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May. 11, 2012

Tracking the Spread of a Nasty Virus

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A Beautiful Virus

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 When members of a travel soccer team in Oregon fell ill last year, the details of how the disease spread through the team were mysterious. Kimberly Repp, an epidemiologist in Washington County, Oregon,  describes the medical detective work that led epidemiologists through the chain of transmission of the norovirus.
 
In the SciFri Snack: You know you’re talking to an epidemiologist when a stomach bug is described as “beautiful.” Dr. Kimberly Repp on SciFri talking about norovirus...Check out more SciFri Snacks -- and join a conversation about what you've heard -- at Sound Cloud.

 
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