Species
Profile -- Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia USDA. NAL. National Invasive Species
Information Center. Viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS) virus is a serious pathogen of fresh
and saltwater fish that is causing an emerging disease in the Great Lakes region
of the United States and Canada. It causes clinical signs including internal
hemorrhaging and death in susceptible species. The disease does not pose a risk
to people, but the VHS virus can affect multiple fish species at any age.
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