Researchers Discover How Noroviruses Cause Repeated Outbreaks Of “Stomach Flu”

Norovirus, a common cause of gastroenteritis (”stomach flu”), could potentially be controlled by a vaccine. But because the virus evolves to avoid the immune system, the vaccine might have to be modified from year to year, according to new research published in PLoS Medicine by Ralph Baric of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and colleagues. Noroviruses, which are highly contagious, cause nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.

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Filed under: GastroIntestinal / Gastroentorology on February 12th, 2008