Australian national notifiable disease case definitions

Case definitions of the following diseases (excluding chancroid), can be viewed on the Australian national notifiable diseases and case definitions webpage (external site) on the Department of Health website.

• Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) (external site)
• Hepatitis B (newly acquired) (external site)
• Hepatitis B (unspecified) (external site)
• Hepatitis C (newly acquired) (external site)
• Hepatitis C (unspecified) (external site)
• Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) – child < 18 months at time of blood sample collection (external site)
• Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (newly acquired) (external site)
• Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (unspecified) (external site)
• Chancroid (soft sore) – for a case definition of chancroid, please contact the Communicable Diseases Control Directorate on 9388 4868.
• Chlamydial infection (external site)
• Donovanosis (external site)
• Gonococcal infection (external site)
• Syphilis – less than two years duration (infectious – primary, secondary and early latent) (external site)
• Syphilis – more than two years duration or unspecified duration (external site)
• Syphilis – congenital (external site)

* Communicable Diseases Network Australia, National Surveillance Case Definitions for the Australian National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System;, Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra, available at http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/Publishing.nsf/Content/cdna-casedefinitions.htm