National surveillance data

The Kirby Institute collates national data for HIV, viral hepatitis, and sexually transmissible infections in Australia from many sources.

On this site, you can explore the data interactively. The underlying data are also available as downloadable tables.

 

Micrograph of HIV cells. Credit: Stuart Turville

HIV

Transmission electron microscopic (TEM) image shows hepatitis B virus (HBV) particles (blue). Credit: CDC/Dr Erskine Palmer

Hepatitis B

Micrograph of liver, hepatitis C positive, cirrhosis. Credit: UAB Department of Pathology/Peter Anderson.

Hepatitis C

Photomicrograph depicts a McCoy cell monolayer culture, which has been inoculated with Chlamydia trachomatis bacteria. Credit: CDC/ Dr. E. Arum; Dr. N. Jacobs

Chlamydia

Scanning electron micrograph of Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacteria, which causes gonorrhoea. Credit: NIAID/Research Technologies Branch (RTB) at the NIAID Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML).

Gonorrhoea

Photomicrograph of a culture specimen processed using the Levaditi staining method, and reveals the presence of corkscrew shaped, Treponema pallidum bacteria, which is the cause of syphilis. Credit: CDC

Syphilis

This site could not have been prepared without the collaboration of many organisations throughout Australia. The ongoing substantial contribution to national surveillance for HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmissible infections by these organisations is gratefully acknowledged.