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While cholera is caused by bacteria, water transmits viruses too, including hepatitis A and E viruses, rotaviruses, noroviruses and polioviruses.

From Washington Post • Sep. 1, 2022

Other viruses detected in the study that can infect people include influenza B, Norwalk, human parainfluenza virus 2, rotaviruses, and orthoreoviruses.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 16, 2022

All the rotaviruses, gone, a great mercy to children in developing countries who die by the hundreds of thousands each year.

From National Geographic • Jan. 14, 2021