By IDSE News Staff
A little bit of norovirus—the highly infectious microbe that causes about 20 million cases of food poisoning in the United States each year—goes a long way. Just 10 particles of the virus can cause illness in humans. A team of University of Arizona (UA) researchers has created a simple, portable and inexpensive method for detecting extremely low levels of norovirus (ACS Omega 2019;4[6]:11180-11188. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.9b00772).
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