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This is particularly important since the virus is most often spread through small amounts of fecal matter when people do not wash their hands after using the bathroom, according to UHS officials...
...Norwalk virus may also be transmitted through a handshake or other physical contact, on surfaces or through contaminated food or water...
Leverett Allston Burr Senior Tutor Catherine R. Shapiro, who said both she and her young son Robert became infected with the Norwalk virus, sent an e-mail to the Leverett House e-mail list warning residents of the virus and requesting their cooperation in preventing its transmission...
Additionally, McNitt said serving utensils are being replaced more frequently to prevent the spread of the virus and HUDS employees are more closely monitoring students’ handling of food in the dining halls...
...most people stricken with the virus, treatment is limited to drinking fluids such as ginger ale, although Campbell said intravenous fluids are administered if a patient becomes acutely dehydrated...