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 News Item (Source/Date Posted on Source)

Africa: Swine Fever Spreads From Georgia to Armenia (allAfrica.com/ 10/03)

River Cam bugs to beat infection (BBC News/ 9/21)

FAO/WHO expert meeting on viruses in food (World Health Organization)

FOOT & MOUTH DISEASE, BOVINE - NORTH KOREA (P'YONGYANG-SI) (04) (ProMED Mail/ 4/03)

York mathematician probes geometric route to combat viruses (EurekAlert!/ University of York/ 4/02)

Danish researchers solve virus puzzle (EurekAlert!/ 3/30)

Scientists Explore Ways to Lure Viruses to Their Death (USA Today/ 3/27)

FOOT & MOUTH DISEASE, BOVINE - NORTH KOREA (P'YONGYANG-SI) (03) (ProMED Mail/ 3/15)

NOROVIRUS, STUDENTS - USA (NEW JERSEY) (ProMED Mail 3/06)

FDA Investigating Norovirus Outbreak Linked to Oysters (FDA/ 3/02)

New UD technology removes viruses from drinking water (University of Delaware / 2/26)

Commonwealth Research Initiative supports virologists hiring (VirginiaTech/1/18)

Scores ill after eating at Indiana Olive Garden (CNN.com / 12/15)

Increase in norovirus activity reported in Europe (Eurosurveillance Weekly / 12/14)

Increase in norovirus circulation in Hungary in October-November 2006 (Eurosurveillance Weekly / 12/14)

FDA Investigating Norovirus Outbreak Linked to Oysters (FDA / 12/12)

GASTROENTERITIS, OYSTERS - CHINA (HONG KONG) (ProMed Mail / 10/21)

Coordinated European actions to prevent and control norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships (European Surveillance / 10/18)

Four outbreaks of norovirus gastroenteritis after consuming raspberries, Sweden, June-August 2006 (Eurosurveillance Weekly / 9/7)

Prevention of Rotavirus Gastroenteritis Among Infants and Children (CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report / 8/11)

NOROVIRUS, CRUISE SHIPS - EUROPE (ProMed Mail / 7/6)

New emerging norovirus variant (CDR Weekly / 6/22)

Outbreak of Gastrointestinal Illness Among Biking Across Kansas ParticipantsIdentified as Norovirus (Kansas Dept. of Health and Environment / 6/ 21)

Recent norovirus outbreaks on river and seagoing cruise ships in Europe (Eurosurveillance Weekly / 6/15)

VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS, CRUISE SHIP - UK (ENGLAND) (ProMed Mail / 5/30)

A Quicker, Cheaper Test for Turkey Viruses (USDA ARS / 5/23)

Multisite Outbreak of Norovirus Associated with a Franchise Restaurant – Kent County,  Michigan, May 2005 (CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report / 4/14)

Researchers Use Mass Spectrometry to Detect Norovirus Particles (John Hopkins School of Public Health / 4/7)

Scientists Learn More about How Viruses Reproduce, Spread (NewsWise.com / 4/6)

Canada Adopts Method to Extract Noroviruses from Oysters (USDA ARS / 3/24)

Ocean virus identified in human blood samples (Eurek Alert / 3/23)

Animals can change genes quickly to keep up with viral ingenuity (Eurek Alert / 3/20)

Norovirus Outbreak Affects Caribbean Cruise Ship Passengers (ProMed Mail / 3/6)

Epidemic viral gastroenteritis in Queensland coincides with the emergence of a new norovirus variant (Australia Communicable Disease Intelligence Report / 2/23)

US panel endorses rotavirus vaccine for infants (Reuters Health / 2/22)

New Norovirus Identified and Associated with Global Outbreaks (American Society for Microbiology / 2/22)

Continuing outbreaks of winter illnesses in schools: Influenza B and Norovirus (UK Health Protection Agency / 2/17)

Enterovirus Surveillance – United States, 2002-2004 (CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report / 2/16)

New images capture virus in extraordinary detail (Eurek Alert / 2/8)

Rotavirus vaccine will protect children against a major killer worldwide (Eurek Alert / 2/3)

Biologists Build Better Software, Beat Path to Viral Knowledge (NewsWise.com / 2/1)

NOROVIRUS OUTBREAK - NEW ZEALAND (DUNEDIN): SUSPECTED (ProMed Mail / 1/31)

Argentina: A Massive Enterovirus Outbreak in Rioja Province (ProMed Mail / 1/25)

Food safety experts support hepatitis A comments (New Zealand Food Safety Authority / 1/17)

HEPATITIS A - NEW ZEALAND (CHRISTCHURCH) (ProMed Mail / 1/10)

Rotavirus Drugs Deemed Safe and Effective (New York Times / 1/5)

Outbreaks of norovirus infection, September 2003-October 2005 (Japan Infectious Disease Surveillance / 12/20)

FDA looks at infant rotavirus prevention (CNN.com / 12/14)

Vomiting bug hits over 250 pupils (BBC News / 12/9)

KDHE Investigates Norovirus Outbreak in Pottawatomie County (Kansas Dept. Health and Environment /12/1)

Hepatitis A outbreak in a group of Danish tourists returning from Turkey, October 2005 (Eurosurveillance Weekly / 12/1)

New Gene Identified for Antiviral Activity (American Society for Microbiology / 11/17)

Austria: Outbreak of norovirus infections associated with consuming food from a catering company, September 2005 (ProMed Mail / 11/6)

Health Protection Agency investigates hepatitis E cases acquired in England and Wales (UK Health Protection Agency / 11/4)