Research progress of murine norovirus infection and immunity / 中华实验和临床病毒学杂志

ABSTRACT

Human norovirus (NoV) is a member of the calicivirus family, can cause nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhea as the main clinical symptoms of acute gastroenteritis. Human norovirus infection can be popular in the world, all ages, causing serious burden of disease. Due to the lack of suitable small animal models, there is still a lack of understanding of human immune to norovirus infection and pathogenesis. Murine norovirus (MNV) was originally isolated in immune deficient mice, and causes infection and epidemic in mice. MNV provides an alternative model to study human norovirus infection and the host intestinal immune mechanism. This article will elaborate on two aspects of innate immunity and adaptive immunity.