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Median infectious dose of human norovirus GII.4 in gnotobiotic pigs is decreased by simvastatin treatment and increased by age.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Sept 2013
Bui Tammy, Kocher Jacob, Li Yanru, Wen Ke, Li Guohua, Liu Fangning, Yang Xingdong, LeRoith Tanya, Tan Ming, Xia Ming, Zhong Weiming, Jiang Xi, Yuan Lijuan
Abstract excerpt
Human noroviruses (NoVs), a major cause of viral gastroenteritis, are difficult to study due to the lack of a cell-culture and a small-animal model. Pigs share with humans the types A and H histo-blood group antigens on the intestinal epithelium and have been suggested as a potential model for st...
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