GIDEON is the Global Infectious Disease & Epidemiology Network. This resource is a point-of-care clinical decision support system for the diagnosis of most known infectious diseases throughout the world.

GIDEON is a web-based application used for diagnosis, reference and treatment in the fields of tropical and infectious diseases, epidemiology and microbiology. Through GIDEON, medical professionals are able to diagnose and obtain treatment information for diseases as well as obtain up-to-date global information about the diseases and relevant outbreaks.

GIDEON is made up of four modules: Diagnosis, Epidemiology, Therapy and Microbiology. It includes information regarding 342 diseases, 228 countries, 1,297 microbial taxa, and 333 antibacterial agents & vaccines. Over 14,000 notes outline the status of specific infections within each country. Also featured are over 45,000 images, graphs, interactive maps and references. This resource is updated on a continual basis using all relevant citations appearing in quarterly MEDLINE searches, periodic publications of the World Health Organization, abstracts of major international meetings, user feedback and other relevant sources. GIDEON data sources adhere to the standards of Evidence-Based Medicine.

GIDEON is available to individual and institutional subscribers on CD or through the web. Individual subscriptionUS$695 / year or US$69.95 / month. Institutions must contact Ebsco for a price quote.


GIDEON was reviewed in the Journal of the American Medical Association, (Vol. 293 No. 13, April 6, 2005 subscription required).


For more information on GIDEON go to: http://www.gideononline.com/
or contact: information@epnet.com