Molecular epidemiology of viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus in the Great Lakes region
Fact Sheet
2008-3003
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Abstract
Viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV) is considered by many nations and international organizations to be one of the most important viral pathogens of finfish (Office International des Epizooties 2007). For several decades following its initial characterization in the 1950s, VHSV was thought to be limited to Europe where it was regarded as an endemic pathogen of freshwater fish that was especially problematic for farmed rainbow trout, an introduced species (Wolf 1988; Smail 1999). Subsequently, it was shown that VHSV was present among many species of marine and anadromous fishes in both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans where it has been associated with substantial mortality among both wild and cultured fish (Meyers and Winton 1995; Skall et al. 2005).
Suggested Citation
Winton, J., Kurath, G., Batts, W., 2008, Molecular epidemiology of viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus in the Great Lakes region: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2008-3003, 4 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20083003.
ISSN: 2327-6932 (online)
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Molecular epidemiology of viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus in the Great Lakes region |
| Series title | Fact Sheet |
| Series number | 2008-3003 |
| DOI | 10.3133/fs20083003 |
| Year Published | 2008 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Publisher location | Reston, VA |
| Contributing office(s) | Western Fisheries Research Center |
| Description | 4 p. |
| Country | United States |
| Other Geospatial | Great Lakes |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |