Acknowledgements
We acknowledge all contributions by hunters and fishers who provided
hunter-harvested and fishery-bycatch sample collection over the
eight-year timeframe of this project. Additionally, we would like to
acknowledge field and laboratory staff who participated in this project
over the years, including Herman Dreki Guls, Íris Mýrdal Kristinsdóttir,
and Sindri Gíslason for help with the capture and sampling of birds in
Iceland, Sean Nashold and Joshua TeSlaa at the U.S. Geological Survey
National Wildlife Health Center, and Tao Li,
Wiriya
Rutvisuttinunt, and Richard Jarman at the Walter Reed Army Institute of
Research for sequencing virus isolates. We would like to acknowledge the
Sudurnes Science and Learning Center, Sandgerdi, Iceland for providing
lodging and laboratory support without which this project could not have
succeeded. We also thank the reviewers for their comments and
suggestions on previous versions of this article. The authors have no
conflicts of interests to declare. This project was funded through the
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (grant #s:
HHSN272201400008C,
HHSN272201400008C). Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for
descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S.
Government. This article has been peer reviewed and approved for
publication consistent with U.S. Geological Survey Fundamental Science
Practices (https://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1367/).