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Norovirus is an RNA virus that causes approximately 90% of epidemic non-bacterial outbreaks of gastroenteritis around the world (1), and may be responsible for 50% of all foodborne outbreaks of gastroenteritis in the US (2). Norovirus affects people of all ages. The viruses are transmitted by faecally contaminated food or water, by person-to-person contact (3) and via aerosolization of the virus and subsequent contamination of surfaces (4).

(1) Lindesmith L, Moe C, Marionneau S, et al. (2003). «Human susceptibility and resistance to Norwalk virus infection». Nat. Med. 9 (5): 548–53.

(2) Widdowson MA, Sulka A, Bulens SN, et al. (2005). «Norovirus and foodborne disease, United States, 1991-2000». Emerging Infect. Dis. 11 (1): 95–102.

(3) Goodgame R (2006). «Norovirus gastroenteritis». Curr Gastroenterol Rep 8 (5): 401–8.

(4) Said MA, Perl TM, Sears CL (November 2008). «Healthcare epidemiology: gastrointestinal flu: norovirus in health care and long-term care facilities». Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 47 (9): 1202–8.

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