Synopsis
A demonstration shows how far norovirus can spread when a person vomits.
- Programme: Winter Viruses and How to Beat Them
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2013
- Biology | Infection and response | Communicable diseases | Viral diseases
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