Norovirus Fact Sheets and published free articles

Norovirus: Norovirus is a virus that causes gastroenteritis, or vomiting and diarrhea, in people.

Updated Norovirus Outbreak Management and Disease Prevention Guidelines
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
by: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/pdf/rr/rr6003.pdf

Norovirus Illness: Key Facts
Norovirus-keyfacts.pdf

Norovirus Gastroenteritis: Epidemiology, Clinical Manifestations, Infection Control Issues
by William A. Rutala, Ph.D., M.P.H., David Jay Weber, M.D., M.P.H.
http://www.unc.edu/depts/spice/dis/Noro.pdf

From District of Columbia Department of Health
What are noroviruses?
What are the symptoms of illness caused by noroviruses?
How serious is norovirus disease?
How is norovirus spread?
What treatment is available for people with norovirus infection?
Can norovirus infections be prevented?
http://campusadvisories.gwu.edu/pdfs/norovirus.pdf

Norovirus Fact Sheet from Kent County Health Department
http://www.calvin.edu/admin/health/images/NorovirusFactSheet.pdf

Norovirus Fact Sheet from Public Health Seattle & King County
http://www.riverview.wednet.edu/health/norovirus.pdf

Surrogates for the Study of Norovirus Stability and Inactivation in the Environment: A Comparison of Murine Norovirus and Feline Calicivirus
Jennifer L. Cannon, Efstathia Papafragkou, Geunwoo W. Park, Jason Osborne, Lee-Ann Jaykus and Jan Vinje
Norovirus stability.pdf

Norovirus Infections in Home and Community Settings
by Elizabeth Scott
Community Settings.pdf

Noroviruses: Q&A
from University of California, Berkeley
Noroviruses Q&A.pdf

Norovirus Infection
from Wheaton College Student Health Services
Norovirus-Info.pdf

Noroviruses
http://www.resnet.umd.edu/emergencypreparedness/Publications/norovirus2.pdf

Control of Suspected Norovirus Outbreaks in Long Term Care Facilities
NC Public Health Recommendations
http://epi.publichealth.nc.gov/cd/norovirus/NORO_LTCF.pdf


Free published articles:

1. Notes from the field: norovirus infections associated with frozen raw oysters - washington, 2011.
2. Murine norovirus increases atherosclerotic lesion size and macrophages in ldlr(-/-) mice.
3. Evaluation of four antiseptics using a novel murine norovirus.
4. Updates on the genetic variations of Norovirus in sporadic gastroenteritis in Chungnam Korea, 2009-2010.
5. Evaluation of a new immunochromatographic assay kit for the rapid detection of norovirus in fecal specimens.
6. Adsorption characteristics of an enteric virus-binding protein to norovirus, rotavirus and poliovirus.
7. Norovirus regulation of the innate immune response and apoptosis occurs via the product of the alternative open reading frame 4.
8. Characterization of intestinal dendritic cells in murine norovirus infection.
9. Historical perspective: norovirus gastroenteritis outbreaks in military forces.
10. Norovirus outbreak associated with person-to-person transmission, U.S. Air Force Academy, July 2011.
11. Low prevalence of rotavirus and high prevalence of norovirus in hospital and community wastewater after introduction of rotavirus vaccine in Nicaragua.
12. Characterization of rotavirus and norovirus strains: a 6-year study (2004-2009).
13. Human norovirus infection of caco-2 cells grown as a three-dimensional tissue structure.
14. Prevalence and genetic diversity of norovirus in outpatient children with acute diarrhea in Shanghai, China.
15. Effect of food residues on norovirus survival on stainless steel surfaces.
16. Norovirus: an overview.
17. Hand sanitizers may increase norovirus risk.
18. Eliminating murine norovirus by cross-fostering.
19. Lack of effect of murine norovirus infection on a mouse model of bacteria-induced colon cancer.
20. Food-borne outbreak of norovirus infection in a French military parachuting unit, April 2011.
21. Outbreak of norovirus infection in a hotel in Oslo, Norway, January 2011.
22. Potential role of asymptomatic kitchen food handlers during a food-borne outbreak of norovirus infection, Dublin, Ireland, March 2009.
23. Crystallography of a Lewis-binding norovirus, elucidation of strain-specificity to the polymorphic human histo-blood group antigens.
24. Specimen collection and confirmation of norovirus outbreaks.
25. Novel GII.12 norovirus strain, United States, 2009-2010.
26. Novel surveillance network for norovirus gastroenteritis outbreaks, United States.
27. Incidence of acute gastroenteritis and role of norovirus, Georgia, USA, 2004-2005.
28. Effective control of an acute gastroenteritis outbreak due to norovirus infection in a hospital ward in Athens, Greece, April 2011.
29. Diversity of murine norovirus strains isolated from asymptomatic mice of different genetic backgrounds within a single U.S. research institute.
30. Concurrent outbreak of norovirus genotype I and enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli on a U.S. Navy ship following a visit to Lima, Peru.
31. Randomized, double-blinded clinical trial for human norovirus inactivation in oysters by high hydrostatic pressure processing.
32. The dynamics of norovirus outbreak epidemics: recent insights.
33. Emergence of novel Norovirus recombinants with NVGII.1/NVGII.5 RdRp gene and NVGII.13 capsid gene among children and adults in Kolkata, India.
34. Novel norovirus recombinants and of GII.4 sub-lineages associated with outbreaks between 2006 and 2010 in Belgium.
35. In vitro whole-virus binding of a norovirus genogroup II genotype 4 strain to cells of the lamina propria and Brunner's glands in the human duodenum.
36. Norovirus infections in asymptomatic food handlers in elementary schools without norovirus outbreaks in some regions of Incheon, Korea.
37. Detection of murine norovirus-1 by using TAT peptide-delivered molecular beacons.
38. Enhanced removal of a human norovirus surrogate from fresh vegetables and fruits by a combination of surfactants and sanitizers.
39. Standardized positive controls for detection of norovirus by reverse transcription PCR.
40. Chronic diarrhea associated with persistent norovirus excretion in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia: report of two cases.
41. Institutional risk factors for norovirus outbreaks in Hong Kong elderly homes: a retrospective cohort study.
42. Large gastroenteritis outbreak due to norovirus GII in São Paulo, Brazil, summer 2010.
43. Crystal structures of GII.10 and GII.12 norovirus protruding domains in complex with histo-blood group antigens reveal details for a potential site of vulnerability.
44. Age, viral copy number, and immunosuppressive therapy affect the duration of norovirus RNA excretion in inpatients diagnosed with norovirus infection.
45. Norovirus and histo-blood group antigens.
46. Norovirus genotypes in endemic acute gastroenteritis of infants and children in Finland between 1994 and 2007.
47. Full sequence analysis and characterization of the South Korean Norovirus GII-4 variant CUK-3.
48. Inactivation of a human norovirus surrogate, human norovirus virus-like particles, and vesicular stomatitis virus by gamma irradiation.
49. Strain-dependent norovirus bioaccumulation in oysters.
50. Electronic outbreak surveillance in Germany: a first evaluation for nosocomial norovirus outbreaks.