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Original Source: Updated norovirus outbreak management and disease prevention guidelines.
Noroviruses are the most common cause of epidemic gastroenteritis, responsible for at least 50% of all gastroenteritis outbreaks worldwide, and a major cause of foodborne illness. In the United States, approximately 21 million illnesses attributable to norovirus are estimated to occur annually. Since 2001, when the most recent norovirus recommendations were published (CDC. "Norwalk-like viruses." Public health consequences and outbreak management. MMWR 2001;50[No. RR-9]), substantial advances have been made...
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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...
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.
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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...
Comparison of norovirus RNA levels in outbreak-related oysters with background environmental levels.
Norovirus is the principal agent of bivalve shellfish-associated gastroenteric illness worldwide. Numerous studies using PCR have demonstrated norovirus contamination in a significant proportion of bo...
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...
Updated norovirus outbreak management and disease prevention guidelines.
Noroviruses are the most common cause of epidemic gastroenteritis, responsible for at least 50% of all gastroenteritis outbreaks worldwide, and a major cause of foodborne illness. In the United States...
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...
