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Brucellosis

Fact sheet² - Health conditions directory

Brucellosis is an illness caused by infection with a type of bacteria (Brucella) that is spread to humans from infected animals including feral pigs, dogs, cattle, goats, sheep and camels. It occurs worldwide but is uncommon in Australia.

Public health management guidelines

Read Queensland Health guidelines for public health units³

Notification

Pathology laboratories

Notification criteria for pathology laboratories⁴ (PDF, 55kB)
Notification procedure⁵

Notification resources

List of all Pathological, clinical and provisional diagnosis notifiable conditions⁶
List of Public Health Unit⁷ contacts
Notifiable conditions report form for Queensland doctors/clinicians (PHA S70) or person in charge of a Hospital (PHA S71)⁸ (PDF, 77kB) - if faxing notification, follow up by phone.

Enhanced surveillance for public health units

Case report form⁹ (PDF, 190kB) - used by public health units to collect and manage more detailed information for enhanced case surveillance.

Epidemiological data and reports

View communicable diseases data for notifiable conditions in Queensland¹⁰.

Condition information

Search this database of all notifable conditions and find:

control guidelines
notification requirements
health alert information
Resources

Communicable diseases contacts

Ph: +61 7 3328 9724 / 9728
Fax: +61 7 3328 9782
Page content queries¹¹
Find: local public health unit⁷

Test results CDIS-NOCS-Support¹²

Quick links

List of notifiable conditions⁶
Notifiable Conditions Report Form for Queensland Doctors/Clinicians (section 70 PHA) or person in charge of a Hospital (section 71 PHA)⁸ (PDF 294 kB)
Time out poster¹³ (PDF 1458 kB) - guidelines for minimum exclusion periods for cases and contacts attending schools, pre-schools and child care centres.
Public health unit⁷ contact details
Queensland notification criteria guidelines for laboratories⁴ (PDF 308 kB) - identifies the results pathology laboratories should notify to the Queensland Notifiable Conditions Register
Public Health Act 2005¹⁴ - including Child Health - contagious conditions
Accessing Medicinal Products held in the National Medical Stockpile¹⁵ (PDF 393 kB)
Accessing Medicinal Products held in the National Medical Stockpile FORM ONLY (PDF 393 kB) ¹⁶
Guidelines for prescribing oseltamivir for seasonal influenza in 2022¹⁷ (PDF 177 kB)
Guideline for calling Public Health Units (after business hours)¹⁸ (PDF 166 kB)