What we do

The Communicable Disease Control Team works to prevent spread of disease in our community through early detection, surveillance, investigation and control of diseases that are transmitted from person-to-person or contracted from animals (zoonotic diseases), insects (vector-borne diseases) or the environment.

We monitor and respond to notifiable conditions reported to Queensland Health under the Public Health Act 2005,including:

• Vaccine preventable diseases such as meningococcal disease, measles, polio and whooping cough
• Other communicable diseases such as legionellosis, typhoid and hepatitis A
• Mosquito-borne diseases such as Japanese encephalitis, dengue fever and Zika virus
• Diseases transmitted to humans from animals including Q Fever, leptospirosis and Hendra virus
• Potential exposures to Australian bat lyssavirus and rabies
• Food and water borne disease outbreaks, such as salmonellosis, norovirus and cryptosporidiosis
• Provide outbreak management advice and support to residential aged and disability care facilities e.g. influenza, COVID-19 and gastroenteritis
• Provide expert advice to health professionals, governments, industry and community
• Develop, implement and partner with others on projects and research to prevent and control communicable diseases
• Human quarantine at Brisbane International Airport and Port of Brisbane
• Joint program with local government and other agencies on mosquito control and mosquito borne diseases.’

Putting the brakes on gastro outbreaks in childcare

Public Health Physician Dr James Smith, from Metro North Public Health Unit, provides information for parents and carers of children who attend early childcare centres about why exclusion rules apply when there is a gastroenteritis outbreak.

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HRIG Administration

This video provides a practical guide for clinicians on the administration of rabies immunoglobulin as part of post-exposure prophylaxis.

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