Wisconsin - Norovirus cases 2013

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Norovirus spreads across Wisconsin

February 14, 2013 4:00 amBy Eric Oliver

The norovirus has made its annual return to Wisconsin and Marquette?s campus. For those who contract the virus, an awful two days is on the way.
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Connor Clancy, a freshman in the College of Business Administration, said he spent Sunday night in a bathroom stall in McCormick Hall because of the norovirus. Monday he missed all his classes to sleep in his room and avoid spreading the infection.
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Clancy said he went to Student Health Service Monday and received an IV with two liters of fluid to avoid dehydration. He had to spend the rest of the day in his room sleeping.
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5% of students still out sick at New Berlin elementary school

Posted on: 3:20 pm, May 6, 2013, by Katie DeLong, updated on: 07:41pm, May 6, 2013

NEW BERLIN (WITI) ? Officials with the New Berlin School District say students are doing better after an unknown virus caused about 10% of students at Ronald Reagan Elementary School to become ill last week.

On Monday, May 6th, that absence rate was cut in half ? with just 5% of students out sick.

Principal Cory Whitsell says a number of students were absent on Thursday, May 2nd, and throughout the day several kids came to the office feeling sick.

Epidemiologist Benjamen Jones says the children?s symptoms, primarily nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea, are indicative of Norovirus, but the actual cause of sickness is still unknown.

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http://fox6now.com/2013/05/06/5-of-students-still-out-sick-at-new-berlin-elementary-school/

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YMCA camp closed, 50 Farmington kids sick with suspected norovirus

Posted: May 17, 2013 11:07 AM CDT<NOSCRIPT></NOSCRIPT><!--END wnDate-->Updated: May 17, 2013 2:30 PM CDT<NOSCRIPT></NOSCRIPT><!--END wnDate-->
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STOCKHOLM, Wis. (KMSP) -

More than 50 elementary school age kids from the Farmington School District have been stricken with the flu-like norovirus, after attending the YMCA Camp Pepin near Stockholm, Wis.

The camp is currently closed for a top-to-bottom bleach cleaning.

Minnesota Health Department spokesperson Buddy Ferguson says it appears that a child with the norovirus brought it to the camp, where other children subsequently became infected. Wisconsin health officials confirm this account.

As many as 47 children from Akin Road Elementary became sick after visiting the camp Monday through Wednesday. A second group of children from North Trail Elementary arrived on Wednesday, but left early on Thursday after two of their children became sick.

Read more: YMCA Lake Pepin camp closed due to suspected norovirus - KMSP-TV http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/story...#ixzz2TanyvFXH

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Officials say sickness that shut down school was norovirus

Posted on: 4:13 pm, May 21, 2013, by Katie DeLong, updated on: 06:55pm, May 21, 2013

FRANKLIN (WITI) ? Officials in Franklin have confirmed the illness that shut down a school after 68 children became sickened has been confirmed as norovirus.

Pleasant View Elementary School in Franklin reopened on Monday morning, May 20th.

The school was closed on Friday due to a high number of gastroenteritis illnesses. Food served at the school was not identified as a source of illness.

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http://fox6now.com/2013/05/21/officials-in-franklin-say-sickness-that-shut-down-school-was-norovirus/