To investigate aquatic bird bornavirus 1 in Europe, we examined 333 brains from hunter-killed geese in Denmark in 2014. Seven samples were positive by reverse transcription PCR and were 98.2%-99.8% identical; they were also 97.4%-98.1% identical to reference strains of aquatic bird bornavirus 1 from geese in North America.
Keywords: ABBV-1; Bornaviridae; Denmark; Europe; aquatic bird bornavirus 1; bornaviruses; geese; viruses; zoonoses.