TY - JOUR AU - Venn-Watson, Stephanie AU - Rivera, Rebecca AU - Smith, Cynthia R. AU - Saliki, Jeremiah T. AU - Caseltine, Shannon AU - St. Leger, Judy AU - Yochem, Pam AU - Wells, Randall S. AU - Nollens, Hendrik T1 - Exposure to Novel Parainfluenza Virus and Clinical Relevance in 2 Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Populations T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2008 VL - 14 IS - 3 SP - 397 SN - 1080-6059 AB - 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. KW - dolphin KW - marine mammal KW - parainfluenza virus KW - seroepidemiologic studies KW - Tursiops truncatus KW - research KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid1403.071250 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/14/3/07-1250_article ER - End of Reference