Resources

This document contains the surveillance case definition for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV; individual aged 18 months or older), which is nationally notifiable within Australia. State and territory health departments use this definition to decide whether to notify us of a case.

This strategy outlines the national approach to SARS-CoV-2 wastewater surveillance, endorsed by Environmental Health Standing Committee (enHealth), the Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA) and Australian Health Protection Committee (AHPC).

This fact sheet covers the epidemiology, prevention, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of Queensland tick typhus.

This fact sheet covers the epidemiology, prevention, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of Q fever.

This fact sheet covers the epidemiology, prevention, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of Flinders Island spotted fever.

This fact sheet covers the epidemiology, prevention, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of Australian spotted fever.

This fact sheet covers the epidemiology, prevention, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease.

This fact sheet covers strategies to prevent tick bites in people and pets.

This fact sheet covers the symptoms, features and treatment of tick anaphylaxis.

This fact sheet covers the symptoms, causes, risk factors and prevention of tick paralysis.

This fact sheet provides general information about ticks and the medical problems they can cause, as well as information on the Australian paralysis tick.

This fact sheet covers how to safely manage a tick bite, safely remove a tick to prevent allergic reactions to tick bites, and how people allergic to tick bites should safely manage a bite.

This report looks at the ability of non-animal testing methods to determine the safety of cosmetics and other industrial chemicals. It considers available and emerging Australian and international scientific evidence.

The Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA) have developed these national guidelines for the prevention, control and public health management of outbreaks of acute respiratory infection (including COVID-19, influenza and RSV) in residential aged care homes in Australia.

This document contains the surveillance case definition for monkeypox virus infection, which is nationally notifiable within Australia. State and territory health departments use this definition to decide whether to notify us of a case.

This document contains the surveillance case definition for tuberculosis, which is nationally notifiable within Australia. State and territory health departments use this definition to decide whether to notify us of a case.

This is a summary of the preliminary findings from a study to identify possible biomarkers for debilitating symptom complex attributed to ticks (DSCATT). The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) completed this project in July 2021.

The Public Health Laboratory Network (PHLN) has developed standard case definitions for the diagnosis of key diseases in Australia. This document contains the laboratory case definition for flavivirus.

This document from the Australian and state and territory governments outlines their commitment to reducing incidences of silicosis and other dust diseases among workers, and increase the quality of life for people affected and their families.

These guidelines for Public Health Units provide nationally consistent guidance on how to respond to tuberculosis. They are part of a Series of National Guidelines (SoNGs) published by the Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA).

This administrative report outlines how the National Dust Disease Taskforce developed national guidance for doctors assessing workers exposed to respirable crystalline silica dust.

This document contains the surveillance case definition for mumps, which is nationally notifiable within Australia. State and territory health departments use this definition to decide whether to notify us of a case.

This document contains the surveillance case definition for invasive meningococcal disease, which is nationally notifiable within Australia. State and territory health departments use this definition to decide whether to notify us of a case.

This document outlines how the National Communicable Disease Surveillance Dashboard works using the new Microsoft Power BI user interface.

This guidance from the Environmental Health Standing Committee (enHealth) provides recommendations from the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Health, Aged Care and Sport Inquiry into biotoxin-related illnesses in Australia.