About the Gastroenteric Section

Welcome to the Gastroenteric Section on HPSC's website. Gastroenteric infectious diseases are an important cause of ill health but can be largely prevented by thorough hand washing.

Gastroenteric infectious diseases include:

• Botulism
• Campylobacter
• Cryptosporidiosis
• E. coli
• Listeriosis
• Norovirus
• Rotavirus
• Salmonellosis
• Shigellosis
• Staphylococcal food poisoning
• Typhoid
• Viral Gastroenteritis
• VTEC

See left hand menu for full list of gastoenteric infectious diseases included in this section.