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What is gastrointestinal influenza? is it contagious?
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It is not influenza: But rather caused by one of a number of viruses. It is transmissible from person to person.
Answered 2/20/2019
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Gastroenteritis: I prefer to use gastroenteritis to describe what people refer to as the 'stomach flu', vomiting, diarrhea, sometimes accompanied by fever. It is usually casused by a viruses-this year we are seeing a lot of norovirus. Gastroenteritis can also be caused by bacteria-like e. Coli, salmonella, shigella, yersinia, campylobacter. It is not influenza (respiratory illnes, longer lasting, severe).
Answered 12/18/2019
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