The surrogate virus, murine norovirus-1, can be grown in cell culture, and belongs to the same genus as human norovirus, and has a very similar genome structure, and morphology.

Norovirus. Image Credit: ... Structure of noroviruses. Noroviruses have a linear, 7.5kb, single-stranded RNA genome with a positive polarity which encodes three open reading frames (ORFs).

Cases of norovirus have been surging around the United States in recent weeks. Norovirus is a very contagious pathogen that is the primary cause of diarrhea and vomiting in the US, according to the US ...

Norovirus infection on an individual level is generally a rather mild and short-lasting disease episode. ... The norovirus genome could be detected in approximately a third of the 239 swab samples.

Norovirus is enclosed by a structure known as a capsid. Alcohol cannot get through it, which is why alcohol-based hand sanitizers do not kill norovirus. “It’s resistant to many common ...