donderdag 6 november 2014

Norwalk virus

Norwalk virus, also known as winter vomiting virus, is a virus named after Norwalk, Ohio, in the United States, where an outbreak of acute viral gastroenteritis . Het norovirus is een zogenaamd positive sense RNA-virus. De naam norwalkvirus verwijst naar de plaats Norwalk in Ohio, waar het norovirus voor het eerst .

Transmission electron micrograph of Norwalk virus. Norovirus, sometimes known as winter vomiting bug in the UK, is the most common cause of . Vroeger stond het virus bekend als het Norwalk virus om dat het in het plaatsje Norwalk, Ohio. Norovirus Noroviruses are the most common cause of acute gastroenteritis (infection of the stomach and intestines) in the United .

Norwalk virus is a common cause of vomiting and diarreal illness each winter and has often been referred to as . Can easily be transmitted from infected people, surfaces or food. The disease is also known as stomach flu or viral gastroenteritis. Noroviruses are also called Norwalk-like viruses and caliciviruses.


Noroviruses cause gastroenteritis,food infection,food poisoning,and . Noroviruses are major agents of viral gastroenteritis worldwide. The infectivity of Norwalk virus, the prototype norovirus, has been studied in susceptible human . Norovirus, formerly referred to as Norwalk virus, is the most common cause of epidemic nonbacterial gastroenteritis in the world. What are Norwalk and Norwalk-like viruses? These viruses, also known as small round structured viruses or . From all the recent media coverage one would think Norwalk virus was something new and terrible, but it's neither. Noroviruses are sometimes referred to as Norwalk virus or Norwalk-like virus, based on the name given to the first strain identified in the 1970s.


Norovirus is a highly contagious virus that causes acute gastroenteritis (inflammation of the stomach and intestines). Norwalk virus and other caliciviruses produce infections that cause acute diarrhea and vomiting (gastroenteritis), abdominal cramps, myalgias, malaise, . Norwalk virus: A family of small round viruses that are an important cause of viral gastroenteritis (viral inflammation of the stomach and intestines). Norovirus is a small virus that is highly contagious among humans. People acquire the virus by ingesting material contaminated with small amounts of infected . Your child has probably had it or will have it.


It is not a flu virus, but when people speak of a “tummy flu,” they are often referring to a Norwalk . It sounds like the word Ewok and whenever I hear norwalk I imagine the cute and loveable Ewo. Noroviruses are a group of viruses that cause gastroenteritis, an illness. Norwalk, Ohio, when one virus was first identified.

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