Germs, Calicivirus

Calicivirus, or Norwalk-like virus is an extremely common cause of food borne illness, though it is rarely diagnosed, because the laboratory test is not widely available.

It causes an acute gastrointestinal illness, usually with more vomiting than diarrhoea, that resolves within two days. Unlike many food borne pathogens that have animal reservoirs, it is believed that Norwalk like viruses spread primarily from one infected person to another.

Infected kitchen workers can contaminate a salad or sandwich as they prepare it, if they have the virus on their hands.

Infected fishermen have contaminated oysters as they harvested them.

Germs Campylobacter Salmonella E.coli Clostridium Listeria Staphylococcus Bacillus Cereus Giardiasis Botulism Calicivirus Cholera Probiotics