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 .

Reviewed July 2011

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AIDS and HIV

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Links to information on AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) 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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Links to information on sexually transmitted infections or diseases (STIs or STDs) and their prevention.

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:   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:   Jan 2012
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:   Nov 2011
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:   Aug 2011
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:   Jun 2011
Title:   Laboratory case definitions for diagnosis of communicable diseases
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Public Health Laboratory Network have developed a case definition to be used for diagnosis of certain communicable diseases. This page contains links to these case definitions.
Date:   Jun 2011
Title:   Introduction to Communicable Diseases Intelligence journal
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Communicable Diseases Intelligence (CDI) is a quarterly publication of the Surveillance Branch, Office of Health Protection, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. CDI aims to disseminate information on the epidemiology and control of communicable disease in Australia.
Date:   Jun 2011
Title:   Communicable Diseases Surveillance: what we do
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Introduction to the work undertaken by the Communicable Disease and Surveillance Branch, Office of Health Protection, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.
Date:   May 2011
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:   Apr 2011
Title:   Communicable Diseases Intelligence - current issue
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This issue contains an annual report on surveillance of antibiotic resistance in Nesseria gonorrhoeae in the WHO Western Pacific and South East Asia Regions, plus articles on an influenza outbreak among pilgrims; adverse events following immunisation; and improving surveillance for acute hepatitis C, as well as the regular quarterly data reports. This report also includes an obituary for Associate Professor John Tapsall. It also highlights future changes for CDI.
Date:   Apr 2011
Title:   Surveillance systems reported in CDI, 2011
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 2011.
Date:   Apr 2011
Title:   Overview of the Public Health Laboratory Network (PHLN)
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Public Health Laboratory Network (PHLN) is a collaborative group of laboratories, which have expertise and provide services in public health microbiology.
Date:   Mar 2011
Title:   Communicable Diseases Network Australia - Conferences
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Communicable Diseases Control conferences are held biennially.
Date:   Feb 2011
Title:   About 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:   Feb 2011
Title:   Interventions for improving coverage of child immunization in low- and middle-income countries
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Millions of children in low- and middle-income countries still die from diseases that could have been prevented with vaccines. In order to reach these children, a variety of interventions have been developed and, in some cases, their effect has been eva...
Date:   Jan 2011
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:   Oct 2010
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:   Jul 2010
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:   Jul 2010
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:   Jun 2010
Title:   Infectious Diseases Services
Publisher:   HealthInsite Topic Page
Description:   Links to services related to communicable or infectious diseases.
Date:   Mar 2010
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:   Dec 2009

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