Brief answers to your questions about common infectious diseases

The HealthEd website (a Ministry of Health initiative) provides access to a chart¹ (at right) with information about a number of infectious conditions. Brief information on these conditions is provided under the following headings:

• time between exposure and sickness
• how a disease is spread
• early signs
• how long a child is infectious
• whether to exclude the child from kindergartens or schools 

The conditions covered are:

• campylobacter
• chicken pox
• conjunctivitis (viral or bacterial)
• cryptosporidium
• giardia
• gastroenteritis (viral)
• glandular fever
• hand, foot and mouth disease
• hepatitis A
• hepatitis B
• impetigo (school sores)
• measles (immunisation usually prevents this illness)
• meningitis
• mumps (immunisation usually prevents this illness)
• ringworm
• rubella (immunisation usually prevents this illness)
• salmonella
• scabies
• streptococcal sore throat
• slapped cheek (human parvovirus infection)
• whooping cough - (immunisation usually prevents this illness)

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Where to go for more information

On this website

Chicken pox 

Conjunctivitis (viral or bacterial) 

Gastroenteritis (viral)

Immunisation

Impetigo (school sores)

Meningitis (meningococcal disease)

Sore throat (including streptococcal sore throat) 

Whooping cough

 

HealthEd website (a Ministry of Health initiative)

This website provides access to health information such as pamphlets, factsheets, booklets and posters, including pamphlets on some of the conditions listed in the infectious diseases chart (at right):

• campylobacter³ 
• cryptosporidium⁴
• giardia⁵
• hepatitis B⁶
• hepatitis B information for pregnant women⁷
• hepatitis B personal record⁸ to take with you when you visit your lead maternity carer, doctor or nurse, if your blood test has shown that you are hepatitis B positive
• rubella and women⁹
• scabies¹⁰

 

 

 

Website: http://www.healthed.govt.nz/

 

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Links   (these are the web addresses for the numbered links in the text above)

[1] http://www.healthed.govt.nz/uploads/docs/HE1215.pdf

[2] http://www.healthed.govt.nz/uploads/docs/HE1215.pdf

[3] http://www.healthed.govt.nz/uploads/docs/HE1211.pdf

[4] http://www.healthed.govt.nz/uploads/docs/HE1212.pdf

[5] http://www.healthed.govt.nz/uploads/docs/HE1213.pdf

[6] http://www.healthed.govt.nz/uploads/docs/9061_20030211_16320
4.pdf

[7] http://www.healthed.govt.nz/uploads/docs/HE1402.pdf

[8] http://www.healthed.govt.nz/uploads/docs/HE1402.pdf

[9] http://www.healthed.govt.nz/uploads/docs/HE4172.pdf

[10] http://www.healthed.govt.nz/uploads/docs/HE4191.pdf

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