GIDEON update 1999.4

December 1, 1999

                             *** MEDICAL SECTION ***

DIAGNOSIS

DISEASES ADDED  "Amoebiasis" has been separated into
   "Amoebic abscess" and "Amoebic colitis"

CLINICAL PARAMETERS Cryptosporidiosis, Hepatitis C,
   Thogoto, West Nile fever
 

EPIDEMIOLOGY

Notes designated <Worldwide> for a wide range of diseases have
been expanded.  These text files are invaluable in preparing
reviews, lecture handouts, etc.

PARAMETERS  Astrakhan fever, Cryptosporidiosis,
   Hepatitis E, Venezuelan hemorrhagic
   fever
DISEASE DISTRIBUTION Lyme disease, West Nile fever

NOTES EXPANDED OR UPDATED
ALL REPORTABLE DISEASES Czechoslovakia, Germany, Poland,
   South Africa

Adenovirus  Denmark, Japan, Malaysia
Aeromonas and marine
 vibrio infections Israel
African tick bite fever Guadeloupe
AIDS   Australia, Cambodia, Canada,
   Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Hungary,
   India, Italy, Portugal, Senegal, Singapore,
   Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand,
   <Worldwide>
Anisakiasis  Belgium
Astrakhan fever  <Worldwide>
Amebiasis  Taiwan
Angiostrongyliasis <Worldwide>
Anthrax   Russia
Babesiosis  United States
Bacillus cereus  United States
Balantidiasis  Japan
Bartonellosis - South
 American  Peru
Botulism  Canada
Chikungunya  Senegal
Chlamydia pneumoniae Chile
Chlamydia trachomatis Netherlands, Singapore
Cholera   All endemic countries, Austria, Germany,
   Hong Kong, Netherlands, New Zealand,
   Russia, United States, <Worldwide>
Clostridim perfringens United States
Cowpox   Brazil
Cyclosporiasis  France, Indonesia, United States
Cryptococcosis  Senegal
Cryptosporidiosis United States
Cyclosporiasis  France
Cysticercosis  Mexico, Mozambique
Cytomegalovirus infex. Singapore
Dengue   Argentina, Bolivia, Cuba, Greece, India,
   Panama, Sri Lanka, Trinidad, United
   States, <Worldwide>
Dermatophytosis  <Worldwide>
Diphtheria  Netherlands
Dracunculiasis  Cameroon
Eastern equine enceph. United States
Echinococcus
- granulosis  China, Russia
Echinococcus
- multilocularis China, <Worldwide>
Ehrlichiosis
- human monocytic Argentina, United States
Ehrlichiosis
- human granulocytic United States
Entomophthoramycosis United States
Epidural abscess <Worldwide>
Escherichia coli
- diarrhea  Canada, United Kingdom, United
   States
Giardiasis  United States
Glanders  Turkey
Gonorrhea  Singapore
Hantavirus - old world Czechoslovakia, France, Russia
Hantavirus respiratory
 distress syndrome Brazil, United States, <Worldwide>
Hepatitis A  Bolivia
Hepatitis B  Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Seychelles,
   Solomon Islands, Syria
Hepatitis C  Brazil, Ireland, Romania, Seychelles,
   Syria, Taiwan, Yugoslavia
Hepatitis E  Bolivia, Nepal, San Marino, Syria,
   United States
Hepatitis G and GB Thailand, Yugoslavia
Herpes simplex  Japan
Herpes zoster  Italy
Histoplasmosis  United States
Influenza  <Worldwide>
Japanese encephalitis Japan, Nepal, Taiwan
Japanese spotted fever Japan
Kawasaki disease United States
Lyme disease  Finland, Mexico, United States
Legionellosis  All reporting European countries,
   Singapore, <Worldwide>
Leishmaniasis
- cutaneous  Lebanon, Nicaragua, United States
Leishmaniasis
- visceral  Brazil, France, Greece, Italy, Lebanon,
   Nicaragua, Portugal, Spain, <Worldwide>
Leprosy   All reporting countries; <Worldwide>
Leptospirosis  Barbados, Brazil, Dominican Republic,
   Puerto Rico
Listeriosis  France, Guadeloupe, Martinique,
   New Caledonia, Reunion, United States
Lyme disease  Canada, Taiwan
Malaria   All endemic countries, Luxumbourg,
   United Kingdom, United States,
   <Worldwide>
Measles   Netherlands, United States
Mediterranean spotted
 fever   Sweden, Zambia
Meningitis - bacterial  All reporting countries
Meningitis - viral Romania
Mumps   Singapore
Mycobacterium ulcerans <Worldwide>
North-Asian tick typhus China
Onchocerciasis  Sudan, United States
Paracoccidioidomycosis <Worldwide>
Parvovirus B19  Taiwan
Pertussis  Bolivia
Plague   All reporting countries, <Worldwide>
Pneumocystis pneumonia Singapore
Poliomyelitis  Afghanistan, Cuba, Iraq, Myanmar,
   Nepal, Oman, <Worldwide>
Powassan  United States
Q fever   Zambia
Rabies   All reporting countries, <Worldwide>
Rickettsialpox  United States
Rift Valley fever Mali, Senegal
Rocky Mountain spotted
 fever   Argentina
Rubella   Australia, United Kingdom
Salmonellosis  Australia, Canada, Italy, Netherlands,
   Turkey, United States
Schistosomiasis
- haematobium  Oman, South Africa, <Worldwide>
Schistosomiasis
- mansoni  Oman, Venezuela, <Worldwide>
Schistosomiasis
- mekongi  Cambodia, <Worldwide>
Shigellosis  France, United Kingdom, United States,
   <Worldwide>
St. Louis encephalitis Canada, United States
Strongyloidiasis Italy
Syphilis  Madagascar, Singapore, United States
Tetanus   Bolivia
Tick-borne encephalitis Denmark
Toxoplasmosis  United States
Trichinosis  France, Germany, Italy, United
   States
Trypanosomiasis
- American  Ecuador, United States, Venezuela
Tuberculosis  All reporting countries, <Worldwide>
Typhoid   Denmark, Germany, Norway, Sweden,
   Turkey, <Worldwide>
Typhus - endemic China
Typhus - epidemic China
Typhus - scrub  China, Japan
Varicella  Taiwan
Venezuelan hemorrhagic
 fever   Venezuela
Vibrio parahaemolyticus Taiwan
West Nile fever  Bulgaria, Central African
   Republic, Czechoslovakia, France,
   Italy, Portugal, Russia, Senegal,
   Spain, United States, <Worldwide>
Yellow fever  All endemic countries
Yersinosis  France, United States
 

