It is hoped a study will show the jab is effective against the highly infectious disease which puts the NHS under 'huge strain' and costs taxpayers around £100m a year.
Volunteers are being sought to help trial a new vaccine against norovirus, or the winter vomiting bug, after initial results showed the jab created a 'strong immune response'. The illness is the most common infectious cause of vomiting and diarrhoea and spreads easily through contact with contaminated surfaces or someone else who has it. Every year norovirus is linked to around 12,000 hospital admissions in the UK and about 80 deaths.
'About one in five cases of gastroenteritis are caused by norovirus - that's about four million cases annually in the UK and about 685 million globally.' Researchers are including adults of all ages in the trial, though people aged 60 and over are being encouraged to join as they can be badly affected by norovirus. Around 25,000 people are expected to be recruited globally for the study, including the US, Canada and Japan.
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