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Related information on other websites
Victorian Government Health Information - Notifiable diseases.
University of Queensland - Virology Down Under,
South Australian Government - SA Health "You’ve got what?"
References used for this fact sheet
- Victorian Government Health Information - Infectious Diseases Epidemiology & Surveillance. More information here.
- What are bacteria? [online], Virology Down Under, University of Queensland. More information here.
- The Ways Infectious Diseases Spread (71kb, pdf) [online], You’ve got what? 4th edition - 2009, SA Health Communicable Disease Control Branch - South Australian Government. More information here.
- Viruses [online], The Australian Naturopathic Network. More information here.
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