Publications

1 November 2023 - The document supports decision-making for general practitioners and other medical professionals for the diagnosis, treatment, and management of patients presenting with biotoxin-related illnesses.

20 October 2023 - This document presents a summary of discussions and decisions by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Taskforce on 20 October 2023.

30 August 2023 - This document contains the surveillance case definition for syphilis (congenital), which is nationally notifiable within Australia. State and territory health departments use this definition to decide whether to notify us of a case.

1 August 2023 - This document explains how to collect and transport specimens, and the referral pathway to confirm poliovirus detected in wastewater.

11 July 2023 - This document presents a summary of discussions and decisions by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Taskforce on 11 August 2023.

1 July 2023 - 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.

29 June 2023 - This document presents a summary of discussions and decisions by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Taskforce on 29 June 2023.

16 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.

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

29 March 2023 - This document contains the National Occupational Respiratory Disease Registry (NORDR) patient privacy and consent statement.

29 March 2023 - 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).

29 March 2023 - This collection notice sets out how we will handle a physician's personal information under the National Occupational Respiratory Disease Registry (NORDR).

6 March 2023 - This report summarises stakeholder responses to the Role and functions of an Australian Centre for Disease Control (CDC) consultation paper.

1 February 2023 - 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).

1 February 2023 - 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.

19 January 2023 - This guidance note covers known Australian tick-borne diseases.

19 January 2023 - This guidance note covers overseas-acquired Lyme disease.

19 January 2023 - This document introduces the major concepts, issues and diseases and illnesses related to ticks, globally and in Australia.

19 January 2023 - This document covers tick-induced allergies (tick anaphylaxis and mammalian meat allergy/anaphylaxis) and tick-associated toxicosis and paralysis.

19 January 2023 - This document covers prevention and management of tick bites for people living in Australia.

3 January 2023 - 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.

3 January 2023 - 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.

3 January 2023 - 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.

20 December 2022 - 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).

25 November 2022 - This fact sheet covers the epidemiology, prevention, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of Queensland tick typhus.