Australian national notifiable diseases case definitions - Appendix B: Australian state and territory notifiable diseases

This document contains a list of diseases which are notifiable in Australian states and territories. This list is in addition to those diseases which are notifiable nationally.

Communicable Diseases Surveillance

Appendix B - Non-national notifiable diseases in Australia's States and Territories

In addition to the list of nationally notifiable diseases, each state and territory in Australia has its own list of notifiable diseases. The notifiable diseases that are additional to those on the national register are listed below for each state or territory. This information was current in September 2003. Please contact your local state or territory health authority for the current list relevant to your particular state or territory.

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Australian Capital Territory

Chancroid Equine morbillivirus (Hendra virus) infection

Giardiasis

Lymphogranuloma venereum

Yersiniosis

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New South Wales

Adverse event following immunisation

Chancroid

Foodborne illness in 2 or more related cases

Gastroenteritis among people of any age, in an institution (e.g. among persons in educational or residential institutions)

Lymphogranuloma venereum

Typhus (epidemic)

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Northern Territory

Acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis

Acute rheumatic fever

Adverse event following immunisation

Amoebiasis

Atypical mycobacterial disease or non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM)

Chancroid

Chlamydial conjunctivitis

Echinococcosis (hydatid disease)

Gastroenteritis (with potential for outbreak): water or foodborne diseases in:

two or more related cases
in an institution
in a foodhandler

Human T-cell lymphotropic virus

Lymphogranuloma venereum

Melioidosis

Rotavirus infection

Thrombotic thrombocytopaenia purpura

Trichomoniasis

Typhus (all forms)

Vibrio food poisoning

Yersiniosis

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Queensland

Acute flaccid paralysis

Acute rheumatic fever

Adverse event following immunisation

Atypical mycobacterial disease

Bunyavirus infections (not included in arbovirus NEC)

Chancroid

Ciguatera poisoning

Cryptococcus

Echinococcosis (hydatid disease)

Elevated lead levels

Equine morbillivirus (Hendra virus) infection

Foodborne or waterborne disease in 2 or more related cases

Hendra virus infection

Lymphogranuloma venereum

Melioidosis

Yersiniosis

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South Australia

(Available at http://www.dh.sa.gov.au/pehs/communicable-diseases-index.htm)

Atypical mycobacterial disease

Echinococcosis (hydatid disease)

Varicella-zoster infection (chickenpox and shingles)

Yersiniosis

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Tasmania

(Available at http://www.dhhs.tas.gov.au/peh/infectious_diseases_communicable_diseases )

Amoebiasis

Chancroid

Echinococcosis (hydatid disease)

Elevated lead levels

Gastroenteritis in an institution i.e. residential, educational or child care facility

Giardiasis

Lymphogranuloma venereum

Mycobacterial infection (including atypical Mycobacterium spp.)

Rickettsial infection (including Flinders Island spotted fever and others)

Suspected cases of food and waterborne illnesses

Taeniasis

Typhus epidemic (Rickettsia prowazekii)

Vancomycin resistant enterococci

Vibrio infection

Yersiniosis

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Victoria

Food and waterborne illness in two or more related cases
Giardiasis

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Western Australia

Adverse events following immunisation

Amoebiasis

Amoebic meningitis

Chancroid

Echinococcosis (hydatid disease)

Giardiasis

Melioidosis

Methicillin-resistant Staphyloccocus aureus infection

Paratyphoid fever

Relapsing fever

Scarlet fever

Schistosomiasis (Bilharzia)

Typhus (Rickettsial infection)

Vibrio parahaemolyticus

Yersiniosis