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Norovirus may take only 10 particles

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Most diseases require a massive microscopic army to successfully breach human defenses and establish a miserable foothold. This wildly contagious gastrointestinal nightmare only needs a literal handful of invisible agents to completely ruin your entire week. A single contaminated doorknob contains enough viral material to easily incapacitate a small town.

Norovirus may take only 10 particles
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