republic, France, New Zealand, Norway,
Sweden, Taiwan

Adenovirus infection United States
African tick typhus France, South Africa
AIDS Bahrain, Equatorial Guinea, Martinique, Norway,
Switzerland, United Kingdom, <Worldwide>
Angiostrongylisis      Australia
Anthrax     Cambodia, China, El Salvador, India, Indonesia, Mexico,
Mongolia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, Vietnam
Babesiosis               United States
Bartonellosis
- cat-borne               Philippines
Bartonellosis
- other systemic          <Worldwide>
Botulism               Argentina, Thailand
Brucellosis               <Worldwide>
Bunyaviridae          Russia, Spain, Pakistan, <Worldwide>
California encephalitis     United States
Campylobacteriosis     Singapore
Chlamydia infections     Denmark
Cholera     Afghanistan, Australia, Brazil, Brunei, Burundi,
Cambodia, Cameroon, Comoros, Congo, Fiji, Germany,
Ghana, Guinea, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Kenya,
Madagascar, Nicaragua, Mozambique, Netherlands, Niger,
Nigeria, Peru, Russia, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Togo,
Uganda, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Clostridium difficile     United Kingdom
Crimea-Congo
  hemorrhagic fever     Russia, <Worldwide>
Cyclosporiasis          Canada, Haiti, United States
Dengue               Brazil, New Caledonia, Sweden, Thailand
Eastern equine enceph.     United States
Echinococcosis
- multilocular     Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany,
Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland, <Worldwide>
Ehrlichiosis
- chaffeensis          Mexico, United States
Ehrlichiosis
- human granulocytic     Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, <Worldwide>
Enterovirus infections     Australia
Escherichia coli
 Diarrhea               Italy, United Kingdom, United States
Fascioliasis          Bolivia, <Worldwide>
Gastroenteritis - viral     United States
Gnathostomiasis          <Worldwide>
Gonorrhea               Denmark, Fiji, Netherlands, New Caledonia
Hantavirus - old world     China, Germany, Hungary, Sweden
Hantavirus respiratory     Canada, United States
Hendra and Nipah
 viruses               Malaysia
Hepatitis A               Israel, Norway, Yugoslavia
Hepatitis B     Denmark, Nepal, Portugal, Taiwan, United Kingdom,
<Worldwide>
Hepatitis C               Central African Republic, Chile, Taiwan
Hepatitis E               Indonesia, Laos, Labanon, <Worldwide>
Histoplasmosis          Martinique
Hookworm               Mali
Japanese encephalitis     France, Nepal
Lassa fever               <Worldwide>
Legionellosis          France, Spain
Leishmaniasis
- cutaneous               Afghanistan, Pakistan
Leishmaniasis
- visceral               India
Leprosy               Fiji, New Caledonia, Singapore, United Kingdom
Leptospirosis          All reporting coutries
Linguatulosis          Iran
Listeriosis               Denmark
Lyme disease          Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Norway, United States
Malaria     All western European countries, China, Denmark, Kenya,
New Zealand, Philippines, Russia,  Sierra Leone,
Thailand, United States, Venezuela, Viet Nam
Marburg virus          Dem. Rep. Congo
Measles     All countries in the American and South-East Asian
regions, Netherlands, Poland, Taiwan, <Worldwide>
Meningitis - bacterial     Australia, France, Italy, Niger, Sweden, <Worldwide>
Microsporidiosis          <Worldwide>
Mumps                    Singapore
Mycobacteriosis
- M. ulcerans          United States, <Worldwide>
Mycobacteriosis
- systemic               United States, <Worldwide>
Mycoplasma pneumoniae     United States
Onchocerciasis          Venezuela
Opisthorchiaisis          Thailand
Pediculosis               Japan
Pertussis               New Zealand
Plague               Malawi, Mozambique, Russia, United States
Poliomyelitis          <Worldwide>
Q-fever               Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia
Queensland tick typhus     Australia
Rabies     Canada, Denmark, Greenland, Hong Kong, Nepal, United
States, <Worldwide>
Rift Valley fever          <Worldwide>
Rotavirus               Australia
Rubella               United States
Salmonellosis          Canada, Denmark, Norway, United States
Schistosomiasis
- japonicum               China, Philippines
Schistosomiasis
- mansoni               Antigua, Egypt, Nepal
Shigellosis               <Worldwide>
Spondweni               <Worldwide>
Syphilis               Australia, Canada, Russia, United States
Tick-borne encephalitis     Sweden
Trachoma               Nepal
Trichinosis               Germany
Trypanosomiasis
-African               Ivory Coast, <Worldwide>
Tuberculosis     Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brazil, Cambodia,
Canada, China, Dem. Rep. Congo, Denmark, Ethiopia,
French Guiana, Guadeloupe, India, Indonesia, Kenya,
Kiribati, Malawi, Malaysia, Martinique, Myanmar,
Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Thailand, Tuvalu,
Uganda, Viet Nam, Zimbabwe, <Worldwide>
Tularemia               Sweden
Typhoid               Australia, Malaysia
Typhus - scrub          Thailand
Varicella               Canada, Mexico
Vibrio haemolyticus     Japan, United States
Western equine
 Encephalitis          United States
Yellow fever          French Guiana, Germany, Peru, Ivory Coast
Yersinosis               Canada, Denmark

THERAPY
DRUGS ADDED       Atovaquone-Proguanil, Rifapentine, Tick-borne
encephalitis globulin
PHARMACOLOGY     Cefotaxime, Ceftazidime, Ciprofloxacin, Efavirenz,
Grepafloxacin, Imipenem, Minocycline, Piperacillin,
Sparfloxacin, Trovafloxacin
INTERACTIONS DATABASE     Rifapentine

MICROBIOLOGY
NEW TAXA ADDED     Acidivorax facilis, Actinomadura latina, Candida
pintolopesii, Corynebacterium sundsvallense,
Exiguobacterium acetylicum, Mycoplasma
pirum, Nocardiopsis synnemataformans, Oxalobacter
formigenes, Yersinia aldovae, Salmonella -
classification expanded and updated

PHENOTYPE DATABASE     Bacteroides forsythus, Bordetella holmesii, Flexispira
rappini, Mycoplasma salivarium, Mycoplasma
spermatophilum, Nocardiopsis dassonsvillei

NAME CHANGED          Bacillus alvei to Paenibacillus alvei
                    Bacillus brevis to Brevibacillus brevis
                    Bacillus laterosporus to Brevibacillus laterosporus
                    Bacillus macans to Paeinbacillus macerans
                       Bacillus polymyxa to Paenibacillus polymyxa
 

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