It is norovirus. NORO. Not 'novo'.

[MrsBadger]

D'you hear me?

NOROvirus.

Originally called the Norwalk virus, after the town of Norwalk in Ohio where it was first seen in 1968.

NOROvirus.

[This has been a public service announcement, thank you for listening]

YES

AND

You lose your money you don't loose it

Loose is what trousers can be.

Pedants' corner : It is norovirus. NORO. Not 'novo'.

Health : Urgent Help!! Runny tummy - but not Novovirus

You couldn't make it up !!!

What a thread juxtaposition..

Lovin your work Badger!

novovirus = 6860 google entries

norovirus = 619,000 entries

But whilst we're here .. it's not A virus .. it is the generic term for a collection of D&V viruses

so one cannot catch norovirus .. one can catch a norovirus

I did ask all about this on my buying into the hype 'slow news day' thread .. but that was before DS started puking to be fair

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which is most probably why one can find you Cod hanging out in the Style threads and you find people like us hanging out in Pedants' Corner

although admittedly the Badger is the intersection in this particular Venn diagram

rofl

pun intended?

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am proud to be MN's foremost (only?) stylish, pedantic microbiologist...

I'm going to install Noro Antivirus in my house.

oh very good threadworm

Don't talk to me or you may catch a norovirus !

Can I just also mention the use of "the HIV virus" which drives me round the bend? I thank you.

arf at this
I did not know Norwalk and norovirus were one and the same
Is this the same as 'winter vomiting virus'?

yes
also 'cruise ship sickness'

You may, as it lets me neatly add an anecdote of my own - my grandparents recently went on a cruise and (surprisingly enough) both got D&V. Granny returned home proclaiming how she'd been so unwell with "that retrovirus". Uh, Granny, HIV is a retrovirus, I think you mean rotavirus

Yes and the juxtaposition of Coddy being anywhere near pedants corner is quite fabulous

"Norovirus" is a Scouser's way of giving you the all-clear. "It's norovirus, chuck. Yer okay".