Replication in Human Intestinal Enteroids of Infectious Norovirus from Vomit Samples

Abstract

A typical clinical symptom of human norovirus infection is projectile vomiting. Although norovirus RNA and viral particles have been detected in vomitus, infectivity has not yet been reported. We detected replication-competent norovirus in 25% of vomit samples with a 13-fold to 714-fold increase in genomic equivalents, confirming infectious norovirus.

Keywords

• norovirus
• infectivity
• vomit
• human intestinal enteroids
• Norwalk virus
• viruses