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  • Appalachian Trail hikers stricken with stomach virus

    Source: http://www.citizen-times.com/article...stricken-virus

    Appalachian Trail hikers stricken with virus
    Apr. 10, 2013 7:57 AM |
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    From staff reports

    HOT SPRINGS ? The U.S. Forest Service released a warning Tuesday to hikers traveling on the Appalachian Trail from Hot Springs north to the Tennessee border to be aware of a stomach virus...

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    Viral outbreak on Appalachian Trail hikes toward Pennsylvania
    By D.K. THOMAS LAMB
    For Public Opinion
    Posted: 05/29/2013 09:26:25 PM EDT

    While the worst viral outbreak to strike hikers in Appalachian Trail history is traveling north from Georgia into Pennsylvania, health officials say there is really no reason for area residents to be concerned.

    Bob Proudman, director of conservation operations for the Appalachian Trail Conservancy, said an outbreak of norovirus among trail hikers began somewhere around the Tennessee-North Carolina border about four weeks ago and is moving north with the hikers...

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