Infectious Diseases

Follow the links below to information on infectious or communicable diseases in general, as well as specific bacterial, parasitic, viral and fungal diseases.

The Australian Department of Health and Ageing maintains the Biosecurity Health Response website, which has information about diseases that could be spread through bioterrorism attacks.

Reviewed Sept 2007

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AIDS and HIV
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Links to information on AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency virus) and HIV (human immunodeficiency virus).
Bacterial Infections
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Links to information on bacterial infections, including Haemophilus infections (HIB), respiratory tract infections, salmonella, sexually transmitted diseases and urinary tract infections.
Infectious Diseases Services
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Links to services related to communicable or infectious diseases and immunisation.
Hepatitis
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Links to information on the various types of hepatitis infections.
Immunisation and Vaccine Preventable Diseases
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Links to information on immunisation, vaccine preventable diseases and their symptoms, including chickenpox, cholera, diphtheria, whooping cough, meningococcal disease, hepatitis, haemophilus influenzae type B (HIB), measles, mumps and rubella, poliomyelitis and tetanus.
Infectious Skin Diseases
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Links to information on a wide range of infectious skin diseases.
Malaria
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Links to information about malaria.
Meningitis and Meningococcal Infections
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Links to resources on the various types of meningitis and meningococcal infections, their causes and symptoms.
Respiratory Tract Infections
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Links to information on respiratory tract infections and related topics such as bronchitis, influenza (flu), colds, croup, pneumonia, severe acute respiratory syndrome (sars), sinusitis, legionnaires´ disease, tuberculosis and whooping cough.
Sexually Transmitted Infections
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Viral Infections
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Links to information about viral infections such as such as arboviruses, herpesvirus, hepatitis, various vaccine preventable diseases and sexually transmitted infections, as well as diseases triggered by viral infections.
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Title:   Surveillance systems reported in CDI, 2008
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Communicable Diseases Intelligence, publishes a number of annual, quarterly, and regular reports produced by various communicable disease surveillance groups. This document summarises the methodology used for each of these regular reports to be published during 2008.
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Publisher:   Department of Health and Human Services (US)
Description:   The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is one of the 13 major operating components of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The CDC is responsible for the public health efforts to prevent and control infectious and chronic diseases, injuries, workplace hazards, disabilities, and environmental health threats. The CDC is also globally recognized for conducting research and investigations, and for its action oriented approach.
Date:   Aug 2005
Title:   Work issues - infection control
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   The foundation of good infection control in the workplace is to assume that everyone is potentially infectious. Proper procedures should be followed at all times. Basic techniques include regular hand washing and keeping the workplace clean.
Date:   Sep 2008
Title:   Infection control guidelines for the prevention of transmission of infectious diseases in the health care setting
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This document outlines the principles involved in, and the procedures necessary for, the prevention of the transmission of infectious diseases in the health care setting, referred to as infection control or infection control procedures.
Date:   Jan 2004
Title:   World Health Organization
Publisher:   World Health Organization
Description:   The WHO website provides information on countries, health topics, disease outbreaks, emergencies, and research. It also links to information about WHO projects, initiatives, activities, information products and publications, and contacts, organised by health and development topics.
Date:   Aug 2005
Title:   Parasitic Diseases
Publisher:   HealthInsite Topic Page
Description:   Links to information about parasitic diseases, including protozoan infections, ectoparasitic infestations and heminthiasis.
Date:   Jan 2008
Title:   Treatments for toxoplasmosis in pregnancy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Toxoplasmosis is a widespread parasitic disease that usually causes no symptoms. However, infection in pregnant women may cause infection in the baby, resulting in possible mental disability and blindness. The risk to the baby is related to the gestatio...
Date:   May 1999
Title:   Giardia
Publisher:   HealthInsite Topic Page
Description:   Links to information about giardia.
Date:   Apr 2006
Title:   Introduction to Communicable Diseases Intelligence journal
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Communicable Diseases Intelligence (CDI) is a quarterly publication of the Surveillance Branch, Office of Health Protection, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. CDI aims to disseminate information on the epidemiology and control of communicable disease in Australia.
Date:   Jan 2006
Title:   Communicable Diseases Network Australia
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Information page about the Communicable Diseases Network Australia. It details the Network's background; its various committees and activities; the composition of the Network; and recent publications and contact details.
Date:   Mar 2008
Title:   Communicable diseases information
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This page contains information on some of the activities of the Surveillance Branch, Office of Health Protection, in managing communicable diseases in Australia.
Date:   Jan 2008
Title:   Communicable Diseases Network Australia - Conferences
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Communicable Diseases Control conferences are held biennially.
Date:   May 2008
Title:   Communicable Diseases Intelligence - current issue
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This issue contains annual reports on tuberculosis, pneumococcal disease,gonococcal in the Western Pacific Region and mosquito-borne diseases, plus articles on influenza, chlamydia, rotoavirus, norovirus and vaccination for human papilloma virus and pertussis, as well as the regular quarterly data reports.
Date:   Mar 2008
Title:   Communicable Diseases Australia: what we do
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Introduction to the work undertaken by the Surveillance Policy and Systems Section, Office of Health Protection, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.
Date:   Nov 2007
Title:   Overview of the Public Health Laboratory Network (PHLN)
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   An overview of the Public Health Laboratory Network (PHLN). The PHLN is a collaborative group of laboratories, nominated by State and Territory health departments, which have expertise and provide services in public health microbiology.
Date:   Sep 2006
Title:   Infectious diseases - other
Publisher:   Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
Description:   These web pages provide information and resources about the burden of a range of infectious diseases experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Date:   May 2008
Title:   Roles and responsibilities of the Office of Health Protection
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This page contains information on the roles of the Office of Health Protection and the responsibilities of each Branch and Section.
Date:   Mar 2008
Title:   Vaccine preventable diseases
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Vaccination against a range of bacterial and viral diseases is an integral part of communicable disease control world-wide. Vaccination against a specific disease not only reduces the incidence of that disease, it reduces the social and economic burden of the disease on communities. Very high immunisation coverage can lead to complete blocking of transmission for many vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs). The world-wide eradication of smallpox and the near eradication of polio from many countries provide excellent examples of the role of immunisation in disease control.
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Laboratory case definitions for diagnosis of communicable diseases
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Public Health Laboratory Network have developed a case definition to be used for diagnosis of certain communicable diseases. This page contains links to these case definitions.
Date:   Apr 2005
Title:   Links to State and Territory public health legislation and the Quarantine Act
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This page contains links to Australian States and Territories Public Health Legislation, on their respective websites and the Commonwealth Quarantine Act and amendments.
Date:   Jun 2005
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