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On 8 February 2000 the Strategic Steering Committee of the Communicable Diseases Network Australia New Zealand agreed to a revised national list of diseases to be reported to the NNDSS. In the past, not all diseases reported to the NNDSS have been notifiable in all States and Territories. Communicable Diseases Intelligence will begin reporting on the revised list from 1 January 2001.

Notifiable Diseases list (as at February 2000)

• AIDS
• Anthrax
• Arbovirus infections:
  • Barmah Forest virus
  • Dengue virus
  • Japanese encephalitis virus
  • Murray Valley encephalitis virus
  • Ross River virus
  • Kunjin virus
  • Other arbovirus infections
• Botulism (foodborne)
• Brucellosis
• Campylobacteriosis
• Chlamydia trachomatis genital infection
• Cholera
• Cryptosporidiosis
• Diphtheria
• Donovanosis
• Gonococcal infection
• Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome (HUS)
• Haemophilus influenzae type b infection (invasive only)
• Haemorrhagic fevers (quarantinable)
• Hepatitis A
• Hepatitis B
• Hepatitis C
• Hepatitis D
• Hepatitis E
• Hepatitis other
• HIV infection
• Influenza (laboratory confirmed)
• Legionellosis
• Leprosy
• Leptospirosis
• Listeriosis
• Lyssavirus:
  • Australian Bat lyssavirus
  • Rabies
  • Other
• Malaria
• Measles
• Meningococcal infection
• Mumps
• Ornithosis (Psittacosis)
• Pertussis
• Plague
• Poliomyelitis
• Pneumococcal infection (invasive)
• Q fever
• Rabies (refer to Lyssavirus)
• Rubella/congenital rubella
• Salmonellosis
• Shigellosis
• Shiga-like toxin producing E. coli VTEC / SLTEC
• Syphilis/congenital syphilis
• Tetanus
• Tuberculosis
• Typhoid
• Yellow fever

This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 24, No 8, August 2000.