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 HOUSTON (AP) - Doctors at the complex housing thousands of Hurricane Katrina evacuees said Friday they have contained a viral outbreak that caused diarrhea and vomiting among hundreds of people.
About 700 people have been treated, with 40 still in isolation to contain the virus, said Dr. Hermenia Palacio, director of Harris County Public Health and Emergency Services.
The evacuees were sick with norovirus, the same easily spread bug that's made many cruise ship passengers sick. While the norovirus was relatively mild, doctors took the precaution of isolating some people to keep it from running rampant.
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