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Norwalk virus breaks into a Vegas jail

Posted on March 22, 2007

Talk about a jail break out. At least 150 inmates and seven guards in a Las Vegas county jail got sick with the norovirus, a gastrointestinal infection that causes diasshea, vomiting and cramps.Also called the Norwalk virus, infamous for causing a cruise ship-wide quarantine two years ago, the virus is passed in the stool of infected persons, either by swallowing stool-contaminated food or water, or from eating infected raw oysters.Many sickened inmates were kitchen workers, leading officials to think the virus might have spread by contaminated food or trays. District epidemiologist Brian Labu...

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