據(jù)報道，今年7月新南威爾士州衛(wèi)生局在嚴(yán)重腸胃炎疫情后發(fā)出了警告。在疫情最嚴(yán)重的階段，腸胃炎病例的數(shù)量超過了感冒季節(jié)高峰期的流感病例數(shù)量，從6月初開始至7月20日，有超過3300人到醫(yī)院急診。
新南威爾士大學(xué)的研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn)，此次疫情是由三種新型諾如病毒造成。研究人員Jennifer Lun稱，其中兩種是由此前的“Sydney 2012”病毒和其它病毒演變成的新病毒，第三種病毒最有可能是來自亞洲。
部分原文報道如下：
The wave of gastroenteritis outbreaks that affected hundreds of thousands of Australians over winter were caused by not one, but three new highly contagious norovirus strains, Sydney researchers found.
A spike in serious gastroenteritis cases across NSW prompted a warning from health authorities in July. At its worst point, cases of gastro outstripped influenza during peak flu seasons, with more than 3300 people attending EDs from the start of June to July 20.
原文鏈接：
http://www.smh.com.au/national/health/gastroenteritis-outbreaks-caused-by-three-new-highly-contagious-norovirus-strains-20160912-grew3t.html
