date:Mar 03, 2020
o -150C and prolonged heating at 200 C. They can also survive outside their host for more than a week. The pathogens that occur worldwide are responsible for the majority of non-bacterial gastrointestinal infections in humans. It is estimated that between 20 and 40% of all norovirus diseases are caused by contaminated food, especially unprocessed or frozen fruit and vegetables.
In 2018, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) received 77,583 norovirus cases; 25 of these were fatal (only laboratory-conf