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Infectious Diseases and Bioterrorism is one in a series of GIDEON ebooks which summarize the status of individual infectious diseases, in every country of the world. Data are based on the GIDEON web application (www.gideononline.com) which relies on standard text books, peer-review journals, Health Ministry reports and ProMED, supplemented by an ongoing search of the medical literature. Chapters are arranged alphabetically, by disease name. Each section is divided into four sections: 1. Descriptive epidemiology 2. Summary of clinical features 3. Bioterrorism status of the disease 4. References There are 354 generic infectious diseases in the world today. 44 of these are considered potential agents of Bioterrorism.

Infectious Diseases of the World is one in a series of GIDEON ebooks which summarize the status of individual infectious diseases, in every country of the world. Data are based on the GIDEON web application (www.gideononline.com) which relies on standard text books, peer-review journals, Health Ministry reports and ProMED, supplemented by an ongoing search of the medical literature. Chapters are arranged alphabetically, by disease name. Each section is divided into four sections: 1. Descriptive epidemiology 2. Summary of clinical features 3. Status of the disease in the World 4. References A chapter outlining the routine vaccination schedule of schedules of each individual country follows the diseases chapters. There are 353 generic infectious diseases in the world today. In addition to diseases which may be endemic to specific countries, all published data regarding cross-border and multinational incidents have been included.

Infectious Diseases of Western Sahara is one in a series of GIDEON ebooks which summarize the status of individual infectious diseases, in every country of the world. Data are based on the GIDEON web application (www.gideononline.com) which relies on standard text books, peer-review journals, Health Ministry reports and ProMED, supplemented by an ongoing search of the medical literature. Chapters are arranged alphabetically, by disease name. Each chapter is divided into four sections: 1. Descriptive epidemiology 2. Summary of clinical features 3. Status of the disease in Western Sahara 4. References There are 351 generic infectious diseases in the world today. 186 of these are endemic, or potentially endemic, to Western Sahara. A number of other diseases are not relevant to Western Sahara and have not been included in this book. In addition to endemic diseases, all published data regarding imported diseases and infection among expatriates from Western Sahara are included.

Infectious Diseases of Wake Island is one in a series of GIDEON ebooks which summarize the status of individual infectious diseases, in every country of the world. Data are based on the GIDEON web application (www.gideononline.com) which relies on standard text books, peer-review journals, Health Ministry reports and ProMED, supplemented by an ongoing search of the medical literature. Chapters are arranged alphabetically, by disease name. Each chapter is divided into four sections: 1. Descriptive epidemiology 2. Summary of clinical features 3. Status of the disease in Wake Island 4. References There are 351 generic infectious diseases in the world today. 181 of these are endemic, or potentially endemic, to Wake Island. A number of other diseases are not relevant to Wake Island and have not been included in this book. In addition to endemic diseases, all published data regarding imported diseases and infection among expatriates from Wake Island are included.

Infectious Diseases and Bioterrorism is one in a series of GIDEON ebooks which summarize the status of individual infectious diseases, in every country of the world. Data are based on the GIDEON web application (www.gideononline.com) which relies on standard text books, peer-review journals, Health Ministry reports and ProMED, supplemented by an ongoing search of the medical literature. Chapters are arranged alphabetically, by disease name. Each section is divided into four sections: 1. Descriptive epidemiology 2. Summary of clinical features 3. Bioterrorism status of the disease 4. References There are 351 generic infectious diseases in the world today. 41 of these are considered potential agents of Bioterrorism.