Directory of Noroviruses Resources

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The organism is also known as Norwalk-like viruses or caliciviruses. The disease is also known as stomach flu or viral gastroenteritis.

Resources in This Category

• Bad Bug Book: The Norwalk Virus Family

  http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodborneIllnessContaminants/CausesOfIllnessBadBugBook/ucm071344.htm
  Includes symptoms, sources of infection, outbreaks, and prevention.

• BioMed Central :A summertime peak of "winter vomiting disease": Surveillance of noroviruses in England and Wales, 1995 to 2002

  http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/3/13
  Research article on the disease.

• Calicivirus Research Group

  http://www.calicivirus.path.cam.ac.uk/
  Provides details of the ongoing research into noroviruses and other caliciviruses being undertaken at Imperial College, London, UK.

• CDC : Noroviruse

  http://www.cdc.gov/norovirus/
  Can easily be transmitted from infected people, surfaces or food. The disease is also known as stomach flu or viral gastroenteritis. Includes cause, treatment, and prevention.

• eMedicine - Norwalk Virus

  http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/224225-overview
  Article by Michelle A Jaworski, MD.

• Food Safety Research Information Office: Norwalk Virus

  https://www.nal.usda.gov/fsrio/norovirus
  Directory of press releases, articles, resources, and factsheets on the disease.

• NHS Choices: Norovirus

  http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/norovirus
  Provides information on this common cause of gastroenteritis. Includes a short video and details of the symptoms, treatment and prevention.

• Norovirus

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norovirus
  Article from Wikipedia on this group of RNA viruses that cause outbreaks of epidemic non-bacterial gastroenteritis around the world.

• Norovirus: A Different Type of Foodborne Illness

  http://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/HYG-5569
  Ohio State University Extension fact sheet providing basic information on the subject.

• Norwalk Virus and Other Caliciviruses

  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK8545/
  Scientific and medical information about the virus.

• Patient UK: Norovirus

  http://patient.info/health/norovirus-leaflet
  Noroviruses are a group of viruses that can cause gastroenteritis. Includes information on how the disease is spread, the symptoms and treatment.

• PHAC: Noroviruses

  http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/fs-sa/fs-fi/norovirus-eng.php
  Factsheet on this group of viruses that cause gastroenteritis.

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