Norovirus evolution in immunodeficient mice reveals potentiated pathogenicity via a single nucleotide change in the viral capsid
Walker FC, Hassan E, Peterson ST, Rodgers R, Schriefer LA, Thompson CE, Li Y, Kalugotla G, Blum-Johnston C, Lawrence D, McCune BT, Graziano VR, Lushniak L, Lee S, Roth AN, Karst SM, Nice TJ, Miner JJ, Wilen CB, Baldridge MT. Norovirus evolution in immunodeficient mice reveals potentiated pathogenicity via a single nucleotide change in the viral capsid. PLOS Pathogens 2021, 17: e1009402. PMID: 33705489, PMCID: PMC7987144, DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009402.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNucleotide changesSingle nucleotide changeViral capsidAmino acid changesEvolutionary potentialIFN-competent hostsIntestinal myeloid cellsSelective pressureSingle nucleotideKey controllerNorovirus evolutionAcid changesLethal pathogenVirus growthEnhanced virulenceMice revealsIFN responseHigh replicationEnhanced recruitmentMyeloid cellsExtraintestinal disseminationIntestinal replicationReplicationPathogenicityCapsid