What virus causes an acute self-limiting diarrheal illness that is highly contagious through contaminated food, water, fomites, or person-to-person contact and is associated with vomiting and low-grade fever?

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The described symptoms (acute diarrheal illness, highly contagious through various means, vomiting and low-grade fever) are characteristic of norovirus. Astroviruses and rotaviruses can also cause viral gastroenteritis but do not necessarily present with all of these symptoms. Enteric arenaviruses are not known to cause gastroenteritis in humans.

What Virus Causes an Acute Self-Limiting Diarrheal Illness That Is