Notifiable Diseases
All notifications are to be directed to the relevant local public health unit (PHU) or equivalent.
Infectious disease notifications are to be made as soon as the notifiable disease has been identified.
Keep informed of any changes via Australia's National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) or the New Zealand Ministry of Health.
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Notifiable Disease List |
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Anthrax |
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Australian bat lyssavirus infection |
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Avian influenza in humans (bird flu) |
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Barmah Forest virus infection |
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Botulism |
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Brucellosis |
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Campylobacteriosis |
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Chickenpox |
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Chikungunya virus infection |
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Chlamydia infection |
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Cholera |
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COVID-19 |
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) |
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Cryptosporidiosis |
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Dengue virus infection |
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Diphtheria |
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Donovanosis |
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Flavivirus infection (including Zika virus) |
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Gonococcal infection |
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Group A streptococcal disease – invasive (iGAS) |
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Haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) |
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Haemophilus influenzae type b (HIB) infection –invasive only |
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Hepatitis (not elsewhere classified) |
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Hepatitis A |
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Hepatitis B |
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Hepatitis C |
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Hepatitis D |
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Hepatitis E |
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Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) |
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Influenza (flu) |
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Japanese encephalitis |
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Legionellosis |
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Leprosy |
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Leptospirosis |
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Listeriosis |
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Lyssavirus infection (not elsewhere classified) |
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Malaria |
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Measles |
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Meningococcal disease – invasive |
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Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) |
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Monkeypox (MPX) |
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Mumps |
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Murray Valley encephalitis virus infection |
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Paratyphoid fever |
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Pertussis (whooping cough) |
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Plague |
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Pneumococcal disease – invasive |
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Poliovirus infection |
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Psittacosis (ornithosis) |
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Q fever |
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Rabies |
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Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection |
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Ross River virus infection |
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Rotavirus infection |
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Rubella (German measles) |
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Salmonellosis |
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) |
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Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infection |
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Shigellosis |
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Shingles |
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Smallpox |
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Syphilis |
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Tetanus |
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Tuberculosis (TB) |
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Tularaemia |
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Typhoid fever |
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Varicella zoster infection (unspecified) |
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Viral haemorrhagic fever |
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West Nile virus infection – including Kunjin virus |
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Yellow fever |