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 [155KB].
C
- Campylobacteriosis [179KB].
- Chikungunya [191KB].
- Cholera [184KB].
- Conjunctivitis [218KB].
- Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease [155KB].
- Cryptosporidiosis [287KB].
D, E and F
- Dengue Fever [193KB].
- Cutaneous Diphtheria [212KB].
- Pharyngeal Diphtheria [194KB].
- Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever.
G, H and I
- Gastroenteritis (Acute Viral) [182KB].
- Giardiasis [186KB].
- Hand Foot and Mouth Disease [238KB].
- Haemophilus Influenzae (Hib) [249KB].
- Hepatitis A [174KB].
- Hepatitis B [178KB].
- Hepatitis C.
- Hepatitis D [177KB].
- Hepatitis E [202KB].
- Hepatitis G [236KB].
- Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza [146KB].
- HIV and AIDS [162KB].
- Impetigo [320KB].
J, K and L
- Legionnaire’s Disease (Legionellosis) [227KB].
- Leprosy [276KB].
- Leptospirosis [197KB].
- Listeriosis (Ministry of Health).
M, N and O
- Malaria [300KB].
- Measles (Ministry of Health).
- Meningococcal Disease (Meningitis) [193KB].
- Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) [203KB].
- Mumps [169KB].
P, Q and R
- Pertussis (Whooping Cough) [192KB].
- Invasive Pneumococcal Disease (PID) [276MB].
- Poliomyelitis (Polio) [148KB].
- Rheumatic Fever [223KB].
- Ross River Virus [172KB].
- Rubella and Congenital Rubella [197KB].
S
- Salmonellosis [175KB].
- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) [174KB].
- Shigellosis [199KB].
- STEC/ VTEC: Toxin-producing Escherichia coli [209KB]. Formerly E. coli O157 (VTEC/STEC).
T to Z
- Tetanus [169KB].
- Tuberculosis (TB) [278KB].
- Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever [181KB].
- Yersiniosis [157KB].
- Zika Virus Disease [161KB].
Latest public health updates
- Interim clinical guidance on testing for possible COVID-19 reinfection
- Information on monkeypox from the Ministry of Health
- Restart of respiratory reports
Latest public health alerts
- Monkeypox is now a notifiable disease - 8th June 2022
- National Health Advisory: Monkeypox clinical update - 25th May 2022
- COVID-19 in “managed isolation and quarantine facility” staff - 5th November 2020
Featured links
- Monkeypox to become a notifiable disease (Beehive)
- Information on COVID-19 from the Ministry of Health
- Information on RSV (Ministry of Health)
Helpful links
Page last updated: 17/06/2022