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Table 1 Prevalence of avian influenza virus (AIV) antibodies in the plasma of two seabird species sampled while breeding on Svalbard, Norway between 2014 and 2017. Seabird species sampled were black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) and glaucous gulls (Laurus hyperboreus)

From: Evidence of avian influenza virus in seabirds breeding on a Norwegian high-Arctic archipelago

Species

Year

Location

n

Antibody prevalence (%)

Black-Legged Kittiwake

2017

Kongsfjorden

12

0%

Black-Legged Kittiwake

2015

Kongsfjorden

25

28%

Black-Legged Kittiwake

2014

Kongsfjorden

16

12.5%

Glaucous Gull

2017

Adventfjorden/Sassendalen

15

33%