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This application allows users to look up information about different infectious diseases. The app is free.  Information from the iTunes store is noted below.

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IDdx was built for queries. Users can find lists of matching infectious diseases by using the disease search criteria (99 signs & symptoms, 39 epidemiological factors, and 16 regions of the world). The user can see all the symptoms associated with a disease or see all the diseases associated with a symptom. See http://www.iddx.com/gideon.html for how IDdx compares to GIDEON, the only other infectious disease application built as a relational database to supports queries. WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH IDdx? - Explore the database of 251 diseases in 15 categories. - Search by Disease Name or Disease Criteria. - Disease criteria include 99 signs & symptoms, 39 epidemiological factors, and 16 regions of the world. - Examples of epidemiological factors are ingest (entry), soil (source), ticks (vector), and cats (reservoir). - Access diseases worldwide or limit the search to those endemic to the United States. WHAT IS THE CONTENT? - Similar to the Control of Communicable Diseases Manual, the content includes coverage of 251 important infectious diseases organized into the following categories: arthropod-borne, bioterrorism, childhood, community-acquired, foodborne, gastroenteritis, sapronoses, localized infections, sexually-transmitted, and zoonoses.  PLEASE NOTE An internet connection is required to reach the IDdx server when performing disease queries.

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