Vomiting disease afflicts dozens who went to Tucson golf clubs

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Vomiting disease afflicts dozens who went to Tucson golf clubs
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TUCSON, Ariz. At least 60 people in Tucson have been infected with a suspected outbreak of a virus known as the "winter vomiting disease."
The Pima County Health Department says the outbreak started in late February at the Oro Valley Country Club with a food handler who worked while ill.

The country club began a three-day shutdown on Saturday after club officials continued to get scattered reports that members were coming down with the sickness.

The virus has spread to two other golf clubs whose names weren't released.

Because of the symptoms and how fast the disease has been transmitted, officials with the Arizona Department of Health Services believe the cause is a norovirus.

Noroviruses can cause stomach-related distress such as sudden-onset vomiting, diarrhea and severe abdominal cramps.

No one has been hospitalized in the outbreak. Officials say a healthy person exposed to the virus usually recovers within two days.


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Information from: Arizona Daily Star, http://www.azstarnet.com