From Lisa Schnirring at CIDRAP, excerpt :
The new estimates provide some detailed and surprising numbers. For example,
the CDC experts predict that the disease strikes five times during a typical
American's lifespan.
Before yesterday's new numbers, reported in Emerging Infectious Diseases, the most often cited norovirus burden numbers were from a 1999 report that covered a broad array of foodborne illnesses. While the new annual illness estimate is slightly lower than the earlier one, the CDC researchers reported overall upticks in hospitalization and death numbers."
" Getting a handle on the nation's norovirus burden is difficult, because
reporting isn't required and there's not a widely used test for the disease, but
experts from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) who
analyzed the latest data reported new estimates yesterday—up to 21 million
infections each year, as many as 800 fatal.
Before yesterday's new numbers, reported in Emerging Infectious Diseases, the most often cited norovirus burden numbers were from a 1999 report that covered a broad array of foodborne illnesses. While the new annual illness estimate is slightly lower than the earlier one, the CDC researchers reported overall upticks in hospitalization and death numbers."
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