Resources

This fortnightly Australian Respiratory Surveillance Report (ARSR) includes information about acute respiratory illnesses including COVID-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus.

This fortnightly Australian Respiratory Surveillance Report (ARSR) includes information about acute respiratory illnesses including COVID-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus.

This collection contains Australian Respiratory Surveillance Reports. We publish these surveillance reports regularly throughout the year.

This collection contains Australian Respiratory Surveillance Reports from 2024. We publish these surveillance reports regularly throughout the year.

This collection contains Australian Respiratory Surveillance Reports from 2025. We publish these surveillance reports regularly throughout the year.

This collection contains the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) fortnightly reports. These reports provide a fortnightly summary on notifications of Australia’s nationally notifiable disease.

This National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) dataset provides records of salmonella cases from 2009 to 2024, by month and other patient variables. We update it in July of each year to include the previous year's notifications and all updates.

This National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) dataset provides records of invasive pneumococcal disease cases from 2009 to 2024, by month and other patient variables. We update it in July of each year to include the previous year's notifications and all updates.

This National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) dataset provides records of laboratory-confirmed influenza cases from 2008, by month and other patient variables. We update it in July of each year to include the previous year's notifications and all updates.

This National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) dataset provides records of laboratory-confirmed influenza cases from 2008, by month and other patient variables. We update it in July of each year to include the previous year's notifications and all updates.

This collection contains National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) datasets for influenza, meningococcal disease, pneumococcal disease and salmonellosis. We update these in July of each year to include the previous year's notifications and all updates.

This collection contains general laboratory guidance and advice developed by the Public Health Laboratory Network (PHLN).

This collection contains laboratory case definition documents for the diagnosis of key diseases in Australia. The Public Health Laboratory Network (PHLN) created these definitions for laboratory staff to use when determining if one of these diseases is present in a sample.

This collection contains surveillance case definition documents for nationally notifiable diseases within Australia. The Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA) created these definitions to help health professionals decide whether to notify authorities of a case.

This collection contains the Communicable Diseases Network (CDNA) National Guidelines and accompanying fact sheets for healthcare workers living with, or at risk of exposure to, bloodborne viruses.

This collection contains all of the Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA) Series of National Guidelines (SoNGs). These guidelines give nationally consistent advice and guidance to Public Health Units to help them respond to notifiable diseases using best practice.

This report and accompanying table provide a fortnightly summary on notifications of Australia's nationally notifiable diseases for 18 to 31 August 2025.

This report and accompanying table provide a fortnightly summary on notifications of Australia's nationally notifiable diseases for 4 to 17 August 2025.

This is the Australian Government response to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee final report 'Inquiry into the growing evidence of an emerging tick-borne disease that causes a Lyme-like illness for many Australian patients'.

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.

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 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 the symptoms, causes, risk factors and prevention of tick paralysis.

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

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