Isolation of Myxovirus parainfluenza type 3 from cattle in S. Paulo State, Brazil

The isolation of Myxovirus parainfluenza type 3 from cattle with pneumonia, in S. Paulo, Brazil, is reported. All the strains isolated appeared to be antigenically related to the bovine strain SF-4. It was possible to establish a certain degree of antigenic relationship between the human strain HA-1 and one of the bovine strains isolated.Faz-se referência ao isolamento, em São Paulo, de 4 cêpas de Myxovirus parainfluenza do tipo 3, do tecido pulmonar de gado bovino com lesões de pneumonia, que se mostraram antigenicamente semelhantes à cêpa bovina SF-4. Uma das cêpas isoladas mostrou certa relação antigênica com a cêpa humana HA-1