Australian national notifiable diseases case definitions
Australian national notifiable diseases and case definitions
The Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA) has agreed that the following list of communicable diseases are to be notified nationally and provided to the Commonwealth’s National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS). CDNA has developed the Surveillance Case Definitions available on this page.
Communicable Diseases Surveillance
Prepared by Communicable Diseases Network Australia
Published by Australian Government Department of Health and AgeingDisease list A - Z (click on the disease link for the case definition)
A | B | C | D | E-F-G-H | I-J-K-L | M | N-O-P-Q | R | S | T | U-V-W-X-Y-Z
Case definitions foreword | Case definition appendices (including state or territory notifable diseases)
These data kept in the NNDSS provide a basis for developing public health policy, and identifying and responding to communicable disease outbreaks of national significance. The following list of communicable diseases to be notified nationally was endorsed by CDNA in September 2003 and by Health Ministers on 18 April 2008 as part of the National Health Security Agreement 2008.
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Laboratory definitions developed by the Public Health Laboratory Network are also available for some diseases.
National Surveillance Case Definitions for the Australian National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System
Foreword
A working group of CDNA was convened in 2001 to revise and develop standard surveillance case definitions for all nationally notifiable diseases for reporting to the NNDSS. The surveillance case definitions were progressively developed through a consensus approach over a number of years. The Case Definitions Working Group currently comprises members representing all jurisdictions and the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, the Public Health Laboratory Network, OzFoodNet, the National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance and other communicable disease experts. Laboratory case definitions previously developed by the Public Health Laboratory Network formed the basis for the surveillance case definitions, with clinical and epidemiological elements added, as appropriate.Australian national notifiable diseases
Click on the links for each disease for the case definitionCDNA national surveillance case definition
Diseases pending national notifiable status
CDNA national surveillance case definition
| Disease name | Status | Last review date | PHLN laboratory case definition | PHLN last review date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chikungunya | Endorsed by CDNA | 12 May 2010 |  | |
| Rotavirus | Pending review by CDWG | Rotavirus |
Case definitions appendices
- Appendix A - National notifiable diseases sorted according to disease type
- Appendix B - Non-national notifiable diseases in Australia's States and Territories
- Appendix C - Notice regarding detection of IgGs
- Appendix D - Epidemiological linkage
- Appendix E - National Health Security Agreement
- Appendix F - National Health Security (National Notifiable Disease List) Instrument 2008
