Epidemiology - Distribution

The tab displays country-relevant information on the diseases in GIDEON's database. It comprises of the following features:

• List of all countries with a designation of those currently or recently endemic for the disease in question including countries having high potential for infection by virtue of a common border with a known endemic country and favorable epidemiological environment.
  • + indicates that a country is endemic or potentially endemic.
  • @ indicates that a country-specific note is available.
• Country Notes: Detailed information regarding the selected disease Displays information regarding the disease’s history, incidence, distribution, etc.
• Shows world map marking endemic countries. See Maps.
• Lists of outbreaks for disease by year and by country. See Outbreaks.
• Displays disease surveys. See Epidemiology prevalence surveys.

After you select a disease you can select the Distribution tab. At this point you can select a country name, or click on maps to choose a country on the map. Symbols appear to the right of the country if there is detailed information about the selected disease for that country. This information appears below the countries list.

Malaria

The list of countries relevant to malaria displays the status of those endemic for chloroquine-sensitive malaria and chloroquine-resistant malaria by (S) and (R), respectively. The number of countries having the defined malaria status is displayed above the country list. For example:
Chloroquine resistant (R) falciparum malaria is endemic to 81 countries. Chloroquine-sensitive (S) malaria is endemic to 27 countries

Bioterrorism simulator

The Bioterrorism simulator is designed for diagnosis and informatics relevant to the military and paramilitary use of human Infectious Disease agents. You will note that '<Bioterrorism simulator>' is listed as a 'Country' in both the Diagnosis and Epidemiology modules. When clinical signs and symptoms are entered in the Diagnosis module, the resulting differential diagnosis list includes only diseases considered as potential agents of bioterrorism. Note that this list is not Bayesian; ie, all relevant diseases are assigned an equal 'incidence' when calculating probability. <Bioterrorism simulator>

Notes in the Epidemiology module stress the historical and epidemiological aspects of relevant diseases as they apply to bioterrorism.

enables user to list important contact information, literature, isolation and handling procedures, etc.