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Australian national notifiable diseases list and case definitions

A list of communicable diseases to be notified nationally was originally endorsed by the Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA) in September 2003. Subsequent changes to the list have been incorporated.

Page last updated: 12 November 2008


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