the winter vomiting bug is the most common cause of infectious gastroenteritis in England and Wales
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Norovirus, also known as the winter vomiting bug, causes severe sickness and diarrhea and is also known to kill as many 800 people per year.
Norovirus, also known as the winter vomiting bug, is the most common cause of stomach upset, affecting between 600,000 and a million people a year.
Gastric flu, the winter vomiting bug, spewmonia: whatever you want to call it, it's out there, somewhere, festering on every surface, waiting to infect me.
1.1Gastroenteritis caused by a norovirus, occurring especially during the winter.
two schools in the area have been closed after outbreaks of the winter vomiting bug
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The Western Health Board, where the virus was first detected in this country, said the winter vomiting bug was under control at its hospitals.
Seven wards at the biggest hospital in the West have been affected by an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness, thought to be the winter vomiting bug.
At least 60 more schools across the region, the worst affected in the country, have reported being hit either by norovirus, the winter vomiting bug, or by influenza B.
The rampant winter vomiting bug has now spread to three Kerry hospitals, it has been confirmed.
It also provides frontline services in reaction to any outbreak of an infectious disease, including salmonella, meningitis and the winter vomiting bug.
Five million people have been struck with the winter vomiting bug in six months, it was disclosed yesterday.
Dr Marie Laffoy of the Eastern Regional Health Authority said the winter vomiting bug spreads quickly.
A hospital has closed seven wards and cancelled operations after a suspected outbreak of a winter vomiting bug.
A withdrawal of public health doctor manpower will mean no out-of-hours cover in the event of a meningitis outbreak, or an attack of the winter vomiting bug or food poisoning.