The symptoms of norovirus-associated gastroenteritis are relatively mild compared to other gastric infections. However, a norovirus outbreak on a hospital ward, or on a cruise liner, can have serious consequences for patients, travellers and healthcare staff alike, and rapid diagnosis of outbreak cases permits early implementation of control measures and helps to contain the outbreak, as Barbara Fallowfield from Oxoid explains.
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