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HUMAN NOROVIRUS PROLIFERATION

Inventor SATO Shintaro, etc.
Assignee THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, etc.
Title of Invention HUMAN NOROVIRUS PROLIFERATION
Abstract

The present invention addresses the problem of establishing a method for proliferating human noroviruses (HuNoV) in vitro, while avoiding ethical issues accompanying the conventional method including a need to treat the cells with bile. Specifically, the present invention relates to a method for proliferating HuNoV comprising a step of infecting an iPS cell-derived intestinal epithelial cell with HuNoV, and a screening method of a HuNoV-proliferation inhibitor using said method.