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Article: A Food Safety Primer: The Risky Nature of the Norwalk Virus.(shellfish cookery safety)
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- Consumers' Research Magazine
- Article date:
- July 1, 2001
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Gastroenteritis is an inflammation of the stomach and intestines. Acute viral gastroenteritis is one of the most common illnesses in the United States.
"Epidemic winter vomiting disease," a phrase coined in 1929, aptly describes the syndrome experienced by humans, and now recognized globally as acute nonbacterial gastroenteritis. Older names in the medical literature include "acute infectious nonbacterial gastroenteritis," "epidemic diarrhea and vomiting," "epidemic collapse," and "epidemic nausea and vomiting." The terms not only describe symptoms, but also indicate that out breaks of the infection have been widespread. Unfortunately, the lay press has provided ...