Dataset: Surveillance for Avian Influenza Virus in Iceland, 2010 - 2018 ...

• Main Authors: Dusek, Robert J, Hall, Jeffrey S, Hallgrimsson, Gunnar Thor, Solvi Runar Vignisson, Ragnarsdottir, Sunna Bjork, J?N Einar J?Nsson
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: U.S. Geological Survey 2022
• Subjects: Wildlife Disease; Iceland
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5066/p9odqjml; https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/6171a037d34ea36449a7c876

From 2010-2018 we investigated the occurrence of avian influenza virus in wild birds in Iceland. A total of 6635 swabs samples were collected from wild birds or fecal material directly associated with wild birds. We screened all samples by a real time - polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test with 381 testing positive. Further testing of all RT-PCR positive samples and all negative samples collected in 2012 by virus isolation yielded 120 positives, with 92 of those testing positive by RT-PCR for avian influenza virus. ...