PHU - Disease Control resources and publications

A

About Giving Vaccines (AGV)

AGV Courses

• SA Health – Immunisation learning course
• RAHC - NT upskilling course

AIDS

See H HIV

Acute Post-Streptococcal Glomerulonephritis (APSGN)

See S Streptococcal Infection

Acute Rheumatic Fever

See R Rheumatic Heart Disease

Adverse Event Following Immunisation (AEFI)

For health professionals:

• Management of anaphylaxis
• AEFI reporting form
• BCG incident and side effects reporting form

For health professionals:

• TGA web page (DAEN)

Anthrax

For health professionals:

• The   Department of Health - Anthrax: Public health response plan for Australia

Arsenic Poisoning

For health professionals:

• Arsenic   Poisoning Guideline

Australian Bat Lyssavirus (ABL)

For health professionals:

• ABL   & Rabies PEP Protocol
• Lyssavirus   post-exposure prophylaxis questionnaire

For patients & health professionals:

• Australian Bat Lyssavirus factsheet (HTML)

For health professionals:

• The Department   of Health - Rabies Virus and Other Lyssavirus (Including Australian Bat   Lyssavirus) national guidelines

Avian Influenza

For health professionals:

• WHO - Avian Influenza Information
• The Department of Health - Avian Influenza National Guidelines

Azithromycin

For health professionals:

• Azithromycin for Trachoma
• Azithromycin for Pertussis

For patients & health professionals:

See T Trachoma

See P Pertussis

B

Bacterial Vaginosis

For health professionals:

See S Sexually Transmitted Infections

For patients & health professionals:

• Bacterial   vaginosis factsheet (HTML)

Barmah Forest Virus Infection

For health professionals:

For more information on mosquitoes see M Medical Entomology

For patients & health professionals:

• Barmah Forest Virus Infection factsheet (HTML) (PDF)

Bat Bites and Scratches

See A Australian Bat Lyssavirus

Box Jellyfish

See J Jellyfish

Bulletin

See C Centre for Disease Control (CDC) publications

C

Campylobacteriosis

For patients & health professionals:

• Campylobacteriosis   factsheet  (HTML) (PDF)

Candidiasis

For patients & health professionals:

• Candidiasis   factsheet (HTML)

Centre for Disease Control  (CDC) publications

For patients & health professionals:

• NT Disease Control Bulletin
• NT Disease Control Bulletin - INDEX
• Sexual Health   and Blood Borne Viruses Unit Surveillance Update
• Time Out   Exclusion Poster

Cerebral palsy (CP)

For health professionals:

• Cerebral Palsy Consent Form
• Cerebral Palsy Register   Information sheet
• Cerebral Palsy Record Form

For patients & health professionals:

• Cerebral palsy   factsheet  (HTML) (PDF)

For health professionals:

• CP National Register

Chancroid

For health professionals:

• Melbourne Sexual Health Centre

Chickenpox

For patients & health professionals:

• Chickenpox factsheet (HTML) (PDF)

For health professionals:

• Australian Immunisation handbook

Chikungunya

For health professionals:

For more information on mosquitoes see M Medical Entomology

For patients & health professionals:

• Chikungunya   factsheet  (HTML) (PDF)

Chlamydial Conjunctivitis

See T Trachoma

Chlamydial Genital Infection

For health professionals:

See S Sexually Transmitted Infections

For patients & health professionals:

• Chlamydial Genital Infection factsheet (HTML)
• Directions for partners factsheet (HTML)

Cholera

For health professionals:

• Australian Immunisation handbook

Ciguatera Fish Poisoning

For patients & health professionals:

• Ciguatera fish   poisoning (PDF)

Clinic 34 - Free Confidential Sexual Health Service

For health professionals:

• Clinic 34 (about the business unit)

For patients & health professionals:

• Clinic 34 (locations and opening hours)

Cold Chain Management

For health professionals:

• Strive for 5 vaccine fridge temperature recording chart 
• Vaccine wastage report
• National Vaccine Storage Guidelines

Congenital Syphilis

For health professionals:

See S Sexually Transmitted Infections

For patients & health professionals:

See S Syphilis

Contract Tracing for Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI)

For health professionals:

See S Sexually Transmitted Infections

Cryptosporidiosis

For patients & health professionals:

• Cryptosporidiosis   factsheet (HTML) (PDF)

D

Dengue

For patients & health professionals:

