Uses the highly contagious norovirus this year's flu epidemic of a new breed

Uses the highly contagious norovirus this year's flu epidemic of a new breed came to the United States from Australia.


Of Norovirus occurred in the United States, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC report), weekly disease and the death of Sydney GII.4 norovirus sinjongreul now the main cause is the infection of December is 58%.

During the winter months flu, along with the flow, Norovirus 21 million cases of the disease occur often in the United States, severe vomiting, diarrhea and 70,000 hospitalizations each year, including 800 deaths, because stomach flu is often confused with Pain, nausea, and flu prefer the stomach and digestive system, causing diarrhea and vomiting, leading to tissue inflammation disease, is provided in the form of five norovirus breath. According to the CDC, the case of the United States from person to person transmission due to contaminated food due to approximately 51% to 20%. You can collect a large number of people in Sioux schools, nursing homes and cruise ships occurred in virus infection, most of the easy transition from host to host.

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March of 2012 the first of a new type of Norovirus found in Australia people were sickened after several continents. Of GII Historically, strains of the virus cause serious illness than other grinders, but the CDC in the management of seasonal Sydney is higher than in previous years to determine whether people infected with GII.4 too early to say. Norovirus season from November to March, usually peak in case you can run.

"You [norovirus] 24 or 48 hours later, people come to the emergency room, he also a handful of death each year. Virus completely harmless, certainly can ruin a vacation is not responsible for is the reason why most of the recovery time, but , "says Dr. J. John Treanor, head of the division of infectious diseases at the University of Rochester Medical Center.

Treanor and inflammation treatment for norovirus apart, but this ride a group of scientists are currently testing a vaccine developed by the pharmaceutical LigoCyte Norovirus part of the outer layer, and the injection will do our best so that you can create a strong immune response to the vaccine they received.

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The vaccine because of the spread of norovirus infection in so quickly that it is difficult to include the population on the rise, important in the prevention of the disease is. "You really need only a pair of viral particles exposed out eruptions indicates" Treanor says. "If you Norovirus particles distributed millions of them as highly contagious only takes one or two to the next person when this translation, sickness is highly contagious."

Fortunately you to protect yourself from the flu, such as norovirus infections holders and work together. The CDC recommends the following:

The bathroom or change diapers after use with soap and water before handling food, wash your hands carefully.
Carefully wash produce and seafood before cooking and consumption.
If you're sick, and wait 2-3 days before preparing food for other people after you recover.
Immediately infected or contaminated surfaces cleaned and washed thoroughly washed