Usutu Virus Viremia Data from Four Passerine Bird Species

781.7 KB of experimental data on Usutu virus infection in birds, published on figshare by Rachel D. Persinger. The dataset likely contains viremia measurements from house finches, American robins, canaries, and zebra finches inoculated with USUV isolates. Findings show 100% of inoculated house finches, American robins, and canaries developed viremia, while zebra finches did not.

Use Cases

• Compare susceptibility to USUV infection based on bird species mentioned in the description
• Analyze viremia levels for potential mosquito transmission based on the described infection potential
• Model disease severity and histopathology based on the described clinical outcomes in different species

Strengths

• Data is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0
• The description provides specific experimental results, such as 100% viremia in three bird species

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• The dataset is small (781.7 KB), indicating limited scope

Provenance

Source

Rachel D. Persinger via figshare

Collection Method

Likely contains experimental measurements from bird inoculation studies described in the text

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-16 17:46:31; freshness should be verified