• Dengue   factsheet (HTML) (PDF)

For more information on mosquitoes see M Medical Entomology

For health professionals:

• The Department of Health - Dengue national   guidelines for public health

Diphtheria

For health professionals:

• Northern Territory Diphtheria guidelines

For patients & health professionals:

• Diphtheria   factsheet (HTML)

Disease Control Bulletin

For patients & health professionals:

See C Centre for Disease Control (CDC) publications

Donovanosis (Granuloma Inguinale)

For health professionals:

See S Sexually Transmitted Infections

For patients & health professionals:

• Donovanosis   (Granuloma Inguinale) factsheet (HTML)

E

Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)

For health professionals:

• Department of Health – Ebola virus Series of   National Guidelines for Public Health units

For patients & health professionals:

• Department of   Health - Ebola Information for travellers

F

Falls Prevention (acute care and hospitals)

For health professionals:

• Falls risk screening and assessment poster

For patients & health professionals:

• Falls   prevention in hospital (HTML) (PDF)

For health professionals:

• Australian commission on Safety and Quality in   Health Care – Falls Prevention
• Preventing Falls and Harm From Falls in Older People   – Best practice guidelines for Australian Hospitals

Falls Prevention (in the community)

For health professionals:

• General Practitioner Falls Management Pathway –   Alice Springs
• General Practitioner Falls Management Pathway –   Darwin and Palmerston
• Falls checklist
• Falling is not part of getting old - Poster

For patients & health professionals:

• Falls and   injury prevention (HTML)

For health professionals:

• Safetylit
• Preventing Falls and Harm from Falls in Older People   – Best Practice Guidelines for Australian Community Care
• Guidebook for Preventing Falls and Harm From Falls   in Older People : Australian Community Care – Short Version

Falls Prevention (residential aged care)

For health professionals:

• Preventing Falls and Harm from   Falls in Older People. Best Practice Guidelines for Australian Residential   Aged Care Facilities
• Guidebook for Preventing Falls   and Harm from Falls in Older People. Australian Residential Aged Care   Facilities

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)

For patients & health professionals:

• Fetal Alcohol   Spectrum Disorders (FASD) factsheet (HTML) (PDF)

Fifth Disease (slapped cheek syndrome)

For patients & health professionals:

• Fifth Disease   (slapped cheek syndrome) factsheet (HTML) (PDF)

Fireworks

For health professionals:

• Articles relating   to Fireworks can be found in the  CDC Bulletin: Vol   21, No 3, Sept  2014, Vol 20, No 3, Sept 2013, Vol 19,   No. 4  3, Sept 2012, Vol 18, No. 3 Sept 2011, Vol.17 No.   3 Sept. 2010

For patients & health professionals:

• Fireworks   factsheet (HTML)

Flu

See I for Influenza

G

Gastroenteritis

For patients & health professionals:

• Gastroenteritis   factsheet (HTML) (PDF)

Giardiasis

For patients & health professionals:

• Giardiasis   factsheet (PDF)

Glomerulonephritis

See S Streptococcal Infection

Gonococcal Infection

For health professionals:

See S for Sexually Transmitted Infections

Gonococcal Conjunctivitis/Gonococcal Neonatal Opthalmia

For health professionals:

• Guidelines for the control of gonococcal   conjunctivitis in the NT

Group A Streptococcal Infection

See S for Streptococcal Infection

H

Haemophilus Influenza-Type B (Hib) (Invasive)

For health professionals:

• The Department of Health - Haemophilus influenza   type b invasive infection - national public health guidelines
• Australian Immunisation handbook

Hand Foot and Mouth Disease

For patients & health professionals:

• Hand Foot and   Mouth Disease factsheet (HTML) (PDF)

Head Lice

For health professionals:

• Head lice advice poster

For patients & health professionals:

• Head lice   factsheet (HTML) (PDF)
• Head lice advice – information for parents, schools   and child care centres
• Kids nits booklet

Hendra Virus Infection

For patients & health professionals:

• Hendra virus   infection factsheet (HTML) (PDF)

For health professionals:

• The Department of Health - Hendra virus infection –   national public health guidelines

Hepatitis A

For patients & health professionals:

• Hepatitis A   factsheet (HTML)
• Hepatitis A   factsheet (download)

For health professionals:

• The Department of Health - Hepatitis A national   public health guidelines
• Australian Immunisation handbook

