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  Norovirus is the most common contagious virus. This virus can cause nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. These symptoms might be the same as the stomach flu, but their cause of infection is different. This Norovirus will spread easily through direct close contact or on contaminated foods and surfaces. But there is no vaccine for this norovirus, but the infection runs its course in less than 3 days of infection. Usually, symptoms like diarrhea, stomach pain and vomiting begin after the 12 to 48 hours of exposure to the virus. Generally, the symptoms of norovirus infection will last up to 3 days. Most of the people with this infection can recover completely without having any treatment. But for some people, particularly young children, older people and people with other health conditions will face severe vomiting and diarrhea that leads to serious dehydration issues which need immediate medical treatment. Usually, this type of infection happens most frequently in closed and crowded place...

  Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is generally described as a type of viral encephalitis which is typically caused by a virus and it can be spread through ticks to humans not human to human. Ticks are small parasites which can survive by sucking blood from animals and also includes humans. The primary carriers of this virus are humans. The viral encephalitis virus is also found in small rodents and also found in larger animals like deer, sheep and goats. People like travellers to areas where Tick-borne encephalitis occurs may be at a high risk when walking,camping or working in woodland places. In European countries, early spring through to late autumn are generally considered as high risk but seasons might vary based on location. Since 2011, six confirmed cases of Tick-borne encephalitis have been identified in the United Kingdom. Six of them had a history of travel to TBE endemic areas of Europe. Typically, TBE occurs in two stages: mild flu-like illness potentially serious infecti...