Emerging Infectious Diseases (Sep 2013)

Human Parainfluenza Virus Type 3 in Wild Nonhuman Primates, Zambia

  • Michihito Sasaki,
  • Akihiro Ishii,
  • Yasuko Orba,
  • Yuka Thomas,
  • Bernard M. Hang’ombe,
  • Ladslav Moonga,
  • Aaron S. Mweene,
  • Hirohito Ogawa,
  • Ichiro Nakamura,
  • Takashi Kimura,
  • Hirofumi Sawa

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1909.121404
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 19, no. 9
pp. 1500 – 1503

Abstract

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Human parainfluenza virus type 3 (HPIV3) genome was detected in 4 baboons in Zambia. Antibody for HPIV3 was detected in 13 baboons and 6 vervet monkeys in 2 distinct areas in Zambia. Our findings suggest that wild nonhuman primates are susceptible to HPIV3 infection.

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