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Rotaviruses, noroviruses, adenoviruses, and astroviruses are known to cause viral gastroenteritis. [26] Rotavirus is the most common cause of gastroenteritis in children, [25] and produces similar rates in both the developed and developing world. [20] Viruses cause about 70% of episodes of infectious diarrhea in the pediatric age group. [13]
NHS data released earlier in the month show that the number of people in hospital with flu in England had jumped 41 per cent in a week - and was more than four times the number at the same point ...
Norovirus (vomiting bug) NHS Norovirus infections; Global network and database noroviruses; CDC Viral Gastroenteritis FAQs: Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Food Illness Fact Sheet "Norovirus in Healthcare Facilities Fact Sheet", CDC, released December 21, 2006; tips from CDC for cruise vacationers
NSP4 is a viral enterotoxin that induces diarrhoea and was the first viral enterotoxin discovered. [56] It is a viroporin that elevates cytosolic Ca 2+ in mammalian cells. [57] NSP5 is encoded by genome segment 11 of rotavirus A. In virus-infected cells NSP5 accumulates in the viroplasm. [58]
Norovirus is a leading cause of acute gastroenteritis, or an inflammation of the lining of the stomach and intestines, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This ...
Sapovirus is a genetically diverse genus of single-stranded positive-sense RNA, non-enveloped viruses within the family Caliciviridae. [1] [2] Together with norovirus, sapoviruses are the most common cause of acute gastroenteritis (commonly called the "stomach flu" although it is not related to influenza) in humans and animals.
Infectious diarrhea is frequently referred to as gastroenteritis. [30] Norovirus is the most common cause of viral diarrhea in adults, [31] but rotavirus is the most common cause in children under five years old. [32] Adenovirus types 40 and 41, [33] and astroviruses cause a significant number of infections. [34]
2001: Dennehy et al. collected stool samples from hospitalized children suffering from acute gastroenteritis; astrovirus was determined the second leading cause of gastroenteritis after rotavirus 2002: Guix et al. completes an epidemiological study on the presence of astrovirus in Barcelona, Spain; the total incidence of astrovirus in 2,347 ...