THERAPY
 
DRUGS ADDED    Hydroxychloroquine, Oseltamivir,
   Zanamivir
PHARMACOLOGY  Artemisinin, Azithromycin, Ceftazidime,
   Efavirenz, Grepafloxacin, Imipenem,
   Metronidazole, Ofloxacin, Oxacillin,
   Quinopristin-Dalfopristin, Rifampin,
   Rotavirus vaccine, Sparfloxacin
INTERACTIONS DATABASE Rofecoxib, Zalepon
SUSCEPTIBILITY DATABASE Bacteroides caccae, Bacteroides stercoris,
   Clostridium clostridioforme, Clostridium
   innocuum, Porphyromonas asaccharolytica
Toxicity database Intussusception [vaccine module]

MICROBIOLOGY

NEW TAXA ADDED  Citrobacter gillenii, Citrobacter murliniae,
   Providencia heimbachae
PHENOTYPE DATABASE Desulfovibrio spp.

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).

Note that reporting statistics for the most recent year may be
preliminary in some cases.  Final data will be incorporated into
the software as they become available.

                             *** TECHNICAL SECTION ***

Last Minute Additions
---------------------

There are a couple of last minute additions in the GIDEON program, which are not mentioned in the
Help. These changes are as follows -

1) Printing and saving reports
Four new toolbar buttons have been added to GIDEON's main screen, on the top-right corner of the
window. These buttons allow the printing and saving of reports directly, without the need to
access the File menu.

2) Copy to Clipboard button
In the report preview screen, a button has been added to allow the copying of the entire report
to the Windows Clipboard (and from there the report may be pasted elsewhere).
 

Fixed Bugs
----------
GIDEON had trouble running on computers with far-eastern languages (Japanese, Chinese, Korean),
as well as problems with some west-european languages. The bug which was causing this has been
fixed. As of update 99-4, there is no need to make any special modification in the computer's
language setting (or the "Regional Settings" of Windows) to make GIDEON work.
 

Troubleshooting
---------------
Following is a list of known problems and solutions concerning the GIDEON program. This list
will be updated with any new problems found.
 

PROBLEM:
After installing GIDEON and trying to run a different application, the application won't start
and I get an error message saying: "This application uses CTL3D32.DLL, which is not the correct
version. This version of CTL3D32.DLL is designed only for Windows '95 systems.

SOLUTION:
The GIDEON CD contains 2 files, "ctl3dnt" and "ctl3d32_98" (in the multi-user version, these
files will also appear on the "UserInst" directory on the server computer). If your operating
system is Windows NT, double-click on the first one. If you are using Windows '98, double-click
on the second one. You will be asked where to unzip these files, and you should choose the
system directory of your Windows (in most cases, WINNT\SYSTEM32 for NT users and WINDOWS\SYSTEM
for Windows '98 users). After choosing the directory, unzip the files. The other application
should now work.
 

PROBLEM:
When trying to print the results of a comparison, the page appears distorted.

SOLUTION:
When comparing too many diseases or pathogens, it is only natural that not all of them would
fit on a printed page. For a normal sized page with normal margins, it is recommended that
the number of columns compared would be no greater than 5. If you still want to print the
table with a larger number of columns, you should save the report instead, load it into
a word processor, and print it from there.
For example, in Microsoft Word you can mark the text representing the table and convert it to
a Word table by choosing the "Convert Text to Table" option under the Table menu. In the dialog
box that pops up, in the "Seperate text at" section you should choose "Tabs", and click OK).
 

PROBLEM:
When trying to run GIDEON, I get the following message:
"Run time error '35603' Invalid Key"

SOLUTION:
This problem might occur only if you received an older version of the GIDEON database (the
version which is located on our website is an old version). It is not supposed to happen as of
update 99-4.
This problem may originate when the Windows enviornment is not in English. They are not known
to occur on Windows NT systems. If this happens in your computer, try to do the following
(in some systems this may not work):
1) Click on the "Start" button in the task bar. Choose "Settings", and then choose
   "Control Panel".
2) Double click "Regional Settings".
3) A window should appear with a map in it, and above the map there should be a box with
   your current regional setting (e.g French). Change it to "English" (there are several
   English options, choose any one of them).
Changing the above option will not affect any capablities concerning your language. It will
only change some settings which Windows uses (for example, the default currency). All the
settings which will be affected are listed in the other windows of the "Regional Settings"
(above the box with your regional setting, there are tabs which you can use to set certain
settings). You may play with some of these settings afterwards (for example, the default
measurement system can always be changed between "Metric" and "U.S").