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Is it 48 hours when a person starts vomiting that hes contagious? or 48 hours when symptoms stop?
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From what?: Impossible to answer your question unless know the cause of the vomiting. Many possibilities. If you are worried about acute viral infection, duration of infectivity will depend on the virus.
Answered 3/26/2013
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