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Q fever - There's been a shortage of Q-VAX and the required skin test that is to be taken few weeks before the vaccine, since May this year.

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Query - Q fever was first recognised in Brisbane during the 1930s, however the cause was unknown and so the illness was dubbed 'query fever'.

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Wind - An increase in Q fever reports usually come from areas with windy conditions and contact with livestock, as the infection is carried around on dust.

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Hendra virus - Discovered as recent as 1994, the Hendra virus is rare and fascinating bug. 

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Flying fox - The Hendra virus is carried by native fruit bats, however in all human cases, the virus has been transmitted by horses and only in QLD and northern NSW.

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Symptoms - Flu-like fever, headache, joint pain and fatigue are all symptoms of the Hendra virus, and it has claimed four lives since its discovery.

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Whooping cough - Also known as pertussis, whooping cough is an airborne disease, only spread by an infected person.

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Young - Although anyone can get whopping cough, it can be very dangerous for babies and young children. It can even be lethal.

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Immune - Vaccines exist, but with changes to environmental and bodily immunity, outbreaks have occurred in Australia.

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Dengue fever - This tropical disease is carried by and transmitted by mosquitoes. It starts as dengue virus, and leads to dengue fever and can occur to anyone at any age.

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Worldwide - It can be found in tropical and subtropical areas globally. It takes 3 to 14 days for symptoms to start showing, and it is not contagious.

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Rash - Symptoms include high fever, headache, vomiting, muscle and joint pains, and a distinctive skin rash.

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Group A streptococci - Also known as GAS, this infection has no vaccines to combat it.

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Strep - One of the most common is strep throat or pharyngitis, and affects the pharynx.

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Throat - It affects the throat and skin, and varies in severity from very mild conditions to life-threatening.

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Pathogenic E. coli - The most common cause of bloodstream infection comes from pathogenic Escherichia coli.

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Resistant - The antibiotics that doctors use to treat the infection have been losing their effectiveness studies show.

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Bug - Often starting out as stomach bug, it is most common bacterial cause of STEC gastroenteritis and the more severe illness haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS).

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Drug-resistant tuberculosis - Also known as TB, this infection comes from bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis, an airborne disease like whooping cough.

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Lungs - The bacteria attacks the lungs mostly, also causing damage in other parts of the body. If not treated properly and immediately, the disease can be lethal.

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Cough - Symptoms starts with a bad cough that lasts three weeks or longer. As well as weight loss, loss of appetite, coughing up blood or mucus, weakness or fatigue, fever, and night sweats.

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Japanese encephalitis - This disease is spread via mosquito, and can be found in most of Asia and north Australia. There is a 5 to 15 day incubation before symptoms arise.

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Vaccine - The vaccine is not necessary, unless advised by a doctor. If it is necessary, it must be organised six weeks before, including two doses spaced out over that time.

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Dangerous - This infection is very serious, causing fever, headache, vomiting, confusion, and difficulty moving. Later symptoms may include swelling around the brain and coma, even death.

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Kunjin virus - This virus is a sub-type of West Nile virus. It was first discovered during 1960 in northern QLD.

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Transmitted - Mosquitoes carry and transmit the infection that is a part of the Japanese encephalitis serological complex.

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Nothing - Although there are no symptoms, it can lead to both non-encephalitic illness and encephalitic disease.

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Murray Valley encephalitis - This rare form of encephalitis can cause acute to severe illness in humans, it can even be fatal.

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Endemic - All throughout northern Australia the infection is endemic. There have also been rare cases in SA.

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