The book profiles the impacts of disease outbreaks and lists the causes, symptoms and treatments for the major communicable diseases in Australia, including bacterial & viral infections; the common cold; influenza; pneumonia; food-borne disease; hepatitis A, B and C; and HIV/AIDS. Emphasis is given to the issues involving vaccination for all the major vaccine-preventable diseases, as well as additional immunisation for flu, pneumonia and meningococcal disease.