Infectious Diseases Prevalence Surveys

As of January 2006, the GIDEON Infectious Diseases module contains 14,300 individual notes which follow the country-specific status of over 330 diseases. Three million words of text outline yearly incidence, mortality statistics, regional distribution, unique local vectors … and lots more.

A significant segment of the literature in Infectious Diseases consists of surveys.

What percentage of injecting drug abusers in India are HIV-positive ?
How common is hookworm among children in Nigeria ?
What is the seropositivity rate for Lyme disease among hunters in Germany ?

In recent months, we have collated all survey data for every individual note into a standardized modular format. A unique listing will present all published surveys of disease prevalence, seropositivity data, parasite infestation rates, etc. for …

AIDS, Ascariasis … Hepatitis A, Hookworm … Lyme disease …. Q-fever … Syphilis … and all other diseases in GIDEON.

A couple of examples:

Ascaris infection rates in Brazil: