Norovirus Part 4


If a norovirus infection has gone out to the family, should be enough to pay attention to his physical condition would be good.
For example, the symptoms came to my even lighter ones, because is there a good chance of being infected with the virus, it is to be careful using such masks when they go out, so as not transferred the virus to others.
Well, this norovirus, came to be widely known even now, I do not have a disease has been known for a long time.
In the new virus was discovered in just about 40 years ago, comparatively, was something that developed originally in Ohio in the United States.
At the small town, called Norwalk, there was a case of primary school students were infected population.
Virus that has been found there, but it seems to have what was the underlying current of norovirus.
The virus, I was been named the Norwalk virus takes the name of the town.
Since then, whenever a virus is found similar, but about how to call a very, I had been called "Norwalk-like viruses."
And it's been determined as "norovirus" as the official name in 2002.
So, this is called norovirus came out is the fact that just 10 years ago.
Yet, because the name is also known in Japan only this, there is very much influence, I think it's very scary virus.
Throughout the year, rather than what has been developed, norovirus, because the onset of the cold season only, many of the patients we have developed from November to March.