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Norwalk virus infection

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Norwalk virus (now called Norovirus) infections are conditions that consist of food-borne epidemics of nausea, vomiting, fever, and abdominal pain.

Dr. Robert Kwok reviewed this

35 year experience in Pediatrics

Is a type of:

Stomach flu (viral gastroenteritis) • Viral infections

How long it usually lasts:

Short-term (lasts days to weeks)

How common it is:

Rare

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