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ACUTE INFECTIOUS NONBACTERIAL GASTROENTERITIS

An epidemic, highly communicable but rather mild malady of sudden onset, caused by the epidemic gastroenteritis virus (especially Norwalk agent), with an incubation period of 16 to 48 hours and a duration of 1 to 2 days, which affects all age groups; infection is associated with some fever, abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, and headache, one or other of which may be predominant. Synonym: acute infectious nonbacterial gastroenteritis.
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