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n.

A stomach illness caused by typing on a germ-ridden keyboard. Also: QWERTY tummy.

One common bug that researchers have turned up is staphylococcus aureus, a classic causer of food poisoning, signs of which include nausea and diarrhea. Accordingly, stomach sicknesses caught from computer equipment have been dubbed "qwerty tummy" after the "Q-W-E-R-T-Y" keys on a keyboard.

—" Your keyboard can give you food poisoning: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38063321/ns/health-more_health_news," MSNBC.com, July 2, 2010

No one wants to have to look at a dirty keyboard. Too often, people don't bother to wash their hands after eating or using the restroom. Not only is this unhealthy for you in many ways...it can also end up causing you to fall ill with QWERTY Sickness.

—Chris Pirillo, " A Cleaning a Day Will Keep the QWERTY Tummy: http://chris.pirillo.com/a-cleaning-a-day-will-keep-the-qwerty-tummy-away/ Away," Chris.Pirillo.com, July 3, 2010

Many users are at risk of becoming ill with stomach bugs, according to the consumer group Which? It warned that 'qwerty tummy', named after the first six letters on a keyboard, could sweep through workplaces after tests on equipment in its own London offices showed alarming results.

—Sean Poulter, " How your computer keyboard is FIVE TIMES dirtier than your toilet seat — and could even give you 'qwerty tummy': http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-563110/How-keyboard-FIVE-TIMES-dirtier-toilet-seat--qwerty-tummy.html," Daily Mail, May 1, 2008