Infectious Diseases

Follow the links below to information on infectious or communicable diseases in general, as well as specific bacterial, parasitic, viral and fungal diseases.

The Australian Department of Health and Ageing maintains the Biosecurity Health Response website, which has information about diseases that could be spread through bioterrorism attacks.

Reviewed Sept 2007

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Title:   Work issues - infection control
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   The foundation of good infection control in the workplace is to assume that everyone is potentially infectious. Proper procedures should be followed at all times. Basic techniques include regular hand washing and keeping the workplace clean.
Date:   Sep 2008

Title:   Choosing child care
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Children are cared for in different ways when their parents are not with them. Care may include relatives, neighbours, friends, family day care, after school hours care and child care centres.
Date:   Sep 2008

Title:   TravelTurtle
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   TravelTurtle provides you with a free personalised travel health advice report covering vaccinations, malaria, yellow fever, jet lag & other travel hazards

Title:   Communicable Diseases Network Australia - Conferences
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Communicable Diseases Control conferences are held biennially.
Date:   May 2008

Title:   Infectious diseases - other
Publisher:   Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
Description:   These web pages provide information and resources about the burden of a range of infectious diseases experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Date:   May 2008

Title:   Vaccine preventable diseases
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Vaccination against a range of bacterial and viral diseases is an integral part of communicable disease control world-wide. Vaccination against a specific disease not only reduces the incidence of that disease, it reduces the social and economic burden of the disease on communities. Very high immunisation coverage can lead to complete blocking of transmission for many vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs). The world-wide eradication of smallpox and the near eradication of polio from many countries provide excellent examples of the role of immunisation in disease control.
Date:   Apr 2008

Title:   Surveillance systems reported in CDI, 2008
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Communicable Diseases Intelligence, publishes a number of annual, quarterly, and regular reports produced by various communicable disease surveillance groups. This document summarises the methodology used for each of these regular reports to be published during 2008.
Date:   Apr 2008

Title:   Communicable Diseases Intelligence - current issue
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This issue contains annual reports on tuberculosis, pneumococcal disease,gonococcal in the Western Pacific Region and mosquito-borne diseases, plus articles on influenza, chlamydia, rotoavirus, norovirus and vaccination for human papilloma virus and pertussis, as well as the regular quarterly data reports.
Date:   Mar 2008

Title:   Roles and responsibilities of the Office of Health Protection
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This page contains information on the roles of the Office of Health Protection and the responsibilities of each Branch and Section.
Date:   Mar 2008

Title:   Communicable Diseases Network Australia
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Information page about the Communicable Diseases Network Australia. It details the Network's background; its various committees and activities; the composition of the Network; and recent publications and contact details.
Date:   Mar 2008

Title:   Travel vaccinations
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Australians travelling overseas, especially to developing countries, need to be vaccinated against a range of diseases. Illnesses may be caused by contaminated food or water, poor personal hygiene or infected insects.
Date:   Feb 2008

Title:   Communicable diseases information
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This page contains information on some of the activities of the Surveillance Branch, Office of Health Protection, in managing communicable diseases in Australia.
Date:   Jan 2008

Title:   Parasitic Diseases
Publisher:   HealthInsite Topic Page
Description:   Links to information about parasitic diseases, including protozoan infections, ectoparasitic infestations and heminthiasis.
Date:   Jan 2008

Title:   Viral Infections
Publisher:   HealthInsite Topic Page
Description:   Links to information about viral infections such as such as arboviruses, herpesvirus, hepatitis, various vaccine-preventable diseases and sexually transmitted infections, as well as diseases triggered by viral infections.
Date:   Jan 2008

Title:   Communicable Diseases Australia: what we do
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Introduction to the work undertaken by the Surveillance Policy and Systems Section, Office of Health Protection, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.
Date:   Nov 2007

Title:   International surveillance reports
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The International Surveillance Report contains information on the surveillance of various disease outbreaks of significance outside of Australia.
Date:   Oct 2007

Title:   Infectious Diseases Services
Publisher:   HealthInsite Topic Page
Description:   Links to services related to communicable or infectious diseases and immunisation.
Date:   Oct 2007

Title:   Travel vaccinations and medications - Q & A
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   A range of questions on travel vaccinations and medications. Our experts provide the answers.
Date:   Sep 2007

Title:   About the APEC Health Task Force
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Background information on the APEC Health Task Force (HTF).
Date:   Sep 2007

Title:   Kissing and your health
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Kissing offers many health benefits but may also transmit a small number of disease-causing agents such as bacteria and viruses. Bacteria and viruses in the saliva or blood of one person can be spread to another person by kissing. Some diseases are more easily spread than others.
Date:   May 2007
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