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Infectious Diseases of Ireland and Northern Irelandis one in a series of GIDEONwww.gideononline.com (Lien -> http://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 Ireland and Northern Ireland
4. References
There are 347 generic infectious diseases in the world today. 189 of these are endemic, or potentially endemic, to Ireland and Northern Ireland. A number of other diseases are not relevant to Ireland and Northern Ireland and have not been included in this book.
In addition to endemic diseases, all published data regarding imported diseases and infection among expatriates from Ireland and Northern Ireland are included.