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Collaboration Leads to Eradication of Norovirus Outbreak in a Pediatric Transplant Unit

Healthcare facilities that experience outbreaks of norovirus are challenged with disinfection methods, case histories and control measures. Because the norovirus is highly contagious and lives in the...

Norovirus Symptoms? Then Stay Away From Hospitals Urges UK Health Agency

The UK's Health Protection Agency (HPA) is asking people with symptoms of norovirus infection to stay away from hospitals and care facilities so as not to put at risk those who are already ill and th...

New Strain of Norovirus Spreads Around the World -- Reuters

Kate Kelland reports on the Sydney 2012 strain of a winter virus that has spread throughout the world even as flu emergencies are declared across the U.S. "A new strain of the winter vomiting disease...

New Norovirus Strain Behind Recent Outbreaks In U.S.

A new norovirus strain, known as GII.4 Sydney, has been identified as the main cause of norovirus outbreaks in the U.S. from September to December 2012. The finding came from the Morbidity and Mortali...

New Norovirus "Vomiting Virus" Strain Spreads Like Wildfire, My Cleaning Products Publishes Green Guide to Prevent Norovirus Outbreaks in One's Home

Boston, MA (PRWEB) January 31, 2013 The number of people who suffered from norovirus went up in the past few months. And as reported by foxnews.com, the new norovirus strain was behind it. In res...

Dishwashing Won't Kill Tummy-Troubling Norovirus: Study

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Commercial dishwashers can kill everyday bacteria but not norovirus, the cause of stomach flu and many foodborne illnesses around the world, according to a new s...

Norovirus: Protecting the Vulnerable

A new strain of norovirus is sweeping the US. How can you protect your most vulnerable patients? CDC Expert Commentary

Norovirus could affect 750,000 patients, warns HPA

More than 750,000 people could be affected by outbreaks of norovirus across the UK this winter, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) has claimed.

An evaluation of the RIDASCREEN and IDEIA enzyme immunoassays and the RIDAQUICK immunochromatographic test for the detection of norovirus in faecal specimens.

BACKGROUND: The detection of norovirus by ELISA and immunochromatographic methods may facilitate epidemiological studies into the global disease burden associated with norovirus gastroenteritis and pr...

Potent inhibition of norovirus 3CL protease by peptidyl α-ketoamides and α-ketoheterocycles.

A series of structurally-diverse α-ketoamides and α-ketoheterocycles was synthesized and subsequently investigated for inhibitory activity against norovirus 3CL protease in vitro, as well as anti-no...

Norovirus infections in children under 5 years of age hospitalized due to the acute viral gastroenteritis in northeastern Poland.

The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency and seasonality of norovirus infection in hospitalized Polish children under 5 years of age, and a secondary aim was to compare the clinica...

Eye-opening approach to norovirus surveillance.

To the Editor: It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words. The Figure illustrates this axiom and provides several new insights into the spread of norovirus infections. These infections are as...

Standardized positive controls for detection of norovirus by reverse transcription PCR.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Norovirus is one of the most common causes of nonbacterial gastroenteritis in humans. Rapid spread by contaminated food and person-to-person transmission through the fecal-oral r...