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Date:12/23/2008

e grossness campaign brought positive results not only in the study but also in a campus emergency that broke out last April. A week before the study was to be expanded to the entire University, a Norovirus outbreak made 63 students ill over a four-day period. Handwashing was identified as an important way to prevent the disease from spreading.

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Contact: Kristal Griffith Kristal.Griffith@du.edu 303-871-4117 University of Denver Source:Eurekalert

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