sv was originallycalled "winter vomiting disease" until a label was recently slapped on it after a few new strains came about in 2002 and started wiping out cruise ships and nursing homes, etc. the...

folks i don't think purell kills the norovirus (norwalk) but i know there is a product (hand sanitizer) that does. my gf and i use it all the time when traveling, etc.:

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i've done my research on noro and it can survive on surfaces up to a month or longer! i know of a story(study) of two carpet layers who became ill with the virus after replacing a section of carpet...

here is the link:

www.noroblog.com/Archives/003915.html#more

a good rule of thumb is 2 weeks (because of d) - here is a good example of that off of pro med (detailing an ill food worker at a large national restaraunt sub-sandwich chain who infected hundreds...