一种感染性很强的诺如病毒连日来袭击了位于广州南部的大学城，广州市疾控中心副主任杨智聪23日介绍，3月以来，逾200名学生感染了此病毒。
Guangzhou (CNS) -- More than 200 students at the university town of Guangzhou, Guangdong province, have been infected by the Norovirus since the beginning of March, according to the provincial center for disease control on Sunday.
The Norovirus, a kind of infectious virus, can be transmitted by person-to-person contact.
Norovirus infection is characterized by nausea, violent vomiting, watery diarrhea, and abdominal pain.
After the outbreak of the epidemic, local health departments and university authorities have worked together to disinfect the university town.
The epidemic has been brought under control, according to Yang Zhicong, deputy director of the center for disease control.
No outbreak of Norovirus infection has been reported outside the university town.
The infected students are now being treated in isolation.
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