Health alerts – infectious diseases

Current infectious disease health alerts for medical practitioners in Western Australia.

WA Health media releases provide further public health information and warnings.

For COVID-19 clinician alerts please visit COVID-19 information for health professionals.

2022

September

• Rabies post-exposure prophylaxis – Clinician Alert – 16 September 2022 (PDF 122KB)

August

• Monkeypox virus – Clinician Alert #4 – 24 August 2022 (PDF 61KB) 
• Shigellosis treatment guidelines – Clinician Alert 5 August 2022 (PDF 80KB)

July

• MERS-CoV – Clinician Alert 8 July 2022 (PDF 74KB)
• Monkeypox virus – Clinician Alert #3 – 8 July 2022 (PDF 62KB) 

May

• Monkeypox virus – urgently notifiable disease in WA Clinician Alert #2 – 31 May 2022 (PDF 52KB)
• Monkeypox virus – Clinician Alert #1 – 20 May 2022 (PDF 67KB)
• Paediatric Hepatitis – unknown aetiology in children Infectious disease specialist/gastroenterologists alert – 04 May 2022 (PDF 58KB)

March

• Japanese Encephalitis Virus –  Clinician Alert – 02 March 2022 (PDF 79KB)