Ebola disease
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Ebola disease fact sheet - Health condition directory
Ebola disease information for contacts (PDF 158 kB)
Ebola disease is a rare but serious illness caused by a group of viruses including Ebola virus, Sudan virus or Bundibugyo virus. It spreads through contact with blood or other body fluids of a person or animal infected with the virus.
There have been no cases of Ebola disease in people or animals in Australia.
Ebola disease outbreaks have been mostly recorded in parts of Central and West Africa. The risk to most travellers is very low unless there has been direct contact with an infected person or animal or their body fluids.
Public health management guidelines
- Read Ebola disease CDNA Guidelines for public health units
Notification
Attending Medical Practitioners/Medical Superintendents (or delegates).
Clinicians urgently notify by phone to public health unit (PHU) on clinical suspicion.
The public health unit should immediately notify the Chief Health Biosecurity Officer who liaise with the Director of Human Biosecurity (Commonwealth Chief Medical Officer) as required.
Pathology laboratories
Notification resources
- List of all pathological, clinical and provisional diagnosis notifiable conditions
- List of public health units contacts
- Notifiable conditions report form for Queensland doctors/clinicians (PHA S70) or person in charge of hospital (PHA S71) (PDF 294 kB) - if faxing notification, follow up by phone.
Enhanced surveillance for public health units
- Ebola disease case report form (PDF 870 kB) - used by public health units to collect and manage more detailed information for enhanced case surveillance
- Ebola disease - CDNA case investigation form
- Temperature and symptom monitoring chart (PDF 269 kB)
Resources for health professionals
- Ebola disease - Australian Centre for Disease Control
- Viral haemorrhagic fever (VHF) including Ebola virus disease - Queensland Health resources for health
- Guidance for managing departing and returning aid workersCleaning and disinfection of aircraft guidance (PDF 245 kB)
- Ebola disease - World Health Organisation
- Travel Health Pro NaTHNac - Outbreak Surveillance