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An unseasonably early and vicious flu and RSV outbreak largely subsided last month, but now a new familiar nuisance has resurged. Norovirus is a very contagious stomach bug that causes vomiting.
Norovirus infections are normally mild, but there are fears they could take off this year after lockdowns robbed many US children of necessary immunity to fight the virus off.
People suffering from vomiting and diarrhoea took up 371 beds per day, on average, in hospitals across England last week - twice as high as levels seen at the same time last year.
There were 364 outbreaks of the virus reported in the final two weeks of 2022, the UK Health Security Agency confirmed. Experts warn the unusually bad norovirus season is only going to get worse.
In this interview, NewsMedical speaks with Professor Serge Mostowy and Sydney Miles about their research on bacterial infection, and, in particular, on Shigella Flexneri and enteropathogens.