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Rotavirus
Rotavirus
Statutory notification alert
Rotavirus infection is a notifiable infectious disease in Western Australia.
See
notifiable communicable disease case definitions (Word 1.29MB)
.
Notifications should be made using the communicable disease notification form for
metropolitan residents (PDF 209KB)
or
regional residents (PDF 208KB)
.
For notification of regional residents see contact details of
public health units
.
See also description of
statutory medical notifications in Western Australia
.
Public health management
Important information
Infectious agent:
Rotavirus.
Transmission:
Rotavirus is usually spread by contact with microscopic amounts of faeces or vomit from an infected person which then pass to the mouth of an uninfected person (contamination of hands which prepare food, touch surfaces and door handles).
Incubation period:
Approximately 24 to 72 hours.
Infectious period:
Most people are no longer infectious after the 8th day.
Case exclusion:
Until asymptomatic, including normal stools, for 24 hours. If patient works in health-care, aged-care, child-care or is a food handler or attends child-care exclude until asymptomatic, including normal stools, for 48 hours. See
Guidelines for Exclusion of People with Enteric Diseases and their Contacts (PDF 764KB)
.
Contact exclusion:
Guidelines for Exclusion of People with Enteric Diseases and their Contacts (PDF 764KB)
.
Treatment:
Oral rehydration therapy.
Immunisation:
Recommended that children be vaccinated according to the
Western Australian immunisation schedule
. See
Australian Immunisation Handbook, Department of Health – Rotavirus (external site)
.
Case follow-up:
Is conducted by
public health units (Healthy WA)
.
Guidelines
Western Australian immunisation schedule
Australian Immunisation Handbook, Department of Health – Rotavirus (external site)
Communicable Disease Guidelines for teachers, childcare workers, local government authorities and medical practitioners
OD 0490/14 Public Health Follow-up of Sporadic Enteric Disease Notifications
Guidelines for Exclusion of People with Enteric Diseases and their Contacts (PDF 764KB)
Notifiable disease data and reports
Notifiable infectious disease dashboard
General infectious disease reports
Produced by
Public Health
Related links
Rotavirus (Healthy WA)