Norovirus Cruises to Rare Cell Type in GI Tract

Human noroviruses (HNoVs) are the primary cause of acute viral gastroenteritis worldwide and are responsible for up to 700 million cases and 200,000 deaths every year. However, despite this huge disease burden, there is no treatment or vaccine for the highly contagious infection, which is spread through vomit and feces. Making any therapeutic inroads has been hampered because scientists haven’t been able to identify exactly which type of cells in the gut epithelium act as the host for vira