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While no one is sure exactly how the Norwalk agent causes vomiting and diarrhea, epidemiologists have identified this virus family and are familiar with its handiwork...
About 10 percent of gastroenteritis cases--or illness involving vomiting and diarrhea--are caused by Norwalk agents, according to Dr. Jonathan Freeman, assistant professor in the School of Public Health's epidemiology department...
...Diarrhea, one of the symptoms caused by the Norwalk agent, "is associated with the transient malabsorption of D-xylose and fat," according to the text. After the damage of the Norwalk agent, it may take two weeks for the absorption levels in the body to return to normal...
...Diarrhea washes out the enzymes which are used for digestion," Freeman said. "So that, in general, diarrhea breeds diarrhea...
...this epidemic, diarrhea was a minor feature," Freeman said. The absorption levels probably returned to normal quickly, he said...