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...Curtis Prout, associate director of the Health Services, said yesterday that negative culture tests for bacteria point to a flu-type virus transmitted through the air. A similar epidemic has been reported by Cambridge Health officials...
...these things come and go so quickly is one of the world's largest questions," Prout said. He pointed out that an intestinal epidemic occurs every year just before Christmas. According to Health Service records, this year's epidemic was the first during Thanksgiving recess...
...increased fatigue of a holiday season is sometimes blamed," Prout said, "but I don't think fatigue is so unusual at Harvard." "Increased consumption of alcohol is also cited by some people," Prout added...
Victims of the virus suffered stomach cramps and nausea, which Prout described as "more uncomfortable than dangerous." The fact that Adams and Dunster house were untouched by the epidemic Prout attributed to their isolation from the rest of the Harvard community...
...Prout predicted the whole thing would be over within 48 hours. He said the virus usually lasts that long; its effects are "uncomfortable" but not "dangerous." Tracing its cause, Prout said, is "rather like detective work...