Research Article
Avian Influenza Surveillance in the Danube Delta Using Sentinel Geese and Ducks
Table 1
Number and location of real-time RT-PCR influenza A detections among sentinel birds in Romania’s Danube Delta, 2009–2013.
| Date | Collection site | Type of sample | Number of positive samples/total number of tested samples/year (%) |
| 01/2009 | Cot Candura | Cloacal swabs | 10/400 (2.5%) | 09/2010 | Cot Candura | Cloacal swabs/tracheal swabs | 20/400 (5%) | 10/2011 | Enisala | Cloacal swabs | 4/400 (1%) | 03/2013 | Saon | Cloacal swabs/tracheal swabs | 9/400 (2.25%) | 03/2013 | Cot Candura | Cloacal swabs/tracheal swabs | 4/400 (1%) |
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