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"Norovirus is a type of virus that causes gastroenteritis or stomach flu. Usually, it presents with symptoms like vomiting and diarrhea. Most healthy people will have recovery over a few days.

Gastroenteritis is most-often caused by a viral infection like norovirus, but it can also be caused by bacteria like salmonella and E. coli, parasites or even certain medications.

An acute gastroenteritis outbreak in late summer 2022 among hikers on the Pacific Crest Trail in Washington was likely caused by norovirus, according to a CDC investigation in Morbidity and ...

Environmental transmission of norovirus gastroenteritis. Curr Opin Virol. 2(1):96-102 [17] “Facts About Noroviruses.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 15 Oct 2018. ...

“We focused our study in the human norovirus pandemic strain GII.4, the one responsible for causing most cases of gastroenteritis around the world,” said first author Dr. B. Vijayalakshmi Ayyar, ...

Norovirus tended to be present in community and outpatient acute gastroenteritis cases (24 percent and 20 percent, respectively) compared to inpatient settings (17 percent).

“Norovirus is a highly contagious virus that causes inflammation of the stomach and intestines, leading to a condition called acute gastroenteritis," says Erica Chung, MD, assistant professor of ...

The outbreak mirrored a nationwide surge in norovirus outbreaks. The explosive outbreak of gastroenteritis that erupted in the Grand Canyon earlier this year was likely sparked by multiple people ...

Norovirus has become the leading cause of acute gastroenteritis in children who need medical attention in the USA, accounting for nearly 1 million medical visits per year and ∼US$273 million in ...

Acute gastroenteritis and colitis are both inflammation of the digestive tract However the two are different conditions with ...

To view a full list of the CDC’s 52 recommendations on how to prevent norovirus outbreaks, click here. Related Articles on Infection Control: Norovirus Found to Be Leading Cause of Infection ...