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[sraun]

According to this post by polyfrog:

I don't know if all identifiable strains get names or just the really bad ones or what, but it turns out that the strain of Noro we all caught in 2008 has its own name: "AY502008 (Wiscon)"

Comments

[rono-60103.livejournal.com]

A single strain is better than an entire disease, Legionaries for example.

[davidwilford.livejournal.com]

Hey, I was there and I didn't catch it thanks to the very quick heads up to Wash Hands Repeatedly, so not all of us shared the Wiscon strain.

[cynthia1960.livejournal.com]

Oh, dear. Glad it missed me that year.