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Brief answers to your questions about common infectious diseases

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See the Ministry of Health's HealthEd website for at-a-glance information on a range of childhood infections. The chart shows how each infection is spread, early symptoms, time between exposure and sickness and advice about exclusion from early childhood centre, kindergarten, or school. 

Download the A4 card at HealthED

The conditions covered are:

  • campylobacter
  • chickenpox
  • conjunctivitis (pink eye)
  • cryptosporidium
  • gastroenteritis (viral)
  • giardia
  • glandular fever
  • hand, foot and mouth disease
  • head lice (nits)
  • hepatitis A
  • hepatitis B 
  • influenza and influenza-like illness
  • measles
  • meningitis (viral) 
  • meningococcal meningitis
  • mumps 
  • norovirus
  • ringworm
  • rotavirus
  • rubella (German measles)
  • salmonella
  • scabies
  • school sores (impetigo)
  • shigella
  • streptococcal sore throat
  • slapped cheek (human parvovirus infection)
  • VTEC/STEC (verocytotoxin- or shiga toxin-producing E. coli)
  • whooping cough 

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