mSphere (Feb 2021)

New Insights and Enhanced Human Norovirus Cultivation in Human Intestinal Enteroids

  • Khalil Ettayebi,
  • Victoria R. Tenge,
  • Nicolas W. Cortes-Penfield,
  • Sue E. Crawford,
  • Frederick H. Neill,
  • Xi-Lei Zeng,
  • Xiaomin Yu,
  • B. Vijayalakshmi Ayyar,
  • Douglas Burrin,
  • Sasirekha Ramani,
  • Robert L. Atmar,
  • Mary K. Estes

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.01136-20
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 1

Abstract

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Human noroviruses (HuNoVs) are highly contagious and cause acute and sporadic diarrheal illness in all age groups. In addition, chronic infections occur in immunocompromised cancer and transplant patients.