The Dangers Of Norwalk Virus

This epidemic is widespread and impacts a large and diverse group of society. In 2015, there were 194,716

The outbreak was caused by a norovirus being spread within the area . A norovirus is any of numerous single-stranded ribose nucleic acid (RNA) viruses, which includes

Laboratory Work: Persons in the laboratories at which location WNV surveillance and R&D is being performed can get contaminated through WNV. (What is West Nile Virus? What causes West Nile Virus?, 2010)

Outstandingly, after thorough investigation, the health department discovered traces of norovirus spread throughout the coffee shop. Norovirus, although commonly refered to as the winter vomiting bug, can strike in warm weather as well. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the virus is thought to affect between 19 million to 21 million people per year.

The virus has received its name from its birth in Norwalk Ohio. It was responsible for a short term outbreak of gastroenteritis occurring in the students of Bronson elementary school in November of 1968. It wasn’t until 1972 the virus was examined and received its name as the Norwalk virus. Since its known birth,

The viral disease spread during the winter season of the year and poses a lot of threat on the entire community due to high rate of the clinical risk group in the United States. At risk group are clinically considered to be 65years and above, children 5years and below, people with medical conditions (asthma, endocrine disorder, blood disorder, heart diseases etc), healthcare providers, and people with weakened immune system (HIV, Hepatitis) etc. outbreak of this disease could result to economic burden such as cost of healthcare and lost productivity as encountered in the 200-2003 flu season. In the United States, an estimated US$ 71-167 billion is spent by the government on flu prevention and treatment on an annual basis.

It was indeed a great pleasure to read your interpretation of the Norovirus in Vermont. I would like to share my point of view as it relates to the similarities and differences from the outbreak of Norovirus in Vermont to the outbreak of Botulism in Argentina.

It is pertinent to understand the dissemination process of Norovirus. The most common way of Norovirus transmission is through direct contact with the infected person. Person shedding the virus is highly contagious. Being in a semi-closed environment with an infected person, such as a common room in a nursing home can also facilitate infection. Another method of catching the Norovirus is by faecal-oral route. It can happen by touching surfaces contaminated with vomit and/or faeces from an infected person, as well as touching other fomite harbouring the virus. In addition to that, consumption of contaminated food and shellfish is also associated with transmission of the. Knowledge in Norovirus transmission process is necessary in devising

Based on facts that came from barfblog.com a situation occurred in California at the chipotle fast food restaurant during the week of Aug. 18, 2015. On a count 98 people were people sickened with the norovirus. 80 were restaurant costumers the other 18 were restaurant employees. It was then all of the remaining food products was thrown out with the follow up of the EHD. As a result 7 out of 18 employees were affected by the norovirus and were excluded from work until they could test negative for the norovirus.

Noroviruses (NoV) are important human pathogens and a major public health threat. Noroviruses are non-enveloped, single-stranded, positive sense RNA viruses that cause acute gastroenteritis in humans (1-4). Noroviruses have been referred to as ‘cruise ship viruses’ from well-publicized cruise ship outbreaks although these outbreaks account for less than 1% of all outbreaks worldwide (5). The symptoms and illness associated with Norovirus infections is often referred to as ‘stomach flu’, despite little resemblance to the influenza virus. Noroviruses are responsible for 21 million infections and over 70,000 hospitalizations annually in the USA, and account for 10-15% of severe cases of gastroenteritis in children less than 5 years old (6). In

Human norovirus is a contagious viral infection, responsible for more than half the food-borne diseases outbreaks. In addition to contaminated food, vomiting is also thought to cause the spread of norovirus. Also called the ‘winter vomiting bug’, this virus most commonly spreads in hotels, schools, and cruise ships. Though vomiting is known to release particles containing norovirus into the air, how and why this could be transmitted to someone nearby is unknown. To answer

This disease could also paralyze you. The cases grew more and more. This will affect the public because everybody could get the disease if not preparing well. This will affect the government because they will have

Around 90 percent of non-bacterial cases of gastroenteritis worldwide are believed to be caused by noroviruses (Norovirus: Symptoms, prevention, and treatment). It is shed in your stools and through the vomit of those infected, including animals. The most common cause is the fecal oral route/ contaminated food. With an incubation of 24 to 48 hours, norovirus is highly contagious and has multiple modes of transmission. It is mostly seen in older children and adults and is a self limiting disease. Good personal and food hygiene can reduce transmission. Some example of that being food handlers,

The chances of outbreak of this virus in public places like hospitals, parks, air conditioned halls, schools can’t be rule out because even the breath of the infected person may contain norovirus that you could breathe in.

the epidemic, about 34 million people were infected. In the year 2001 alone, there were