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- Title
Human Parainfluenza Virus Type 3 in Wild Nonhuman Primates, Zambia.
- Authors
Sasaki, Michihito; Ishii, Akihiro; Orba, Yasuko; Thomas, Yuka; Hang'ombe, Bernard M.; Moonga, Ladslav; Mweene, Aaron S.; Ogawa, Hirohito; Nakamura, Ichiro; Kimura, Takashi; Sawa, Hirofumi
- 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.
- Subjects
PARAINFLUENZA viruses; PARAMYXOVIRUSES; BABOONS; COMMUNICABLE diseases; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; DISEASES
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2013, Vol 19, Issue 9, p1500
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3201/eid1909.121404