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A serological survey of parainfluenza-3 virus in South American camelids from Chile Prospección serológica del virus parainfluenza 3 en camélidos sudamericanos en Chile
Fecha
2011Registro en:
Archivos de Medicina Veterinaria, Volumen 43, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 177-179
0301732X
07176201
10.4067/S0301-732X2011000200011
Autor
Cepeda,
Navarro, R.
Celedón, Salvador
Institución
Resumen
A total of 370 sera collected from 87 alpacas (Lama pacos), 88 llamas (Lama glama), 89 guanacos (Lama guanicoe) and 106 vicunas (Vicugna vicugna) were investigated for the presence of antibodies to parainfluenza 3 virus (PIV-3). Hemagglutination inhibition test indicated that a total of 91 (24.6%) South American camelids (SAC) had PIV-3 antibodies, including 18 (20.7%) alpacas, 36 (40.9%) llamas, 27 (18.9%) vicunas and 10 (11.2%) guanacos. Titers of the positive samples ranged from 8 to 256 with a geometric mean of 31. These results establish that SAC in Chile are infected with PIV-3.