Hepatitis B

For patients & health professionals:

• NT hepatitis B vaccination and public health   guidelines
• Hepatitis B Immunisation provider letter
• Hepatitis B   factsheet (HTML)
• Hepatitis B   factsheet (download)

For health professionals:

• The Department of Health - Hepatitis B national   public health guidelines
• Australian Immunisation handbook
• ASHM – Hepatitis B resources

Hepatitis C

For health professionals:

See S Sexually Transmitted Infections

See C Clinic 34

For patients & health professionals:

• Hepatitis C   factsheet (HTML)
• Hepatitis C   factsheet (download)

For health professionals:

• The Department of Health - Hepatitis C national   public health guidelines

HIV

For health professionals:

• Management of people with   infectious diseases who knowingly put others at risk Guideline
• Highly specialised drugs (HIV, HBV and HCV) prescribing

For patients & health professionals:

• HIV factsheet (HTML)
• HIV post   exposure prophylaxis (HTML)

For health professionals:

• NTAHC - Information
• ASHM PEP
• The Department of Health - HIV national public   health guidelines

HTLV1

For patients & health professionals:

• HTLV1 factsheet   (HTML) (PDF)

I

Immunisation

For health professionals:

Schedules

• Pneumococcal vaccination and revaccination guideline NT.
• Adult and Special Groups Vaccination Schedule
• Additional Notes for NT Vaccination Schedules
• Childhood Vaccination Schedule

Forms (adverse reaction / recording / ordering)

• Adverse event following immunisation form
• Immunisation record form ALL AGES
• Vaccine order form

Consent forms

• Human Papillomavirus information and consent for vaccination form (grade 7) PDF (512.9 KB)
• Diphtheria Tetanus and Pertussis vaccination school consent form PDF (631.5 KB)
• Influenza (flu) vaccine consent form PDF (256.1 KB)
• Mantoux school consent form 
• Pneumococcal vaccination school consent form PDF (690.9 KB)
• Meningococcal ACWY vaccine school consent form 2019 PDF (527.7 KB)

NT immunisation register

• Northern Territory immunisation register information

Immunisation Education

See A About giving Vaccines Course

For patients & health professionals:

• HALO (Health, Age, Lifestyle, Occupation) Poster
• Recommended sites for multiple injections
• The right age for baby needles
• Prevaccination   checklist
• BCG vaccine information
• Vaccine   safety in Adolescent girls
• Pregnancy and vaccinations 

Occupational vaccination

• Adult vaccinations
• Your job and vaccinations you should get –   factsheet (HTML)

Travel vaccinations

• Yellow fever vaccine providers

Meningococcal ACWY vaccination program

• Meningococcal ACWY Program letter
• Meningococcal ACWY post vaccine advice
• Meningococcal ACWY Information -  Parents

For health professionals:

• Immunisation Australia Program Information
• NCIRS - Vaccination History Tables
• Australian Immunisation handbook

Influenza

For health professionals:

• Influenza Provider Letter
• Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) information for General Practitioners

For patients & health professionals:

• Influenza and its prevention fact sheet (PDF) (HTML)
• Influenza vaccine information (HTML)

For health professionals:

• The Department of Health - Influenza national public health guidelines
• The Department of Health - National influenza report
• Australian Immunisation handbook
• The Department of Health - Guidelines for   Prevention, Control and Public Health Management of Influenza Outbreaks in   Residential Care Facilities in Australia

Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion

See F Falls prevention

Irukandji syndrome

See J Jellyfish

J

Japanese Encephalitis

For patients & health professionals:

• Japanese   encephalitis factsheet (PDF) (HTML)

For more information on mosquitoes see M Medical Entomology

For health professionals:

• Australian Immunisation handbook

Jelly fish

For health professionals:

• Articles relating to box jellyfish can be found in the CDC Bulletin Vol 19, No. 3, Sept 2012, Vol 17, No. 1, March 2010, Vol 9, No. 4, Dec 2002, Vol 7, No. 4, Dec 2000

For patients & health professionals:

• Box jellyfish factsheet (HTML) (PDF)
• Irukandji factsheet (HTML) (PDF)

K

Kunjin Virus Infection

For more information on mosquitoes see M Medical Entomology

L

Lead

For health professionals:

• Reporting of elevated blood levels in the NT   Guideline
• Elevated blood lead levels – Clinical Guidelines and   Public Health Management
• Lead exposure questionnaire form

