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Digestive & GastrointestinalMildContagious
Acute Gastroenteritis
Family Medicine · Digestive & Gastrointestinal
Mild
Severity
Very common — one of the leading causes of illness in India, especially in children under five
Prevalence
Yes
Contagious
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Caused by infection with viruses such as rotavirus and norovirus
- 2bacteria such as E. coli
- 3Salmonella
- 4and Shigella
- 5or parasites
- 6typically transmitted through contaminated food
- 7water
- 8or contact with an infected person. Poor sanitation
- 9unsafe drinking water
- 10and inadequate food hygiene are major contributing factors in many regions of India. Close contact settings such as schools
- 11hostels
- 12and crowded households facilitate rapid spread of infectious causes.
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