Infectious diseases guides and fact sheets

Download information about common infectious diseases that can be caught and transmitted in Australia and overseas.

• Anthrax
• Barmah Forest virus
• Bird Flu (avian influenza)
• Campylobacter
• Chickenpox (varicella)
• Chlamydia
• Covid 19 (Coronavirus)
• Cryptosporidiosis
• Ebola
• Flinders Island Spotted Fever
• Giardiasis
• Gonorrhoea
• HIV
• Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib)
• Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease
• Hepatitis A Virus
• Hepatitis B Virus
• Hepatitis C Virus
• Influenza (Flu)
• Invasive Group A Streptococcus (iGAS)
• Japanese Encephalitis Virus (JEV)
• Legionellosis
• Leptospirosis
• Listeriosis
• Measles
• Meningococcal Disease
• Monkeypox
• Mumps
• Murray Valley encephalitis
• Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning
• Parvovirus (Slapped Cheek Syndrome)
• Pneumococcal Disease
• Psittacosis (Parrot Fever)
• Q fever
• Rabies and Australian Bat Lyssavirus
• Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
• Ross River virus and Barmah Forest virus
• Rubella (German measles)
• Salmonella
• Shiga toxin E. coli (STEC) and Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome (HUS)
• Shigella infection
• Shingles
• Syphilis
• Viral Gastro
• Viral meningitis
• Whooping Cough (Pertussis)
• Zika virus