Norovirus

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"Cruise ship virus" stows away in rare gut cells to avoid destruction

Anthony Wood October 12, 2017

A team of researchers has discovered that the norovirus bug can escape destruction by hiding in a rare type of cell found in the gut. Norovirus is the leading cause of non-bacterial gastroenteritis, which causes 267 million infections, and 200,000 deaths worldwide each year.

Norovirus is particularly deadly to some of the most vulnerable demographics of society

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Vomiting machine projects better understanding of how stomach bugs spread

Nick Lavars August 21, 2015

To shed further light on how norovirus, one of the world's most common pathogens, spreads between humans, scientists have built a vomiting machine to study its behaviour when projected into the air.

North Carolina State University's eery vomiting machine