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Nasty norovirus popping up around Maui
March 1, 2012
By MELISSA TANJI - Staff Writer (mtanji@mauinews.com) , The Maui News
A nasty virus causing nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and stomach pain has flared up all over Maui, a state heath official said last week.
Symptoms of the stomach germ, or norovirus, have been seen at small elderly care homes and in the emergency room and in preschool- and early-elementary-school-aged children, said Dr. Lorrin Pang, Maui District health officer, who added that the state Health Department has been fielding public queries as well.
"This thing has flared up in the last month," Pang said. "It kind of peaks around the cooler months. This last month has been a lot more than last year or the year before."
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March 1, 2012
By MELISSA TANJI - Staff Writer (mtanji@mauinews.com) , The Maui News
A nasty virus causing nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and stomach pain has flared up all over Maui, a state heath official said last week.
Symptoms of the stomach germ, or norovirus, have been seen at small elderly care homes and in the emergency room and in preschool- and early-elementary-school-aged children, said Dr. Lorrin Pang, Maui District health officer, who added that the state Health Department has been fielding public queries as well.
"This thing has flared up in the last month," Pang said. "It kind of peaks around the cooler months. This last month has been a lot more than last year or the year before."
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