• Organization: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• Updated: 2025-09-06

Background Norwalk-like viruses are the most common cause of gastroenteritis outbreaks and sporadic cases of vomiting and diarrhoea. In healthy individuals infection is often mild and...

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• Organization: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• Updated: 2025-09-29

EnteropathogenicCampylobacter jejuniandC. coliare presently the most common cause of acute bacterial gastroenteritis in the developed world. An understanding of sources and means of transmission...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2017-02-23T00:00:00.000+00:00

Over the past decade, there has been a significant increase in Vibrio parahaemolyticus-related gastroenteritis from the consumption of raw oysters harvested in Washington state, partly attributed...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2019-06-05T00:00:00.000+00:00

Vibrio parahaemolyticus (Vp) is a marine bacterium capable of causing severe gastroenteritis in humans, usually through the consumption of raw shellfish. Before 1995, Vp-vibriosis was sporadic...

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• Organization: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• Updated: 2025-09-06

Background Norwalk virus causes outbreaks of acute non-bacterial gastroenteritis in humans. The virus capsid is composed of a single 60 kDa protein. In a previous study, the capsid...

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