For patients & health professionals:

• Lead and health   factsheet (PDF)

Legionellosis

For patients & health professionals:

• Legionellosis   factsheet (HTML)

For health professionals:

• The Department of Health - Legionellosis – national   public health guidelines

Leprosy

For health professionals:

• Guidelines for the control of leprosy in the NT

For patients & health professionals:

• Leprosy   factsheet (PDF) (HTML)

For health professionals:

• WHO – Leprosy elimination

Leptospirosis

For patients & health professionals:

• Leptospirosis   factsheet (HTML)

Listeriosis

For patients & health professionals:

• Listeriosis   factsheet (HTML)

For health professionals:

• The Department of Health – Listeriosis national   guidelines for public health

Lymphogranuloma Venereum

For health professionals:

See S Sexually Transmitted Infections

For health professionals:

• Melbourne Sexual Health Centre

Lyssavirus

See A Australia Bat Lyssavirus

M

Malaria

For health professionals:

• Malaria guidelines for health professionals in the   NT

For patients & health professionals:

• Malaria   factsheet (PDF) (HTML)

For more information on mosquitoes see M Medical Entomology

Mantoux Testing

See T Tuberculosis

Measles

For health professionals:

• Measles information for general practitioners

For patients & health professionals:

• Measles   factsheet (PDF) (HTML)
• Information for   contacts of a measles case (PDF)

For health professionals:

• The Department of Health - Measles national public   health guidelines
• Australian Immunisation handbook

Medical entomology

For health professionals:

Link to Medical Entomology E Publications

• Guidelines to prevent fly breeding in   domestic situations in the Top End of the NT.
• Medically important insects in the Northern   Territory and how disasters may affect them

For patients & health professionals:

• March flies and their medical importance
• Mosquitoes factsheet (PDF) (HTML)
• Pest Calendar –   biting midge
• Pest Calendar –   Salt marsh mosquitoes
• Common mosquitoes   in the NT
• Bites and stings in the Top End and how to   avoid them
• Stinging and itchy caterpillars of the Top End of the Northern Territory
• Personal protection from mosquitoes and biting midges
• Biting midges or sandflies in the Northern Territory 
• NT insect   database on the Department of Primary Industry and   Resources website

For Developers:

• Guidelines   for Preventing Biting Insect Problems - New Rural Residential Developments or   Subdivisions in the Top End of the NT
• Top   End of the NT
  Guidelines on   urban mosquito control drains
• Guidelines for   Preventing Mosquito breeding and wastewater treatment and disposal in the NT
• Guidelines for   preventing mosquito breeding sites associated with mining Sites
• Guidelines for   preventing mosquito breeding problems in areas of extractive industry in the   top end of the Northern Territory
• Guidelines for preventing mosquito breeding   sites associated with mining sites
• Guidelines for preventing mosquito breeding   sites associated with aquaculture developments in the NT
• Guidelines for preventing mosquito breeding   associated with construction practice near tidal areas in the NT

For health professionals:

• Department of   Medical Entomology: University of Sydney and Westmead Hospital
• Mosquito Control Association of Australia
• Australian Entomological Society
• Pests and Diseases Image Library

Melioidosis

For health professionals:

• Melioidosis poster

For patients & health professionals:

• Melioidosis factsheet (PDF) (HTML)

Meningococcal Infection

• Meningococcal   factsheet (PDF) (HTML)

For more information on the meningococcal ACWY vaccination program see I Immunisation

For health professionals:

• The Department of Health - Meningococcal national   public health guidelines

Mosquitoes

For more information on mosquitoes see M Medical Entomology

Mumps

For health professionals:

• Mumps information for general practitioners

For patients & health professionals:

• Mumps factsheet   (PDF) (HTML)

For health professionals:

• Australian Immunisation handbook

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus
(MERS-CoV)

For health professionals:

• The Department of Health - MERS-CoV national public   health guidelines
• The   Department of Health - MERS-CoV information

Murray Valley Encephalitis

For health professionals:

For more information on mosquitoes see M Medical Entomology

For patients & health professionals:

• Murray Valley   Encephalitis factsheet (PDF) (HTML)

For health professionals:

• The Department of Health - Murray Valley   Encephalitis national public health guidelines

N

Naegleria Fowleri

For patients & health professionals:

• Naegleria   Fowleri factsheet (PDF) (HTML)

