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Advances Toward a Norovirus Antiviral: From Classical Inhibitors to Lethal Mutagenesis.


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Authors

Thorne, Lucy 
Arias, Armando 

Abstract

Human noroviruses are a leading cause of gastroenteritis worldwide, yet there are no licensed antivirals. There is an urgent need for norovirus therapeutics, particularly for chronic infections in immunocompromised individuals, but also a potential need for prophylactic use in epidemics. Continued research has led to the identification of compounds that inhibit norovirus replication in vitro and, at least in some cases, are also effective in vivo against murine norovirus. Progress has included classical approaches targeting viral proteins and harnessing the antiviral action of interferon, strategies targeting essential host cell factors, and novel strategies exploiting the high mutation rate of noroviruses.

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Keywords

antivirals, favipiravir, human norovirus, interferon λ, lethal mutagenesis, polymerase, protease, Antiparasitic Agents, Antiviral Agents, Caliciviridae Infections, Gastroenteritis, Humans, Mutagenesis, Nitro Compounds, Norovirus, Thiazoles, Viral Vaccines, Virus Replication

Journal Title

J Infect Dis

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Journal ISSN

0022-1899
1537-6613

Volume Title

213

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)
Sponsorship
Wellcome Trust (097997/Z/11/Z)
Wellcome Trust (100891/Z/13/Z)
The authors declare no conflict in interest. This work was supported by the Wellcome Trust (Ref: WT097997MA)