Cukor (1982), "Norwalk Virus: A Major Cause of
Epidemic Gastroenteritis," AJPH 72: 1321-1323.
To better understand and guide appropriate interventions to prevent
epidemic gastroenteritis, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched a novel national surveillance system in 2009--the National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS).
Norovirus remains the most common cause of
epidemic gastroenteritis in the United States, causing ah estimated 23 million cases each year (5).
Noroviruses are the leading cause of
epidemic gastroenteritis, including foodborne outbreaks, and a major cause of sporadic gastroenteritis in the United States (1-3).
Astrovirus-associated
epidemic gastroenteritis in Japan.
Group C rotaviruses cause sporadic and
epidemic gastroenteritis in children and adults.
Noroviruses are the most common cause of
epidemic gastroenteritis in the United States (1).
Since the application of molecular assays, NoVs have been well-documented as the leading cause of
epidemic gastroenteritis in all age groups, causing >90% of nonbacterial and [approximately equal to] 50% of all-cause
epidemic gastroenteritis worldwide (5).
A predominant role for Norwalk-like viruses as agents of
epidemic gastroenteritis in Maryland nursing homes for the elderly.
Norovirus, the leading global cause of
epidemic gastroenteritis, is responsible for >90% of all viral gastroenteritis and [approximately equal to] 50% of gastroenteritis outbreaks worldwide (1).
Noroviruses are the leading cause of
epidemic gastroenteritis, including foodborne outbreaks, in the United States (1).
Noroviruses are a major cause of both sporadic and
epidemic gastroenteritis in humans, and are identified as one of the main causes of acute outbreaks in nursing, geriatric and children's homes.