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Infection prompts numerous East Marion students to go home or stay home
<!-- BYLINE -->By Joe Callahan
Staff writer
<!-- PUBDATE -->Published: Friday, October 4, 2013 at 1:04 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, October 4, 2013 at 4:29 p.m.
FOREST CORNERS ? Some 280 East Marion Elementary School students were out of school or sent home on Friday, a day after what officials suspect was an outbreak of some type of ?enteric? infection.
An enteric infection is usually spread by contact and not through the air. Local health officials said they are commonly spread when people do not wash their hands after going to the bathroom.
One example of an enteric infection is the norovirus, which is known mostly for its outbreaks on cruise ships. Health officials have not identified which of the many enteric infections it is.
Enteric infections can spread quickly via contaminated food or water, or by people touching contaminated surfaces.
?I don?t recall so many people getting sick in so short a time span in my 12-plus years with the district,? school district spokesman Kevin Christian said.
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http://www.ocala.com/article/20131004/ARTICLES/131009832/1001/news01?Title=Norovirus-prompts-numerous-East-Marion-students-to-go-home-or-stay-home
<!-- BYLINE -->By Joe Callahan
Staff writer
<!-- PUBDATE -->Published: Friday, October 4, 2013 at 1:04 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, October 4, 2013 at 4:29 p.m.
FOREST CORNERS ? Some 280 East Marion Elementary School students were out of school or sent home on Friday, a day after what officials suspect was an outbreak of some type of ?enteric? infection.
An enteric infection is usually spread by contact and not through the air. Local health officials said they are commonly spread when people do not wash their hands after going to the bathroom.
One example of an enteric infection is the norovirus, which is known mostly for its outbreaks on cruise ships. Health officials have not identified which of the many enteric infections it is.
Enteric infections can spread quickly via contaminated food or water, or by people touching contaminated surfaces.
?I don?t recall so many people getting sick in so short a time span in my 12-plus years with the district,? school district spokesman Kevin Christian said.
...
http://www.ocala.com/article/20131004/ARTICLES/131009832/1001/news01?Title=Norovirus-prompts-numerous-East-Marion-students-to-go-home-or-stay-home