Super Bug Rampant Across America
As flu season wanes a new super bug from Australia is taking its place in the spotlight. Symptoms appear within 48 hours of exposure.
Just because flu season is on its way out in Florida, doesn't mean Bloomingdale-Riverview area residents can let their guard down when it comes to contagious bugs. A new strain of the highly contagious norovirus has reached the United States from Australia. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that the new norovirus, named GII.4 Sydney because it's believed to have started in Sydney, Australia, is currently the leading cause of norovirus outbreaks in the U.S. In the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report released Jan. 25, the norovirus is described as: the leading cause of epidemic gastroenteritis, including foodborne outbreaks, in the U.S. Hospitalization and mortality associated with norovirus infection …
