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Fact sheets

This section of the web site contains fact sheets about communicable diseases.

Page last updated: 22 October 2021

Fact Sheets on communicable diseases are available from:

Commonwealth

Chikungunya Virus Infection
Dengue Fact Sheet
Leptospirosis Fact Sheet
Listeria Fact Sheet
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV)
Plague – fact sheet – the basics
Rabies, Australian bat lyssavirus and other lyssaviruses
Tick Bite Prevention
Yellow fever

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Western Australia


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