Lab members are studying underlying mechanisms of viral replication, pathogenesis, and virus-host interactions of two common enteric viral infections, norovirus and rotavirus. In addition, we have ...

These events are essential for the successful initiation of a virus replication cycle and play ... been implicated in the early interactions of rotavirus with its host cell, including sialic ...

"The results indicated that it was likely that calcium waves contributed to rotavirus replication and virulence; however, it was not clear how the virus triggered this signal," Hyser said.