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Norovirus at Tennis Tournament

Posted on April 18, 2012 by KSW | 3 comments

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A highly contagious stomach flu contracted through touch was the cause of some cases of nausea, diarrhea and chills that afflicted players and staff at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament in March.

The illness knocked several top players out of the world-class BNP event at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.

“Some individuals were tested and we did have some positive results for norovirus,” said Barbara Cole, director of disease control for the Riverside County Department of Health.

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Posted in Eurofins Laboratories, Food Hygiene, Food Illness, Food Virus, Microbiology, outbreak, Pathogen

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