Infectious Diseases
Current Public Health Information
Changes to Notification of Diseases under the NSW Public Health Act 1991The list of Category 3 medical conditions in Schedule 1 of the Public Health Act 1991 that must be notified by laboratories has been modified to add Hendra virus infection and Rotavirus infection, and to lower the blood lead level that is notifiable from 15μg/dL to 10μg/dL or above.
Click on the link to the Information Bulletin (IB2012_11) for more information on these changes. |
Reports
- Communicable disease weekly reports
- Influenza
- Influenza weekly report - week ending 11 May 2012
In summary:- The rate of influenza-like illness (ILI) presentations to selected emergency departments (EDs) was low and within the usual range for this time of year.
- Laboratory testing data indicated overall influenza activity was low this week.
- Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) was the most common respiratory virus identified by sentinel laboratories.
- Bronchiolitis activity in selected emergency departments continued to increase.
- The rate of deaths due to pneumonia or influenza remained below the seasonal threshold.
- Influenza weekly report - week ending 11 May 2012
- Influenza monthly reports - 2009 to 2012
NSW Public Health Bulletin (link)
- Year in review: health protection in NSW, 2010 (external link)
Infectious Diseases Resources
- For information on particular infectious diseases, including factsheets, surveillance data, immunisation, disease control guidelines, and other articles, see:
- For information in languages other than English, see: