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According to a statement from the CDC, about 92 percent of diagnosed food poisoning cases in 1987 were caused by bacteria. In the same year, 17 percent of food poisoning cases were caused by viral agents such as Norwalk
...Diagnostic tests have provided no evidence for bacterial, viral, cardiovascular disease or cancer," Tosteson said. "His doctors believe that his condition was related to overwork and insufficient sleep...
...cause is viral, it will fall into the category of about a dozen round-structured viruses called Norwalk-like agents, which are often transmitted to large groups of people simultaneously via food, according to the statement...
...epidemic may not be related to food at all. Incoming results point to a viral agent as the more likely cause, said Michael P. Berry, director of Harvard Dining Services...
...have completed all tests on the Freshman Union food and food handlers," Berry said. "There is no evidence that this was a food-borne illness. The illness was more likely viral. Originally food seemed the most logical source of the epidemic to me, but since then we've been ruling...