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While no one is sure exactly how the Norwalk agent causes vomiting and diarrhea, epidemiologists have identified this virus family and are familiar with its handiwork...
...trouble comes in a little package. The virus, which varies in size from 26 to 34 nanometers, has caused illnesses from Hawaii to Japan to England. It was named after Norwalk, Ohio, where an outbreak struck an elementary school...
Using DNA sequencing, experts from the CDC pinpointed the virus as a Norwalk...
...Norwalk viruses are also responsible for 40 percent of non-bacterial diarrhea yearly, according to the Merck Manual, a medical reference guide to diseases...
Officials have yet to determine the specific species of virus in the Norwalk family that caused the outbreak...