SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- The University of Notre Dame says Indiana State Department of Health lab tests confirm a norovirus cause of an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness that affected more than 100 youths taking part in sports camps. The university said Saturday it received that news from St. Joseph County Health Officer Dr. Thomas Felger.

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In the June 2012 edition of the Journal of Infectious Diseases, U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention noro dude, Aron Hall, called norovirus "the perfect human pathogen." Hall says with its low median infectious dose and environmental stability norovirus is built to be transferred.

County environmental health officials have ordered the closing of a popular Walnut Creek pizza restaurant after test results confirmed that customers and restaurant staff have norovirus.