title: Global Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology Network (GIDEON): a world wide Web-based program for diagnosis and informatics in infectious diseases.
abstract: The Global Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology Network (GIDEON) (http://www.gideononline.com) consists of 4 modules. The first is designed to generate a ranked differential diagnosis list for any infectious diseases scenario in any of 220 countries. The second follows the country-specific epidemiology of 337 individual diseases. The third presents a comprehensive encyclopedia of 308 generic anti-infective drugs and vaccines, including a listing of >9500 trade names. The fourth generates a ranked identification list based on the phenotype of bacteria, mycobacteria, and yeasts. The program performs well and serves as a useful paradigm for World Wide Web-based informatics. GIDEON is an eclectic program that can serve the needs of clinicians, epidemiologists, and microbiologists working in the fields of infectious diseases and geographic medicine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA. Stephen.Edberg@Yale.edu
authors.forename: Stephen C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Edberg
mesh_terms: D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D048088:Informatics; D007256:Information Systems; D020407:Internet; D012984:Software