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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Venn-Watson, Stephanie ; Rivera, Rebecca ; Smith, Cynthia R. ; Saliki, Jeremiah T. ; Caseltine, Shannon ; ... More +
Venn-Watson, Stephanie ; Rivera, Rebecca ; Smith, Cynthia R. ; Saliki, Jeremiah T. ; Caseltine, Shannon ; St. Leger, Judy ; Yochem, Pam ; Wells, Randall S. ; Nollens, Hendrik ; Less -
Description:
Parainfluenza virus (PIV) is a leading cause of respiratory infections in humans. A novel virus closely related to human and bovine parainfluenza viruses types 3 (HPIV-3 and BPIV-3), named Tursiops truncatus parainfluenza virus type 1 (TtPIV-1), was isolated from a dolphin with respiratory disease. We developed a dolphin-specific ELISA to measure acute- and convalescent-phase PIV antibodies in dolphins during 1999-2006 with hemograms similar to that of the positive control. PIV seroconversion occurred concurrently with an abnormal hemogram in 22 animals, of which 7 (31.8%) had respiratory signs. Seroprevalence surveys were conducted on 114 healthy bottlenose dolphins in Florida and California. When the most conservative interpretation of positive was used, 11.4% of healthy dolphins were antibody positive, 29.8% were negative, and 58.8% were inconclusive. PIV appears to be a common marine mammal virus that may be of human health interest because of the similarity of TtPIV-1 to BPIV-3 and HPIV-3.
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Animals
Antibodies, Viral
Antigens, Viral
Bottle-Nosed Dolphin
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Female
Male
Paramyxoviridae Infections
Research
Respirovirus

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 14(3):397-405.
Document Type:
Journal Article ;
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California ; Florida ;
California ; Florida ; Less -
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
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