Gastroenteritis in Biological News

NIAID scientists to speak on range of infectious disease topics at major scientific meeting

... treating and preventing infectious and immune-mediated diseases. Noroviruses, the highly contagious viruses that cause the episodes of acute gastroenteritis also known as winter vomiting disease (Kim Green, Ph.D.) The role of gut-dwelling commensal bacteria in producing the symptoms of Crohn's disease, a ...

Cranberry sauce: good for what ails you

... that compounds in cranberries are able to alter E. coli bacteria, which are responsible for a host of human illnesses (from kidney infections to gastroenteritis to tooth decay), in ways that render them unable to initiate an infection. The findings are the result of research by Terri Camesano, associate ...

Understanding, combating foodborne pathogens E. coli 0157 and salmonella

... can get though eating yogurt -- can reduce 0157 because they out compete the bacteria for resources. Salmonella, one of the most common causes of gastroenteritis and which is spread through contaminated ground beef and manure-fertilized produce, also harms livestock. It causes bloody diarrhea in feedlot cattle ...

Fighting the spread of food poisoning

... that uses genetic markers to pinpoint the bacteria Campylobacter jejuni. "Campylobacter jejuni is the commonest cause of bacterial food-borne gastroenteritis in westernised countries," Ms Price said. "It is more common than salmonella, yet most people have never heard of it." Ms Price said although ...

Rotavirus can spread beyond the intestine

... Houston Texas, tested samples obtained from hospitalized children with gastroenteritis and compared them with samples taken from children admitted with ... of unknown cause without gastroenteritis, and in 5 of 41 children with gastroenteritis but with rotavirus-negative stools. No antigen was found in the blood of ...

New Rotavirus vaccine joins routine infant immunization schedule

... under age five experience an estimated 2.7 million episodes of rotavirus gastroenteritis each year, resulting in 250,000 emergency room visits and an estimated ... showed that the vaccine prevented 98 percent of severe cases of rotavirus gastroenteritis and 74 percent of routine cases, compared to a placebo. Furthermore, the ...

Norovirus found to cause traveler's diarrhea

... and Guatemala were attributed to Norovirus, a common cause of nonbacterial gastroenteritis outbreaks usually associated with developed countries, according to a new ... "Noroviruses are known to be a major cause of food and waterborne gastroenteritis outbreaks in domestic and unique settings, such as cruise ships, and also ...

Researchers map spread of pathogens in the human body

... Biology. The work analyses the spread and distribution of Salmonella in the body, which is a bacterium that causes typhoid fever and food borne gastroenteritis in humans and animals, with severe medical and veterinary consequences and threats for the food industry. The work is of broad significance as these ...

New vaccine for condition that kills 500,000 children a year

... Rotavirus is endemic and infections occur in almost all children. The severity of rotavirus infection ranges from no symptoms to dehydrating gastroenteritis that can be fatal. Efforts to eradicate rotavirus disease were almost derailed in 1999 when another vaccine was pulled from the market because it ...

Study: Soap And Water Work Best In Ridding Hands Of Disease Viruses

... Among the viruses soapy hand washing flushes down the drain is the one that causes the common cold. Other removable viruses cause hepatitis A, acute gastroenteritis and a host of other illnesses. A separate key finding was that waterless handwipes only removed roughly 50 percent of bacteria from volunteer ...