Needle Stick Injury

See O Occupational and other exposures to Blood Borne Viruses

Needle and Syringe Program (NSP)

For patients & health professionals:

• Needle and Syringe program information

For more information on  Blood-borne viruses see S Sexually transmitted infections

For patients & health professionals:

• NTAHC information

Nits

See H Headlice

Non-tuberculous Mycobacterial Disease

For health professionals:

• Non tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) guidelines for   health professionals in the Northern Territory

For patients & health professionals:

• Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Disease   factsheet (PDF) (HTML)

Non-healing ulcers

For patients & health professionals:

• Non healing   ulcers factsheet (PDF) (HTML)

Notifiable Diseases

For health professionals:

• List of notifiable diseases in the Northern Territory PDF (270.6 KB)
• Notification form - reporting of notifiable disease by doctors PDF (185.3 KB)
• Notification form - reporting of notifiable disease by doctors DOCX (61.3 KB)

O

Oseltamivir

See I Influenza

Occupational Vaccination

See I immunisation

Occupational and other exposures to Blood Borne Viruses

For patients & health professionals:

• Emergency service providers and Blood Borne Virus guidelines
• National occupational health & safety commission   information

P

Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)

For patients & health professionals:

• Pelvic   Inflammatory Disease (PID) (HTML)

For more information on  sexually transmitted infections see S Sexually transmitted infections

Pertussis

For health professionals:

• Information for general practitioners

For more information on Azithromycin see A Azithromycin

For patients & health professionals:

• Pertussis factsheet (PDF) (HTML)

For health professionals:

• The Department of Health - Pertussis -national   public health guidelines
• Australian Immunisation handbook

Pneumococcal Disease (Invasive)

For patients & health professionals:

• Pneumococcal disease   (invasive) factsheet  (HTML)

For more information on the Pneumococcal Disease (invasive) vaccination and revaccination schedules see I Immunisation

For health professionals:

• The Department of Health - Invasive Pneumococcal   Disease Surveillance information

For patients & health professionals:

• NCIRS – Pneumococcal disease factsheets

Publications

See C Centre for Disease Control (CDC) publications

Q

Q Fever

For patients & health professionals:

• Q Fever   factsheet (PDF) (HTML)

For health professionals:

• Australian Immunisation handbook
• The Department of Health – Q Fever national public health guidelines
• Australian Q Fever register

R

Rabies

For patients & health professionals:

See A Australian Bat Lyssavirus

Refugee Health

For patients & health professionals:

See  I Immunisation

Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease

For health professionals:

• ARF/RHD management flowchart
• NT RHD register
• RHD register access application form

For patients & health professionals:

• Rheumatic heart disease factsheet (HTML)
• NT RHD Register data governance framework

For health professionals:

• The 2020 Australian guideline for prevention, diagnosis and management of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease (3rd edition)
• Guidelines and diagnosis calculator APP
• RHDAustralia e-learning modules

For patients & health professionals:

• RHDAustralia
• Treatment tracker APP

Ross River Virus Infection

For more information on mosquitoes see M Medical Entomology

For patients & health professionals:

• Ross River virus factsheet (PDF) (HTML)

Rotavirus Infection

For patients & health professionals:

• Rotavirus factsheet (PDF) (HTML)

For health professionals:

• Australian Immunisation handbook

S

Salmonellosis (Including Paratyphoid)

For patients & health professionals:

• Salmonella factsheet: PDF | HTML

Scabies

For health professionals:

• Guidelines for community control of scabies, skin   sores, tinea and crusted scabies in the Northern Territory (3^rd edition)

For patients & health professionals:

• Scabies factsheet

For health professionals:

• National Healthy Skin Guideline: for the Prevention, Treatment   and Public Health Control of Impetigo, Scabies, Crusted Scabies and Tinea for   indigenous Populations and Communities in Australia – 1^st Edition

For patients & health professionals:

• One Disease

Scrub Typhus

For patients & health professionals:

• Scrub Typhus   factsheet PDF | HTML

Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI)

For health professionals:

• Sexual health   contact tracing guidelines
• NT Guidelines for the Management of Sexually   Transmitted Infections in the Primary Health Care setting

For patients & health professionals:

• Sexual health factsheet (HTML)

For health professionals:

• RAHC e-learning – Sexual health package
• ASHM information

Shigellosis

For patients & health professionals:

• Shigellosis factsheet: PDF | HTML

Shingles

For health professionals:

