Rotavirus may not be on the hot list of viruses dominating headlines, but globally, it still tops the charts as the leading cause of severe, dehydrating diarrhea in children younger than 5 years, ...

Worldwide, acute gastroenteritis causes the second greatest burden of all infectious diseases — and norovirus is the cause for many of those cases, according to research published in The Lancet ...

Norovirus infection has characteristic clinical and epidemiological features that can allow its differentiation from other causes of gastroenteritis. Norovirus is often acquired from a contact with ...

PENNSYLVANIA, USA — When it's hot, hot, hot, sometimes you don't feel so hot, which may bring you to your primary care physician's office. Doctors at UPMC see many patients this time of year with ...

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)--- characterized by abdominal pain, bloating, and altered bowel habit - may last 4 or more years following a bout of gastroenteritis in around half of those affected, ...