The festive season might be on its way out, but one nasty virus is apparently going nowhere.According to health experts, the dreaded adenovirus – famed for its high transmission rate – is one of the many reasons why every man and his dog has seemingly endured a brief bout of illness since the start of December.After all, where is a super-contagious virus most likely to thrive? Train carriages packed with people travelling home, pubs rammed full with Christmas party celebrants, and supermarkets where customers have had their hands over everything in store, of course.Apparently, however, more so this year than ever before, this DNA virus has been doing the rounds, with a record amount of cases being in the UK alone.Not only does this virus infect a person’s upper and lower respiratory tract, but a horde of other organs.

This could possibly include a person’s eyes, their gastrointestinal tract, and their kidneys.And given this high likelihood of catching adenovirus this winter, doctors, nurses and pharmacists are attempting to raise awareness of the possible indicators of the condition.”It is spread from breathing in infected aerosol droplets, by inadvertently rubbing the virus directly into the eye, or via the faecal-oral route (not handwashing after using the toilet),” Dr Deborah Lee at Dr Fox Online Pharmacy explained, as per Cosmopolitan.”It spreads rapidly in places where people are in close proximity.”She added: “The virus is resistant to soap and many other commonly used cleaning products.”Despite the symptoms being pretty mild, it can take people some time to get over them.