Jana Van Dycke
  • PhD student, KU Leuven - , Rega Institute for Medical Research, Laboratory of Virology and Chemotherapy
研究方向
  • Microbiology
Assessing the Efficacy of Small Molecule Inhibitors in a Mouse Model of Persistent Norovirus Infection
小分子抑制剂在持续性诺如病毒感染小鼠模型中的疗效评估
作者:Jana Van Dycke, Johan Neyts and Joana Rocha-Pereira日期:05/05/2018,浏览量:5588,Q&A: 0
Human norovirus is the most common cause of acute gastroenteritis worldwide, resulting in estimated mortality of ~210,000 each year, of whom most are children under the age of five. However, norovirus can infect people of all age groups. There is a risk of prolonged infection in children, the elderly and patients who are immunocompromised. To study the inhibition of persistent norovirus replication by small molecule antivirals in vivo, we used a murine norovirus CR6 strain (MNV.CR6). We demonstrated earlier that efficient small molecules can reduce viral shedding in the stool of infected mice. Here we present how to generate the MNV.CR6 virus stock, infect type I and II interferon receptor knockout AG129 mice via oral gavage, administer antivirals to mice, and quantify viral genome copies in the stool of these mice.