• Zoster vaccine and immunocompromised individuals

For information about Shingles vaccination see Immunisation

For patients & health professionals:

• Shingles factsheet: PDF | HTML

For health professionals:

• Australian Immunisation handbook

For patients & health professionals:

• NCIRS – Shingles factsheet

Streptococcal Infection

Acute Post-Streptococcal Glomerulonephritis
(APSGN) for health professionals:

• Northern Territory Guidelines for Acute Post-Streptococcal Glomerulonephritis

Invasive Group A Streptococcal for patients and health professionals:

• Group A Streptococcal infection factsheet: HTML | PDF
• Invasive Group A Streptococcal infection plain language factsheet: PDF
• Public health management of Invasive Group A Streptococcal infection in the NT: PDF

Stinger (Box Jellyfish) Safety

See Box jellyfish

Strongyloidiasis

For patients & health professionals:

• Strongyloidiasis factsheet: PDF | HTML

Syphilis

For health professionals:

• Congenital syphilis guidelines for the Northern Territory

For patients & health professionals:

• Syphilis factsheet

For more information on Syphilis see Sexually transmitted infections

For health professionals:

• The Department of Health - Syphilis national public   health guidelines

T

Tetanus

For more information on tetanus see Immunisation

For patients & health professionals:

• Australian Immunisation handbook

Time Out Exclusions

See C Centre for Disease Control (CDC) publications

Travel Vaccination

For more information on travel vaccinations see I Immunisation

For patients & health professionals:

• Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade – Health   checks and vaccinations

Trichomoniasis

For patients & health professionals:

• Trichomoniasis   factsheet (HTML)

For more information on  Trichomoniasis see S Sexually transmitted infections

Trachoma

For patients & health professionals:

• Trachoma   factsheet (PDF) (HTML)
• NT Trachoma Program details

For information about treatment of trachoma see A Azithromycin

For health professionals:

• The Department of Health - Trachoma national public   health guidelines
• The Department of Health - Australian trachoma   surveillance reports
• WHO – Simplified trachoma grading card
• WHO – Achieving community support for trachoma control
• WHO – Trichiasis surgery for trachoma (The   bilamellar tarsal rotation procedure)
• Melbourne University – Indigenous Eye Health   (trachoma)
• Melbourne University – Indigenous Eye Health –   Trachoma story kits and resources
• Remote   Area Health Corp (RAHC) – Trachoma tutorial
• Jimmy Little Foundation – Thumbs up

Tuberculosis (TB)

Tuberculosis (TB)

• For health professionals:
  • Northern Territory TB guidelines
  • Tuberculosis Treatment factsheet
• For patients and health professionals:
  • Tuberculosis - general webpage information (or download PDF)
  • Tuberculosis - multiple language translations

Latent Tuberculosis Infection(LTBI)

• For patients and health professionals:
  • Latent Tuberculosis Infection (LTBI) factsheet
  • LTBI - multiple language translations

TB Testing (Mantoux)

• For patients & health professionals:
  • Mantoux test factsheet
  • Two step mantoux skin testing for TB in high risk groups
  • Mantoux test - multiple language translations

TB Vaccine (BCG)

• For patients & health professionals:
  • Tuberculosis vaccine (BCG)
  • BCG incident and side effects reporting form

For health professionals:

• The Department of Health - Tuberculosis –national   public health guidelines
• WHO - Tuberculosis program
• Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (USA) -   Tuberculosis

Typhoid

For patients & health professionals:

• Typhoid factsheet (PDF) (HTML)

For health professionals:

• Australian Immunisation handbook

Typhus

For more information on Typhus see S for Scrub Typhus

V

Vaccination

For more information on travel vaccinations see I Immunisation

Varicella Infection

For more information on Varicella see

C for Chickenpox

S for Shingles

Vibrio Disease (Invasive)

For patients & health professionals:

• Vibrio disease   (invasive) (PDF) (HTML)

Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers

For more information see E for Ebola

W

Whooping Cough

For more information see P for Pertussis

Y

Yellow Fever

For more information on travel vaccinations see I Immunisation

Yersiniosis

For patients & health professionals:

• Yersiniosis   factsheet (PDF) (HTML)

Z

Zoster

For more information on Zoster see S for Shingles

Zika

For more information:

• Department of Health – Zika information

For health professionals:

• Zika virus – information for clinicians and public health practitioners