Noroviruses, in addition to rotavirus as the most common cause of viral gastroenteritis, so gastro-intestinal diseases.
Man is the only current findings support the Norovirus. The virus is present worldwide and affects all age groups. The focus of the disease lies in the winter months. The virus, however, is in circulation throughout the year and has a great stability to disinfectants and environmental influences. The viruses survive temperature fluctuations from -20 to +60 ° Celsius, and will remain on goods and clothing viable.

The norovirus, four times smaller than the flu virus is highly infectious. The transmission of noroviruses is usually on stool, vomit or virus aerosols during vomiting. Favors the transfer by shaking hands, contaminated food or beverages contaminated objects like toys or door. Thus, outbreaks of noroviruses are so gastro-intestinal diseases, often in community facilities such as kindergartens, schools, retirement homes and hospitals to.

The duration of acute symptoms is usually 12 to 72 hours. Once in the gastrointestinal tract that, it penetrates into the cells of the intestinal wall and forcing them, en masse produce new viruses. Thus the cells are injured or even die from. You can of liquid food then no longer escape. It reinforces the water flows into the interior of the intestines, which then leads to severe diarrhea. In addition, there is severe vomiting.

After one to two days, the gastro-intestinal diseases largely survived and you feel much better again. Although nausea and diarrhea subsided, the virus is still active in the body. The virus may still about two weeks to pass.
Vaccination is not possible. A treatment consists only in the balancing of the fluid loss. The focus should be on increased hygiene is to control the spread of these gastrointestinal diseases should be reduced.
The detection of noroviruses in Germany after the Infection Protection Act reportable.

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