Disease Factsheets (A to Z)
These factsheets give basic information and advice about infectious diseases.
They will be progressively replaced with links to the NZ Ministry of Health website (where possible). Diseases where the PDF is replaced with a link will have an arrow head (instead of a PDF icon).
A and B
- Brucellosis [246KB].
C
- Campylobacteriosis [283KB].
- Chikungunya [278KB].
- Cholera [282KB].
- Conjunctivitis [304KB].
- Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease [242KB].
- Cryptosporidiosis [326KB].
D, E and F
- Dengue Fever [274KB].
- Cutaneous Diphtheria [274KB].
- Pharyngeal Diphtheria [273KB].
- Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever.
G, H and I
- Gastroenteritis (Acute Viral) [250KB].
- Giardiasis [324KB].
- Hand Foot and Mouth Disease [314KB].
- Haemophilus Influenzae (Hib) [314KB].
- Hepatitis A [242KB].
- Hepatitis B [241KB].
- Hepatitis C.
- Hepatitis D [238KB].
- Hepatitis E [242KB].
- Hepatitis G [236KB].
- Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza [241KB].
- HIV and AIDS [327KB].
- Impetigo [360KB].
J, K and L
- Legionnaire’s Disease (Legionellosis) [357KB].
- Leprosy [277KB].
- Leptospirosis [278KB].
- Listeriosis (Ministry of Health).
M, N and O
- Malaria [376KB].
- Measles (Ministry of Health).
- Meningococcal Disease (Meningitis) [281KB].
- Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) [283KB].
- Mumps [242KB].
P, Q and R
- Pertussis (Whooping Cough) [274KB].
- Invasive Pneumococcal Disease (PID) [276MB].
- Poliomyelitis (Polio) [225KB].
- Rheumatic Fever [341KB].
- Ross River Virus [165KB].
- Rubella and Congenital Rubella [226KB].
S
- Salmonellosis [280KB].
- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) [240KB].
- Shigellosis [282KB].
- STEC/ VTEC: Toxin-producing Escherichia coli– revised August 2019 [322KB]. Formerly E. coli O157 (VTEC/STEC).
T to Z
- Tetanus [264KB].
- Tuberculosis (TB) [278KB].
- Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever [281KB].
- Yersiniosis [280KB].
- Zika Virus Disease [328KB].
Latest public health updates
- Restart of respiratory reports
- COVID-19 serology testing for travellers
- Getting Through Together Matariki campaign
Latest public health alerts
- COVID-19 in “managed isolation and quarantine facility” staff - 5th November 2020
- National Health Advisory: COVID-19 Case Definitions Update - 6th April 2020
- National Health Advisory: Prioritisation of the Annual Flu Vaccination - 23rd March 2020
Featured links
- Information on COVID-19 from the Ministry of Health
- Information on RSV (Ministry of Health)
- COVID vaccination programme in Canterbury, West Coast and Chatham Islands
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Page last updated: 05/09/2021