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Winter Vomiting Disease

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Winter Vomiting Disease
A 1–3 day, often parvovirus-induced intestinal ‘flu’, which is most common in the winter in temperate climates

winter vomiting disease
Epidemic vomiting A 1-3 day, often parvovirus-induced intestinal 'flu' most common in the winter in temperate climates Clinical Either mild, afebrile watery diarrhea or more severe, febrile with vomiting, headache, systemic complaints


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They have found that the virus that causes winter vomiting disease invades cells by attaching to particular sugar molecules on the surface of the cells.
Norovirus - also known as winter vomiting disease or the Norwalk virus - is a very contagious infection which can spread easily from person to person inside and outside hospitals.
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