Tennessee - Norovirus cases 2013

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4 norovirus outbreaks reported in Shelby Co. this year

Posted: Feb 06, 2013 2:43 PM CST<NOSCRIPT sb_id="ms__id1931"></NOSCRIPT><!--END wnDate-->Updated: Feb 07, 2013 10:01 AM CST<NOSCRIPT sb_id="ms__id1934"></NOSCRIPT><!--END wnDate-->
By Anna Marie Hartman

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The Shelby County Health Department has identified 4 Norovirus outbreaks in the county so far this year.

"Well this is the season that we commonly see outbreaks of Norovirus," stated Helen Morrow with the Shelby County Health Department. "The problem we run into are people that may become dehydrated and there are some deaths associated with it every year usually the very young and the very old."

They aren't saying where the outbreaks occurred...

Norovirus can live for weeks on hard surfaces, even upholstered surfaces. Most sanitizers can't kill it. It's more contagious than the flu, and there's no vaccine.
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Full text:
http://www.wmctv.com/story/20992729/4-norovirus-outbreaks-reported-in-shelby-co-this-year

 

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Re: Tennessee - Norovirus cases 2013

This hasn't been confirmed as norovirus yet, but it's described as a stomach illness. The university is in Jackson, TN.

http://www.jacksonsun.com/article/20130212/NEWS01/302120010/Union-closes-campus-outbreak?nclick_check=1

Union closes campus for outbreak
Classes on Jackson campus are set to resume Wednesday
Feb 11, 2013

 

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Re: Tennessee - Norovirus cases 2013

Update on Illness that Closed Union University

By WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News Staff
Story Updated: Feb 21, 2013 at 8:37 PM CST )

JACKSON, Tenn.- WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News has discovered what illness forced Union University to close its campus for almost two days, last week.

The state Health Department has confirmed it was norovirus that sickened hundreds of students and staff.
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http://www.wbbjtv.com/news/local/Update-on-Illness-that-Closed-Union-University-192405321.html

 

[Emily]

Re: Tennessee - Norovirus cases 2013

There's a large outbreak reported below of a stomach illness. At first it sounded like food poisoning, but now it seems to be spreading too widely for that.

http://www.newschannel5.com/story/23089761/unknown-illness-sickens-large-number-in-robertson-county

Unknown Illness Sickens Large Number In Robertson County
Posted: Aug 08, 2013 8:47 PM PST Updated: Aug 09, 2013 3:10 AM PST

 

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Officials link norovirus outbreak to food
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Sep. 3, 2013 11:21 AM |
Written by
Cheri Reeves
Robertson County Times

A quick-spreading norovirus that sickened dozens of people in the Greenbrier area has been linked to food, according to Deputy State Epidemiologist John Dunn.

Dunn confirmed that a Greenbrier restaurant was the likely source of the virus, but he stopped short of naming it.

?There was one food source that was common among a lot of the cases,? he said. ?Because the food was involved, that?s why more people became ill.?
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?In this case, we may never know if it was the bread, or the lettuce, or the pickle or the mayonnaise,? Dunn said. ?Norovirus is typically a person-to-person illness. So, if a particular item was contaminated, it came from a person; either someone who prepared the sandwiches or the food that arrived at the establishment. That?s something we will likely never determine.?
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Dunn said the health department?s investigation of the August norovirus cases to hit the Greenbrier stands at 146.

Full text:
http://www.tennessean.com/viewart/2...040056/Officials-link-norovirus-outbreak-food