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:10.3201/eid1909.121404

Human parainfluenza virus type 3 in wild nonhuman primates, Zambia

Emerg Infect Dis. 2013;19(9):1500-1503. doi: 10.3201/eid1909.121404.

Authors

Michihito Sasaki¹, Akihiro Ishii, Yasuko Orba, Yuka Thomas, Bernard M Hang'ombe, Ladslav Moonga, Aaron S Mweene, Hirohito Ogawa, Ichiro Nakamura, Takashi Kimura, Hirofumi Sawa

Affiliation

¹ Division of Molecular Pathobiology, Hokkaido University, Research Center for Zoonosis Control, West 10 North 20, Kita-ku, Sapporo 001-0020, Japan.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Human parainfluenza virus 3; Zambia; nonhuman primates; serologic tests; viral RNA; viruses.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Chlorocebus aethiops / virology*
Humans
Molecular Sequence Data
Monkey Diseases / epidemiology*
Papio / virology*
Parainfluenza Virus 3, Human / classification
Parainfluenza Virus 3, Human / genetics*
Phylogeny
Respirovirus Infections / veterinary*
Serotyping
Viral Proteins / genetics
Zambia / epidemiology

Substances

Viral Proteins

Associated data

GENBANK/AB736166