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, ...

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 ...

Deaths from gastroenteritis, or "stomach flu," more than doubled between 1999 and 2007, according to new research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The rise was partly due to a ...

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 ...

Astroviruses are a group of viruses that often cause the stomach flu in humans. They most often infect young children, babies, and adults over 65. Astroviruses are a group of viruses that most often ...

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, ...