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1. Exposure to Novel Parainfluenza Virus and Clinical Relevance in 2 Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Populations

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Stephanie Venn-Watson, Rebecca Rivera, Cynthia R. Smith, Jeremiah T. Saliki, Shannon Caseltine, Judy A. St. Leger, Pam Yochem, Randall S. Wells, and Hendrik Nollens

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dolphin, marine mammal, parainfluenza virus, seroepidemiologic studies, Tursiops truncatus, research, Medicine, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216
Abstract

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.

Published
2008
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2. Exposure to novel parainfluenza virus and clinical relevance in 2 bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) populations

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Venn-Watson, Stephanie, Rivera, Rebecca, Smith, Cynthia R., Saliki, Jeremiah T., Caseltine, Shannon, St. Leger, Judy, Yochem, Pam, Wells, Randall S., and Nollens, Hendrik

Subjects
Marine mammals -- Surveys, Marine mammals -- Health aspects, Delphinidae -- Surveys, Delphinidae -- Health aspects, Dolphins -- Surveys, Dolphins -- Health aspects, Lung diseases -- Surveys, Lung diseases -- Health aspects, Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay -- Surveys, Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay -- Health aspects, Antibodies -- Surveys, Antibodies -- Health aspects, Viral antibodies -- Surveys, Viral antibodies -- Health aspects
Abstract

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 [...]

Published
2008

3. Exposure to Novel Parainfluenza Virus and Clinical Relevance in 2 Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Populations

Author

Judy St. Leger, Shannon L. Caseltine, Stephanie Venn-Watson, Pam Yochem, Hendrik H. Nollens, Jeremiah T. Saliki, Rebecca Rivera, Randall S. Wells, and Cynthia R. Smith

Subjects
Microbiology (medical), Male, food.ingredient, Epidemiology, parainfluenza virus, seroepidemiologic studies, lcsh:Medicine, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Respirovirus, marine mammal, Antibodies, Viral, Virus, California, lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases, food, Marine mammal, Seroprevalence, Animals, lcsh:RC109-216, Seroconversion, Antigens, Viral, Paramyxoviridae Infections, research, biology, dolphin, lcsh:R, Bottlenose dolphin, biology.organism_classification, Virology, Bottle-Nosed Dolphin, Infectious Diseases, Tursiops truncatus, Novel virus, Immunology, biology.protein, Florida, Female, Antibody, human activities
Abstract

Evidence of PIV exposure was detected in free-ranging and managed dolphin populations living along 2 US coastlines., 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.

Published
2008

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