title: Contagious acute gastrointestinal infections.
authors.affiliation: Medical Service, Infectious Disease Section, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and the Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA. daniel.musher@med.va.gov
authors.forename: Daniel M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Musher
authors.forename: Benjamin L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Musher
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000150:complications; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D011528:Protozoan Infections / Q000469:parasitology / Q000517:prevention & control; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology