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A Cornell University research team’s recent finding of traces of the Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia virus (VHS) in fish inhabiting Wisconsin and Michigan waters of Lake Superior

So far the virus has not been detected in the inland waters of Minnesota.

If you would like to find out the most recent VHS infected sites call the DNR Pathology Lab at 651-259-5096.

Genetics researchers at the Lake Erie Research Center at the University of Toledo are working on a test that will speed up that diagnosis to a matter of hours.

“We anticipate that this will continue and get worse over the next few years,” said Dr. Jim Casey, associate professor of virology at Cornell University. “We fear there may be more widespread presence of the virus.”One of Dr. Casey’s colleagues researching the virus, Dr. Paul Bowser, a professor of aquatic animal medicine, added, “This is a new pathogen and for the first number of years — 4, 5 or 10 years — things are going to be pretty rough, then the animals will become more immune and resistant and the mortalities will decline.”