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 Health Emergency Preparedness and Response website, which has information about measures that would be taken in the event of communicable diseases outbreaks or bioterrorism attacks .

Updated March 2009

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AIDS and HIV
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Links to information on AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency virus) and HIV (human immunodeficiency virus).
Bacterial Infections
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Links to information on bacterial infections, including Haemophilus infections (HIB), respiratory tract infections, salmonella, sexually transmitted diseases and urinary tract infections.
Hepatitis
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Links to information on the various types of hepatitis infections.
Immunisation and Vaccine Preventable Diseases
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Links to information on immunisation, vaccine preventable diseases and their symptoms, including chickenpox, cholera, diphtheria, whooping cough, meningococcal disease, hepatitis, haemophilus influenzae type B (HIB), measles, mumps and rubella, poliomyelitis and tetanus.
Infection Control in Hospitals
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Links to information about infection control in hospitals
Infectious Diseases Services
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Links to services related to communicable or infectious diseases.
Infectious Skin Diseases
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Links to information on a wide range of infectious skin diseases.
Malaria
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Links to information about malaria.
Meningitis and Meningococcal Infections
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Links to information on the various types of meningitis and meningococcal infections, their causes and symptoms.
Respiratory Tract Infections
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Links to information on respiratory tract infections and related topics such as bronchitis, influenza (flu), colds, croup, pneumonia, severe acute respiratory syndrome (sars), sinusitis, legionnaires´ disease, tuberculosis and whooping cough.
Sexually Transmitted Infections
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Viral Infections
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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.
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Title:   Infectious Diseases Services
Publisher:   HealthInsite Topic Page
Description:   Links to services related to communicable or infectious diseases.
Date:   Mar 2010
Title:   Other infectious diseases
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:   Feb 2010
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:   Feb 2010
Title:   Communicable Diseases Intelligence - current issue
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This issue contains annual reports on Australia's nationally notifiable diseases, aboviral diseases and malaria, immunisation coverage and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease plus articles on encephalitis trends and aetologies, dengue in north Queensland, rotavirus in Queensland, childhood influenza, HIV drug resistance, meningococcal and measles, as well as the regular quarterly data reports.
Date:   Sep 2009
Title:   Australia's notifiable diseases status: Annual report of the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System monitors the incidence of an agreed list of communicable diseases in Australia. This page links to annual reports from 1994.
Date:   Sep 2009
Title:   Infectious diseases: when can my child go back to school? - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Use this guide to determine how long your child should stay away from school or child care.
Date:   Jul 2009
Title:   Climate change and infectious diseases in Australia
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   The potential link between climate change and disease risk has been widely reported and reflects a growing concern about the health impacts of global warming.
Date:   Jun 2009
Title:   Surveillance systems reported in CDI, 2009
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:   May 2009
Title:   Parasitic Diseases
Publisher:   HealthInsite Topic Page
Description:   Links to information about parasitic diseases, including protozoan infections, ectoparasitic infestations and heminthiasis.
Date:   May 2009
Title:   Communicable Diseases Network Australia - Conferences
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Communicable Diseases Control conferences are held biennially.
Date:   Apr 2009
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. The National Health and Medical Research Council recommends all travellers be vaccinated against tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), varicella (chicken pox), measles, mumps, rubella and polio.
Date:   Mar 2009
Title:   Communicable Diseases Surveillance: what we do
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Introduction to the work undertaken by the Surveillance Branch, Office of Health Protection, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.
Date:   Mar 2009
Title:   Links to State and Territory public health legislation, the Quarantine Act, and the National Health Security Act 2007
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This page contains links to Australian States and Territories Public Health Legislation, on their respective websites and the Commonwealth Quarantine Act and amendments.
Date:   Feb 2009
Title:   Work issues - infection control
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Infection control in the workplace begins by assuming that everyone is potentially infectious. Basic techniques include regular hand washing and keeping the workplace clean. Every workplace should have an appropriate first aid kit, with at least one staff member trained in first aid. Equipment such as gloves, gowns, eye goggles and face shields should be provided if necessary.
Date:   Nov 2008
Title:   Meningitis (Eosinophilic meningitis)
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of Eosinophilic meningitis by professional health specialists.
Date:   Oct 2008
Title:   Public Health Laboratory Network newsletters
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This section of the website contains links to newsletters produced and endorsed by the Public Health Laboratory Network.
Date:   Oct 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:   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. Colds, glandular fever (kissing disease), herpes infection, warts, hepatitis B and meningococcal disease may all be transmitted by kissing. However the risk of disease from kissing is small and kissing can be good for physical and mental health.
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
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