A recent case in Taiwan is the latest of over 20 foreign travelers who have acquired Coccidioidomycosis in Americas. A module in GIDEON maintains a chronology of all instances of travel-related infection (rabies, trypanosomiasis, trichinosis, Lassa fever, gnathostomiasis, melioidosis, etc). The following list is abstracted from the program.

[primary references are available on request]

Year* Country Cases Comment

1975* Finland 1
1976* Switzerland 1
1990 Israel 1
1993 Czech Republic 1
1996* Netherlands 1
1998* Hungary 1
2001 U.K, Finland, New Zealand 3 Associated with public event
2001 Germany 2 Acquired in Costa Rica
2002 India 1 Fatal infection
2003 Israel 1
2008* France 1
2008* Japan 4 Case series
2008* Poland 1
2009* Netherlands 1

* Year of publication (other cases refer to year of occurrence)

Update: Appeared in ProMED

In another discussion on measles on the ProMED mailing list – this time in Taiwan – a great reference to the information available in GIDEON, which complements the information available from Taiwan’s CDC:

… according to the Global Infectious Disease & Epidemiology Network – GIDEON, the numbers of clinical cases of measles reported annually in Taiwan were: 1386 in 1988; 44 in 1990; 303 in 1992; 71 in 1993; 101 in 1994; 40 in 1995; 49 in 1996; 63 in 1997; 49 in 1998; 23 in 1999; 48 in 2000; 59 in 2003; 36 in 2004; 39 in 2005; 24 in 2006 — available at http://www.gideononline.com) Taiwan has undertaken the goal of measles elimination by 2010. Data available at the website review a vaccination coverage of the cohort born in 2002 of 95 percent with MMR 1st dose. No information was available on 2nd dose coverages.

A note about Russia and measles also references GIDEON.