Article
Norovirus evolves as one or more distinct clonal populations in immunocompromised hosts.
mBio - 19 Dec 2023
Chaimongkol Natthawan, Dábilla Nathânia, Tohma Kentaro, Matsushima Yuki, Yardley Allison Behrle, Levenson Eric A, Johnson Jordan A, Ahorrio Courtney, Oler Andrew J, Kim Daniel Y, Souza Menira, Sosnovtsev Stanislav V, Parra Gabriel I, Green Kim Y
Abstract excerpt
IMPORTANCE: Noroviruses are an important cause of chronic diarrhea in patients with compromised immune systems. Presently, there are no effective therapies to clear the virus, which can persist for years in the intestinal tract. The goal of our study was to develop a better understanding of the norovirus strains that are associated with these long-term infections. With the remarkable diversity of norovirus...
Topics
- Norovirus
- Humans
- Immunocompromised Host
- Caliciviridae Infections
- High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
- Genome, Viral
- Phylogeny
- Evolution, Molecular
- Genetic Variation
- Haplotypes
