Caliciviridae

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. More than 150 children from an Oak Park middle school have been contaminated by the Norovirus. Officials are probing the possibility that it could be related to food contamination. Likewise, in Ventura County, California the stomach virus outbreak has caused more than 300 absences from Medea Creek Middle School. However, no hospitalizations have been reported among the students and there are no plans to close the school. Hence, the district had not issued a health warning. Norovirus is a very contagious virus. The outbreak of this intestinal virus has lead to gastroenteritis and stomach flu. Health officials have warned that the virus can easily be spread via contact to a contaminated person, food, water or even things. The Department of Health have made sure that the school's janitorial staffs work at washing down all surfaces of the schools...