Questions about data

Written in response to your queries.

• How does GIDEON® collect its data?

  Learn how GIDEON® collects its robust infectious disease data.

• How does GIDEON® calculate incidence and prevalence rates?

  Click to find out where prevalence and incidence rates come from and how cases from outbreaks impact the total number of cases for a given country.

• How can I retrieve raw data from GIDEON®?

  The easiest way to access our 'raw data' on infectious diseases is to use our REST API service. Read on.

• How does GIDEON® get disease statistics from small countries, like in Africa?

  The GIDEON® platform offers comprehensive worldwide disease statistics. Learn how even data from small countries are included.

• How many drugs are in the GIDEON® database?

  GIDEON® lists over 350 anti-infective drugs, along with all known trade names.

• Does GIDEON® reference case count data?

  GIDEON® follows over 32,000 data sets – more than 700,000 individual data points (ie cases per year) as of mid-2018.

• Is it possible to download the data as a CSV or txt file?

  It is not possible to download GIDEON® data in a CSV or text format, however, we do have an API you can use. Read on...

• Does the GIDEON® database include viral diseases?

  The GIDEON® database includes 130+ viruses and 200+ images of viruses and symptoms of viral infectious diseases.

• How complete is the list of COVID-19 vaccines in GIDEON®?

  All vaccines in actual use are divided into three separate groups in GIDEON®. Read more...

• Can I use GIDEON® with R?

  Do you work with the R programming language? Our free R wrapper can help.

• How are outbreaks defined in GIDEON®?

  Find out how GIDEON® defines outbreaks for monitoring purposes