Personal Injury Law

Sounds Like Norovirus At Madison SciFi Convention

By Marler Clark LLP

Little green men running around at a Science-Fiction 
convention would not get that much notice, but when 
everybody turns green... Well, that's a problem.
Dozens of people attending the SciFi gathering in 
Madison, Wisconsin did turn a little green and health 
officials are not yet sure why.
About 50 people became ill and the cause remains a bit 
of a mystery, but it sure does sound like norovirus.
 
However, officials with Dane County and the Madison Public Health Department 
investigators say the ailment had symptoms similar to those of "stomach flu."
They think some attendees might have been exposed to the illness before the 
convention since they developed symptoms so soon after arriving. The sick ones
may have then infected others through personal contact and shared access to food.
The convention was at Madison's Concourse Hotel. The hotel has been thoroughly 
scrubbed since the illnesses were reported.

Full post as published by Norovirus Blog on May 30, 2008 (boomark / email).