The CDC published a report noting at least 27 cases of acute gastroenteritis in 2022 among hikers along the Pacific Crest Trail, presumed to be norovirus, based on the characteristics.
The wilderness is full of surprise critters of all shapes and sizes — and last summer, hikers along the Washington Pacific Crest Trail discovered something they were not expecting as they communed with nature: They came into contact with a gastrointestinal illness presumed"The Pacific Crest Trail Association is routinely made aware of potential outbreaks of norovirus and other contagious diseases as they"We hear about it from a variety of sources — social media tags, official health...
"Norovirus is a common infection that often causes nausea, vomiting and diarrhea," Dr. Avinash Ketwaroo, gastroenterologist and associate professor of medicine at Yale School of Medicine in Connecticut, told Fox News Digital. "We called the volunteer to find out more information, and they also told us they had heard of other sick hikers over the previous month," Hamlet told Fox News Digital.reports of stomach illnesses
Norovirus is often referred to as the"stomach flu" because it causes inflammation of the stomach or intestines, according to the CDC.Approximately three out of every four survey respondents noted having the stomach illness for a short time — a medium of 2.5 days, the CDC report said.Almost all hikers in the survey – 95% — started to become ill within a 73-mile stretch of the Three hikers are shown on the Pacific Crest Trail last spring.
"We did find human fecal contamination on the surfaces of the cabin and latrines that we sampled," Hamlet told Fox News Digital. "The norovirus particles can survive on surfaces for weeks and are resistant to typical cleaners, leading to ease of transmission," Ketwaroo told Fox News Digital.
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