Non-Polio Enterovirus C Replicate in Both Airway and Intestine Organotypic Cultures.

ABSTRACT: Non-polio enteroviruses (EV) belonging to species C, which are highly prevalent in Africa, mainly among children, are poorly characterized, and their pathogenesis is mostly unknown as they are difficult to culture. In this study, human airway and intestinal organotypic models were used to investigate tissue and cellular tropism of three EV-C genotypes, EV-C99, CVA-13, and CVA-20. Clinical isolates were obtained within the two passages of culture on Caco2 cells, and all three viruses were replicated in both the human airway and intestinal organotypic cultures. We did not observe differences in viral replication between fetal and adult tissue that could potentially explain the preferential infection of infants by EV-C genotypes. Infection of the airway and the intestinal cultures indicates t

SUBMITTER: Moreni G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10537321 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature