Isolation of viral haemorrhagic septicaemia virus (VHSV) from wild marine fish species in the Baltic Sea, Kattegat, Skagerrak and the North Sea

• Published in: Virus Research
• Main Authors: Mortensen, Helle Frank, Heuer, Ole Eske, Lorenzen, Niels, Otte, Lars, Olesen, Niels Jørgen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1999
• Subjects: viral haemorrhagic septicaemia virus; birnavirus serogroup II; marine fish; /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/life_below_water; name=SDG 14 - Life Below Water; Gadus morhua
• Online Access: https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/9944ac8d-be5d-4f7c-b114-b9b47a743af7; https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-1702(99)00062-3

In order to analyse the occurrence of viral haemorrhagic septicaemia virus (VHSV) in the marine environment surrounding Denmark, fish tissue samples were collected on four cruises with the research vessel H/S Dana in 1996 and 1997. The sampling comprised 923 samples totalling 7344 fish representing...