Publications

This document contains the surveillance case definition for respiratory syncytial virus, 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 presents a summary of discussions and decisions by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Taskforce on 29 June 2023.

This plan is the first Australian Response Plan for Japanese encephalitis. It provides a framework for nationally co-operative response arrangements for managing Japanese encephalitis virus.

This document presents a summary of discussions and decisions by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Taskforce on 3 May 2023.

This document contains the National Occupational Respiratory Disease Registry (NORDR) patient privacy and consent statement.

This document contains and consent form and a collection notice that sets out how we will handle the personal information of an agent that is acting on behalf of a physician to access the National Occupational Respiratory Disease Registry (NORDR).

This collection notice sets out how we will handle a physician's personal information under the National Occupational Respiratory Disease Registry (NORDR).

This report summarises stakeholder responses to the Role and functions of an Australian Centre for Disease Control (CDC) consultation paper.

These guidelines for Public Health Units provide nationally consistent guidance on how to respond to acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD). They are part of a Series of National Guidelines (SoNGs) published by the Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA).

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 legionellosis.

This guidance note covers known Australian tick-borne diseases.

This guidance note covers overseas-acquired Lyme disease.

This document introduces the major concepts, issues and diseases and illnesses related to ticks, globally and in Australia.

This document covers tick-induced allergies (tick anaphylaxis and mammalian meat allergy/anaphylaxis) and tick-associated toxicosis and paralysis.

This document covers prevention and management of tick bites for people living in Australia.

This document contains the surveillance case definition for gonococcal 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 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV; child aged less than 18 months), 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 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.