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Catherine Yu, MD; Stephen Baker, MScPH, PhD; Leonard J. Morse, MD; James Gardiner; Marcia Meehan, LRN; Anthony Esposito, MD; Regina Roberto, MSN, APRN-BC; Richard T. Ellison III, MD

Arch Intern Med. 2007;167(17):1903-1905.

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Noroviruses are a major cause of foodborne disease outbreaks.¹ Our primary understanding of norovirus disease manifestations stems from volunteer studies, but a norovirus outbreak at a small college provided the opportunity to delineate findings in naturally occurring illness.

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On April 19, 2005, students at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), Worcester, Massachusetts, began developing gastroenteritis symptoms. During the next 48 hours, more students became ill, with most reporting symptoms the evening of April 20, 2005, after the student health clinic had closed. Ultimately, 39 students were referred to 3 local hospital emergency departments (Figure).

Figure appears in full text version. Figure. Epidemiologic curve of symptom onset for gastroenteritis-like symptoms from April 19, 2005, to May 1, 2005. Those individuals whose symptoms began before April 20, 2005, or after . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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