Arboviral encephalitis

Statutory notification

• Flavivirus infection unspecified (FIU) is a notifiable infectious disease in Western Australia.
• Alert: cases must be reported urgently by telephone to the Public Health Units (Healthy WA) within a few hours of first suspicion of diagnosis.
• See notifiable communicable disease case definitions (Word 1.29KB) for FIU.
• Notifications should be made using the communicable disease notification form for metropolitan residents (PDF 209KB) or regional residents (PDF 209KB). 
• For notification of regional residents see contact details of Public Health Units (Healthy WA).
• See also description of Statutory medical notifications in Western Australia.

Public health management

• Infectious agent: Unspecified flavirus.
• Transmission:  Mosquito-borne.
• Incubation period: Can vary for specific virus.
• Infectious period: Not applicable. No evidence of person to person transmission
• Case exclusion: Do not exclude.
• Contact exclusion: Do not exclude.
• Treatment: Varies according to symptoms, refer to doctor.
• Immunisation: Not available.
• Case follow up: Is conducted by Public Health Units (Healthy WA) and the Communicable Disease Control Directorate.

Notifiable disease data and reports

• Infectious disease data reports
• Up to date arboviral encephalitis notification data is currently not available.