All intestinal infections have similar symptoms: nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, temperature... What is norovirus, how can they get infected and how disease occurs told Dr. Komarovsky.
Norovirus infection (Norovirus) - acute intestinal infection.The causative agent is norovirus - one of the plurality of enteroviruses.?
The mechanism of transmission of the infection - fecal-oral, respiratory, and not excluded. The virus is released from the sick man of natural origin and other secretions, such as vomiting. Ways of transmission: most - food (the most dangerous sea food), water (water ice) and contact-household. This season, the main mode of spread of norovirus infection in Japan and the US is not the food, and contact-household way.
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Incubation (hidden) norovirus period of from several hours to 2 days. The disease is manifested as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea to 8 times a day, a slight fever, toxic symptoms, manifested by general weakness and pale skin. She feels normal within a few days, but a person can be contagious up to 1 month after recovery, which causes the active infection of others and the danger of an epidemic. There are cases of death from this infection.
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Norovirus is highly contagious. Even the smallest dust particles with norovirus cause disease. The virus is very zhiznestoek: wet cleaning with common detergents and alcohol-based does not provide its destruction, the virus is resistant to desiccation, freezing, heating to 60 degrees, only from dies chlorine disinfectant funds.
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Norovirus infection affects all age groups. Norovirus is the most dangerous for the physically disabled, the elderly and children. Susceptibility to norovirus pervasive, information about the appearance of immunity after the disease - vague and contradictory.
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Specific treatment and no vaccine against norovirus.
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Norovirus infection (Norovirus) - an acute intestinal infection. The causative agent is a norovirus - one of many enteroviruses.? The mechanism of transmission of the infection - fecal-oral, respiratory, and not excluded. The virus is released from the sick man of natural origin and other secretions, such as vomiting. Ways of transmission: most - food (the most dangerous sea food), water (water ice) and contact-household. This season, the main mode of spread of norovirus infection in Japan and the US is not the food, and contact-household path.? Incubation (hidden) norovirus period of from several hours to 2 days. The disease is manifested as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea to 8 times a day, a slight fever, toxic symptoms, manifested by general weakness and pale skin. She feels normal within a few days, but a person can be contagious up to 1 month after recovery, which causes the active infection of others and the danger of an epidemic. There are cases of death from this infection.? Norovirus is highly contagious. Even the smallest dust particles with norovirus cause disease. The virus is very zhiznestoek: wet cleaning with common detergents and alcohol-based does not provide its destruction, the virus is resistant to desiccation, freezing, heating to 60 degrees, only from dies chlorine disinfectant funds.? Norovirus infection affects all age groups. Norovirus is the most dangerous for the physically disabled, the elderly and children. Susceptibility to norovirus pervasive, information about the appearance of immunity after the disease - vague and contradictory.? Specific treatment and no vaccine against norovirus.? Doktorkomarovsky # # # health # norovirus infection Enterovirus #
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