Gastroenteritis, both epidemic and sporadic, is a common cause of morbidity and mortality
among persons of all ages, accounting for over 1.8 million deaths in children under 5 years …

Noroviruses are a leading cause of epidemic and sporadic acute gastroenteritis worldwide.
The development of sensitive molecular diagnostic techniques has revolutionized our …

Enterically infecting viruses are ubiquitous agents, mostly inducing silent infections. Several
are however associated with significant diseases in man from diarrhoea and vomiting to …

To gain understanding of surveillance and epidemiology of viral gastroenteritis outbreaks in
Europe, we compiled data from 10 surveillance systems in the Foodborne Viruses in Europe …

Fecal specimens from 90 outbreaks of nonbacterial gastroenteritis reported to 33 state
health departments from January 1996 to June 1997 were examined to determine the …

Foodborne and waterborne viral infections are increasingly recognized as causes of illness
in humans. This increase is partly explained by changes in food processing and …

Abstract “Norwalk-like viruses”(NLVs) are the most common cause of outbreaks of
nonbacterial gastroenteritis. During molecular surveillance of NLV strains from 152 …

Abstract In the United States, acute gastroenteritis is one of the most commonly noted
illnesses on hospital discharge records and death certificates, yet few of these cases have …

To determine the extent to which influenza viruses jump between human and swine hosts,
we undertook a large-scale phylogenetic analysis of pandemic A/H1N1/09 (H1N1pdm09) …

Efforts to prevent foodborne illness target bacterial pathogens, yet noroviruses (NoV) are
suspected to be the most common cause of gastroenteritis. New molecular assays allow for …