How Highly Contagious Norovirus Infection Gets Its Start (IMAGE)

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How Highly Contagious Norovirus Infection Gets Its Start

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Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified how the highly contagious norovirus infection begins, in mice. Norovirus (pictured above) is a major cause of gastrointestinal illness worldwide.

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