Reusable grocery bags kept in bathroom implicated in norovirus outbreak
Wednesday, May 9, 2012 - 09:30
in Health & Medicine
Investigators recently mapped the trail of an outbreak of a nasty stomach bug among participants in a girls’ soccer tournament to a reusable open top grocery bag stored in a hotel bathroom. Their findings illustrate the role that inanimate objects can play in spreading norovirus infection.
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