Communicable Diseases
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.
What we do:
- Monitor and respond to notifiable conditions reported to Queensland Health under the Public Health Act 2005,including:
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- 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
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- 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.’
Contact us
Phone: (07) 3624 1111
Fax: (07) 3624 1159
Postal Address: PO Box 216, Lutwyche 4031
Email: MNPHU_BusinessServices@
health.qld.gov.au