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Fact sheet² - Health conditions directory

Fact sheet³ (PDF 109 kB) Information for people with mpox

Fact sheet⁴ (PDF 102 kB) Information for contacts of mpox

Mpox (previously called monkeypox) is an infection caused by a virus belonging to the same family as smallpox viruses.

Mpox has historically occurred mainly in Central and West Africa, but since May 2022, there has been a global increase in mpox infections caused by the clade IIb strain, including in Australia. Since 2023, there has been an outbreak of a new clade Ib strain of mpox in Central and Eastern Africa. This strain has not yet been seen in Australia.

Mpox is mainly spread from person to person through very close or intimate contact with someone infected with mpox. People most at risk in Australia are gay, bisexual or other men who have sex with men, and their partners.

Public health management guidelines

Read Communicable Disease Network Australia Guidelines⁵

Read Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations: Mpox - Interim guideline⁶ in conjunction with the above CDNA guideline.

Resources for health professionals

Queensland Health - mpox (monkeypox) vaccination clinic finder⁷
Mpox Vaccination Resource Kit for Immunisation Providers⁸
Australian Department of Health mpox - Information about mpox, poster and fact sheets⁹
Public Health Laboratory Network - Guidance on mpox patient referral, specimen collection and test requesting¹⁰
ATAGI - Clinical guidance on the use of vaccines for the prevention of mpox in 2024¹¹ (PDF 217 kB)

Notification

Pathology laboratories

Notification criteria for pathology laboratories¹² (PDF, 55kB)
Notification procedure¹³

Notification resources

List of all Pathological, clinical and provisional diagnosis notifiable conditions¹⁴
List of Public Health Unit¹⁵ contacts
Notifiable conditions report for Queensland doctors/clinicians (PHA S70) or person in charge of a Hospital (PHA S71)¹⁶ (PDF, 77kB) - if faxing notification, follow up by phone.

Enhanced surveillance for public health units

Case report form¹⁷ (PDF, 428kB) - used by public health units to collect and manage more detailed information for enhanced case surveillance.

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 queries¹⁸
Find: local public health unit¹⁹

Test results CDIS-NOCS-Support²⁰

Quick links

List of notifiable conditions²¹
Notifiable Conditions Report Form for Queensland Doctors/Clinicians (section 70 PHA) or person in charge of a Hospital (section 71 PHA)¹⁶ (PDF 294 kB)
Time out poster²² (PDF 1458 kB) - guidelines for minimum exclusion periods for cases and contacts attending schools, pre-schools and child care centres.
Public health unit¹⁹ contact details
Queensland notification criteria guidelines for laboratories¹² (PDF 308 kB) - identifies the results pathology laboratories should notify to the Queensland Notifiable Conditions Register
Public Health Act 2005²³ - including Child Health - contagious conditions
Accessing Medicinal Products held in the National Medical Stockpile²⁴ (PDF 393 kB)
Accessing Medicinal Products held in the National Medical Stockpile FORM ONLY (PDF 393 kB) ²⁵

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²⁵Guidelines for prescribing oseltamivir for seasonal influenza in 2022²⁶ (PDF 177 kB)

Links

https://www.health.qld.gov.au/disease-control/send-email?referrer=1215318
https://www.qld.gov.au/health/condition/infections-and-parasites/viral-infections/mpox-monkeypox
https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0040/1379965/information-for-cases-of-mpox.pdf
https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0041/1379966/information-for-contacts-of-mpox.pdf
https://www.health.gov.au/resources/publications/monkeypox-virus-infection-cdna-national-guidelines-for-public-health-units?language=en
https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0028/1383166/mpox-ipc-guidance.pdf?t=1672531200
https://www.health.qld.gov.au/clinical-practice/guidelines-procedures/diseases-infection/immunisation/monkeypox-vaccination-centres
https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0038/1438778/mpox-vaccination-resource-kit.pdf
https://www.health.gov.au/resources/collections/monkeypox-mpox-resources
https://www.health.gov.au/resources/publications/phln-guidance-on-mpox-patient-referral-specimen-collection-and-test-requesting?language=en
https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/2025-01/atagi-clinical-guidance-on-the-use-of-vaccines-for-the-prevention-of-mpox.pdf
https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cdcg/documents/notif-criteria-guide.pdf
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/cdna-song-IMD.htm#toc06
https://www.health.qld.gov.au/clinical-practice/guidelines-procedures/diseases-infection/notifiable-conditions/list/default.asp
https://www.health.qld.gov.au/system-governance/contact-us/contact/public-health-units/default.asp
https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0023/444245/notif-conditions-rpt.pdf
https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0031/1159177/cr-monkeypox.pdf
mailto:cdu.online@health.qld.gov.au
https://www.health.qld.gov.au/system-governance/contact-us/contact/public-health-units
mailto:CDIS-NOCS-Support@health.qld.gov.au
https://www.health.qld.gov.au/clinical-practice/guidelines-procedures/diseases-infection/notifiable-conditions/list
https://www.health.qld.gov.au/ph/documents/cdb/timeout_poster.pdf
https://www.health.qld.gov.au/publichealthact/
https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0025/672208/accessing-items-nmp.pdf
https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0022/1401367/access-national-medical-stockpile.pdf
https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0013/1160032/oseltamivir-seasonal-flu-2022.pdf

Last updated: 10 January 2025