The epidemiology of winter acute diarrheas (AD) has not been described in adults. These AD are mainly due to enteric viruses. In winter, influenza viruses can also be detected in stools of influenza patients with digestive signs, but we don’t know if these viruses can be found in the stools of patients suffering from digestive disorders exclusively. During the 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 winters, general practitioners (GPs) from the Sentinelles network (Inserm-UPMC) included 192 adult patients consulting for an AD and 105 control patients. Stool samples were collected and tested for norovirus (genogroups I and II), group A rotavirus, human enteric adenovirus, astrovirus and influenza viruses A(H1N1)pdm2009, A(H3N2) and B.During the studied winters, the average incidence of AD in adults was estimated to be 3,158 per 100,000 adults (95% CI [2,321 – 3,997]). GPs prescribed a treatment in 95% of the patients with AD, and 80% of the working patients with AD could not go to work. Stool examinations were positive for at least one enteric virus in 65% of cases, with a predominance of noroviruses (49%). Of the patients suffuring from an AD, 7.2% tested positive for one influenza virus, none reported respiratory symptoms. Among the patients with AD, the reported clinical signs did not differ between adults with a virus in the stool sample and those with no virus found in the stool exam. None of the controls tested positive for one of the enteric and/or other influenza viruses.No preventable risk factor was identified, other than the contact with a sick person within and/or outside the household, reported by the patient in 46.2% of cases.