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Many types of viruses can cause gastroenteritis but the most common are Rotavirus and Norwalk virus. Rotavirus is the leading cause of gastroenteritis in children and can also occur in adults exposed to children with the virus.
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These viral infections include the Norwalk virus, rotaviruses, adenoviruses and other agents.
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Noroviruses, also called Norwalk-like viruses, are an increasingly common cause of traveler's diarrhea in countries such as Mexico and Guatemala. Recent studies of travel in these destinations rank noroviruses second to E. coli for causing diarrhea.
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There are many different strains of noroviruses, including Norwalk virus, that all cause similar symptoms. Children and adults are most likely to be affected.
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Many different viruses can cause gastroenteritis, including rotaviruses, adenoviruses, and the Norwalk virus. Gastroenteritis is caused by swallowing one of these viruses.
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Norwalk, CT: Appleton & Lange, 1994.
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Chandrasoma, Parakrama, and Clive R. Taylor. Concise Pathology. East Norwalk, CT: Appleton and Lange, 1991.
Copstead, Lee-Ellen C. "Alterations in the Integument." In Perspectives on Pathophysiology. Copstead. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 1994.
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Winter vomiting disease is caused by an infection of the Small Round Structured Virus (SRSV). This is also known as Norwalk-like virus.
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