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Infectious Diseases of Guyana 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 epidemiology2. Summary of clinical features3. Status of the disease in Guyana4. References A chapter outlining the routine vaccination schedule of Guyana follows the diseases chapters. There are 353 generic infectious diseases in the world today. 219 of these are endemic, or potentially endemic, to Guyana. A number of other diseases are not relevant to Guyana and have not been included in this book. In addition to endemic diseases, all published data regarding imported diseases and infection among expatriates from Guyana are included.

Infectious Diseases of Guyana 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 epidemiology2. Summary of clinical features3. Status of the disease in Guyana4. References A chapter outlining the routine vaccination schedule of Guyana follows the diseases chapters. There are 351 generic infectious diseases in the world today. 216 of these are endemic, or potentially endemic, to Guyana. A number of other diseases are not relevant to Guyana and have not been included in this book. In addition to endemic diseases, all published data regarding imported diseases and infection among expatriates from Guyana are included.

Infectious Diseases of Guyana 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 Guyana 4. References There are 348 generic infectious diseases in the world today. 216 of these are endemic, or potentially endemic, to Guyana. A number of other diseases are not relevant to Guyana and have not been included in this book. In addition to endemic diseases, all published data regarding imported diseases and infection among expatriates from Guyana are included.

Infectious Diseases of Guyana 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 Guyana 4. References There are 347 generic infectious diseases in the world today. 216 of these are endemic, or potentially endemic, to Guyana. A number of other diseases are not relevant to Guyana and have not been included in this book.In addition to endemic diseases, all published data regarding imported diseases and infection among expatriates from Guyana are included.