CDNA surveillance case definitions

A

• Anthrax – Surveillance case definition

  March 2004

  Guideline

• Australian bat lyssavirus infection – Surveillance case definition

  12 March 2004

  Guideline

• Avian influenza in humans – Surveillance case definition

  1 July 2015

  Guideline

B

• Barmah Forest virus infection – Surveillance case definition

  1 January 2016

  Guideline

• Botulism – Surveillance case definition

  12 March 2004

  Guideline

• Brucellosis – Surveillance case definition

  1 July 2016

  Guideline

C

• Campylobacteriosis – Surveillance case definition

  12 March 2004

  Guideline

• Chikungunya virus infection – Surveillance case definition

  1 July 2010

  Guideline

• Chlamydial infection – Surveillance case definition

  18 December 2025

  Guideline

• Cholera – Surveillance case definition

  14 August 2008

  Guideline

• COVID-19 – Surveillance case definition

  10 July 2024

  Guideline

• Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease – Surveillance case definition

  29 October 2008

  Guideline

• Cryptosporidiosis – Surveillance case definition

  1 January 2016

  Guideline

D

• Dengue virus infection – Surveillance case definition

  1 January 2018

  Guideline

• Diphtheria – Surveillance case definition

  12 December 2023

  Guideline

• Donovanosis – Surveillance case definition

  1 July 2010

  Guideline

F

• Flavivirus infection (unspecified) including Zika virus – Surveillance case definition

  12 March 2004

  Guideline

G

• Gonococcal infection – Surveillance case definition

  3 January 2023

  Guideline

H

• Haemolytic uraemic syndrome – Surveillance case definition

  17 January 2017

  Guideline

• Haemophilus influenzae type b – Surveillance case definition

  12 April 2004

  Guideline

• Hepatitis (not elsewhere classified) – Surveillance case definition

  1 July 2015

  Guideline

• Hepatitis A – Surveillance case definition

  1 January 2026

  Guideline

• Hepatitis B (newly acquired) – Surveillance case definition

  1 January 2019

  Guideline

• Hepatitis B (unspecified) – Surveillance case definition

  12 March 2004

  Guideline

• Hepatitis C (newly acquired) – Surveillance case definition

  3 January 2023

  Guideline

• Hepatitis C (unspecified) – Surveillance case definition

  3 January 2023

  Guideline

• Hepatitis C (individual aged less than 24 months) – Surveillance case definition

  3 January 2023

  Guideline

• Hepatitis D – Surveillance case definition

  12 March 2004

  Guideline

• Hepatitis E – Surveillance case definition

  9 January 2025

  Guideline

• Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV; child aged less than 18 months) – Surveillance case definition

  3 January 2023

  Guideline

• Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV; individual aged 18 months or older) – Surveillance case definition

  3 January 2023

  Guideline

I

• Influenza (laboratory confirmed) – Surveillance case definition

  1 January 2015

  Guideline

• Invasive Group A streptococcal disease – Surveillance case definition

  12 January 2024

  Guideline

• Invasive meningococcal disease – Surveillance case definition

  1 January 2022

  Guideline

• Invasive pneumococcal disease – Surveillance case definition

  12 March 2004

  Guideline

J

• Japanese encephalitis virus infection – Surveillance case definition

  1 January 2021

  Guideline

L

• Legionellosis – Surveillance case definition

  1 January 2004

  Guideline

• Leprosy – Surveillance case definition

  1 January 2004

  Guideline

• Leptospirosis – Surveillance case definition

  1 January 2026

  Guideline

• Listeriosis – Surveillance case definition

  1 January 2004

  Guideline

• Lyssavirus infection (not elsewhere classified) – Surveillance case definition

  1 January 2004

  Guideline

M

• Malaria – Surveillance case definition

  12 March 2004

  Guideline

• Measles – Surveillance case definition

  1 July 2019

  Guideline

• Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS) – Surveillance case definition

  1 July 2016

  Guideline

• Monkeypox virus infection – Surveillance case definition

  1 August 2022

  Guideline

• Mumps – Surveillance case definition

  1 January 2022

  Guideline

• Murray Valley encephalitis virus infection – Surveillance case definition

  1 January 2024

  Guideline

O

• Ornithosis (psittacosis) – Surveillance case definition

  1 July 2018

  Guideline

P

• Paratyphoid – Surveillance case definition

  1 January 2015

  Guideline

• Pertussis (whooping cough) – Surveillance case definition

  1 January 2004

  Guideline

• Plague – Surveillance case definition

  1 January 2004

  Guideline

• Poliovirus infection – Surveillance case definition

  7 July 2015

  Guideline

Q

• Q fever – Surveillance case definition

  1 January 2004

  Guideline

R

• Rabies – Surveillance case definition

  1 January 2004

  Guideline

• Respiratory syncytial virus – Surveillance case definition

  1 July 2023

  Guideline

• Ross River virus infection – Surveillance case definition

  1 January 2016

  Guideline

• Rotavirus – Surveillance case definition

  1 July 2018

  Guideline

• Rubella – Surveillance case definition

  1 July 2019

  Guideline

• Rubella (congenital) – Surveillance case definition

  1 January 2016

  Guideline

S

• Salmonellosis – Surveillance case definition

  1 January 2016

  Guideline

• Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) – Surveillance case definition

  12 March 2004

  Guideline

• Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infection – Surveillance case definition

  1 July 2016

  Guideline

• Shigellosis – Surveillance case definition

  1 July 2018

  Guideline

• Smallpox – Surveillance case definition

  1 July 2019

  Guideline

• Syphilis (congenital) – Surveillance case definition

  30 August 2023

  Guideline

• Syphilis (less than 2 years duration) – Surveillance case definition

  1 July 2015

  Guideline

• Syphilis (more than 2 years or unknown duration) – Surveillance case definition

  1 January 2011

  Guideline

T

• Tetanus – Surveillance case definition

  1 February 2012

  Guideline

• Tuberculosis – Surveillance case definition

  1 July 2022

  Guideline

• Tularaemia – Surveillance case definition

  29 October 2008

  Guideline

• Typhoid fever – Surveillance case definition

  1 February 2012

  Guideline

V

• Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) – Surveillance case definition

  1 July 2010

  Guideline

• Varicella zoster (chickenpox) – Surveillance case definition

  1 January 2018

  Guideline

• Varicella zoster (shingles) – Surveillance case definition

  1 January 2018

  Guideline

• Varicella zoster (unspecified) – Surveillance case definition

  1 January 2018

  Guideline

• Viral haemorrhagic fever (not elsewhere classified) – Surveillance case definition

  6 November 2014

  Guideline

• Vibrio parahaemolyticus infection – Surveillance case definition

  13 January 2025

  Guideline

W

• West Nile/Kunjin virus infection – Surveillance case definition

  1 January 2024

  Guideline

Y

• Yellow fever – Surveillance case definition

  1 January 2004

  Guideline