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Recent News and Articles on the Keywords: norovirus + infection + 0.19  Related to the article below (Last Update: 8/5/2008)

Norovirus fears at Gold Coast retirement village
ABC Online, Australia - Jul 15, 2008
Thirty residents and 19 staff are being treated for a viral infection at the Lady Small Haven retirement village. Residential and community care manager ...
Aged home remains under quarantine amid norovirus fears
ABC Online, Australia - Jul 16, 2008
Thirty residents and 19 staff are being treated for a viral infection at the Lady Small Haven retirement village at Benowa. A spokeswoman for the centre, ...
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[PDF] Two epidemiologic patterns of norovirus outbreaks: surveillance in England and Wales, 1992?2000 -
BA Lopman, GK Adak, MH Reacher, DW Brown - Emerg Infect Dis, 2003 - origin.cdc.gov
... outbreaks (mean hospitalizations per outbreak 0.19; range 0 ... a similar illness or
proven infection, at least ... General outbreak of Norovirus: a general outbreak in ...
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Two Epidemiologic Patterns of Norovirus Outbreaks: Surveillance in England and Wales, 1992?2000 -
F Vehicles, C Factors - cdc.gov
... outbreaks (mean hospitalizations per outbreak 0.19; range 0 ... a similar illness or
proven infection, at least ... General outbreak of Norovirus: a general outbreak in ...

Proportion of Sporadic Gastroenteritis Cases Caused by Rotavirus, Norovirus, Adenovirus and Bacteria … -
A Sumi, N Kobayashi, N Ohtomo - MICROBIOLOGY and IMMUNOLOGY, 2005 - J-STAGE
... Surveil- lance Center; IDWR, Infectious Diseases Weekly Report Japan; NV, norovirus;
OV, the other ... For better control of infection of SG, in the case using the ...

Travelers'Diarrhea, New Insights. -
PC Okhuysen - Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, 2007 - jcge.com
... This specificity is at least in the case of norovirus due to the fact ... and should,
therefore, be avoided in settings in which infection with an ... 25 h; P 0.19). ...

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DH Kingsley, DR Holliman, KR Calci, H Chen, GJ … - Applied and Environmental Microbiology - Am Soc Microbiol
... 15 16 ACCEPTED Page 3. 3 Norovirus infection is a common worldwide problem, with
approximately 40% of 1 infections in the US being food-borne (30). ...

Pediatric Norovirus Diarrhea in Nicaragua
F Bucardo, J Nordgren, B Carlsson, M Paniagua, PE … - Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
... 1 This study describes the incidence and genetic diversity of norovirus in pediatric ...
other reports and confirms that infection rates in the studied population ...

Acute gastroenteritis outbreaks in Catalonia, Spain: Norovirus versus Salmonella
N TORNER - Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2007 - informaworld.com
... which occurred mainly in the warmer months (OR 0.19; 95% CI ... occurs, in order to limit
the spread of infection [41]. ... AG outbreaks: Norovirus versus Salmonella 5 ...
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Norovirus Detection in Shellfish Using a Rapid, Sensitive Virus Recovery and Real-Time RT-PCR …
GE Greening, J Hewitt - Food Analytical Methods, 2008 - Springer
... in identifying the source of infection in epidemiological ... Optimization of Norovirus
Recovery from Shellfish ... recovered of 4.25 (?0.15), 4.41 (?0.19), and 4.45 ...
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… Norovirus, Feline Calicivirus, Poliovirus, and MS2 as Surrogates for Human Norovirus in a Model of … -
J Bae, KJ Schwab - Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
... Poliovirus, and MS2 as Surrogates for Human Norovirus in a ... with virus stock by using
a multiplicity of infection of 0.01 ... log 10 PFU/day at 4?C and 0.19 log 10 ...

[PDF] Report on the Assessment of Recently Acquired HIV Infection in Men Having Sex with Men (MSM) in
H Kong - info.gov.hk
Page 1. Report on the Assessment of Recently Acquired HIV Infection in Men Having
Sex with Men (MSM) in Hong Kong ... 12 2.6 HIV infection among MSM in Hong Kong 14 ...

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Guidance For The Management Of Norovirus Infection In Cruise Ships, UK
The Health Protection Agency working closely with the cruise industry through the Passenger Shipping Association (PSA) and with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency and the Association of Port Health Authorities last week published Guidance for the Management of Norovirus Infection in Cruise Ships.

Norovirus infects between 600,000 and one million people in the community in the United Kingdom every year. This guidance has been produced to help prevent and control outbreaks on the comparatively rare occasions when they occur on board cruise ships.
Norovirus is highly infectious and causes a very unpleasant but generally short-lived infection lasting 1-2 days from which people will usually recover without treatment. The symptoms are vomiting, which is often sudden and "projectile", diarrhoea and sometimes both. Some people may have a raised temperature, headaches and aching limbs.

There is no specific treatment for norovirus apart from letting the illness run its course. It is important for those affected to drink plenty of fluids to prevent dehydration.

Outbreaks most commonly occur in semi-closed environments such as hospitals, nursing homes and schools and can be difficult to control and long-lasting because norovirus is easily transmitted from one person to another. The virus can survive in the environment on surfaces or objects.

The newly produced Guidance for the Management of Norovirus Infection in Cruise Ships provides guidance for health professionals, port health and other agency staff and ships' crews on how to prevent, identify and manage norovirus outbreaks on the rare occasions that they do occur on board cruise ships.

Professor Pat Troop , the Health Protection Agency's Chief Executive, said: "The aim was to produce straightforward and practical advice to discourage the introduction of infection to cruise ships in the first instance and to help the industry and public health authorities manage outbreaks in a consistent manner when they do occur."

Dr. John Curnow who chaired the multi-agency group that developed the guidance said: "Passengers on a cruise ship expect to enjoy a relaxing holiday. Our aim as a group was to identify and recommend procedures that will be robust enough to manage any possible outbreak and at the same time ensure that infected passengers are able to get back to normal holiday activities as quickly as possible".

Mr. William Gibbons, Director of the Passenger Shipping Association, said: "We worked closely with the Health Protection Agency and with a range of other partners in the development of the guidance and we are delighted that the published document is now available on the HPA website. It means that all parties who are required to deal with an outbreak of infection will have immediate access to sound and practical advice that will minimise the impact for passengers and crew alike."

The guidance covers risk assessment and management, pre cruise actions, the on board incident team, outbreak control group, cleaning procedures, hand hygiene and management of the vessel whilst in port.

1. The report Guidance for the Management of Norovirus Infection in Cruise Ships will be accessible on the HPA website from 10.00am on Friday 13 July 2007. The website address is here.

2. Information on norovirus infection is available on the website: link here.

http://www.hpa.org.uk
 
 
 
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