Mosquito borne diseases surveillance

Queensland has established surveillance systems for the following mosquito borne diseases:

• Barmah Forest virus
• Chikungunya
• Dengue
• Flavivirus unspecified
• Japanese encephalitis
• West Nile virus/Kunjin subtype
• Malaria
• Murray Valley encephalitis
• Ross River virus
• Yellow Fever
• Zika virus
• Other alpha and bunyaviruses.

Data on cases are reported to the Notifiable Conditions System and are reported by onset date of disease. These data are published weekly in the Notifiable conditions report.

Surveillance case definitions for each disease are available in the relevant Queensland Health guidelines.

Request more information

The release of notifiable conditions data by Queensland Health is governed by processes which protects the privacy and confidentiality of individuals.

Access to and use of notifiable conditions data always requires an assessment before approval to release.

Download the request form (PDF 350 kB). This document includes:

• more information about the governance processes for releasing this data
• the form.

Related information

Read more about mosquito borne diseases in Queensland.