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Norovirus

Noroviruses are a group of related, single-stranded RNA, nonenveloped viruses that cause acute gastroenteritis in humans. Norovirus was recently approved as the official genus name for the group of viruses described as “Norwalk-like viruses” (NLV).

Norwalk-like Viruses: Public Health Consequences and Outbreak Management
rr5009.pdf

Norovirus Activity --- United States, 2002   (MMWR)
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5203a1.htm

Norovirus Q&A
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/revb/gastro/norovirus-qa.htm

Norovirus Technical Fact Sheet
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/revb/gastro/norovirus-factsheet.htm
noro-factsheet.pdf

Norovirus and Foodhandlers
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/revb/gastro/norovirus-foodhandlers.htm

 

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