lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus), brought to a land‐based farm in Iceland, to serve as
broodfish. Two groups of lumpfish juveniles, kept in tanks in the same facility, got infected.
The virus isolated was identified as VHSV by ELISA and real‐time RT‐PCR. Phylogenetic
analysis, based on the glycoprotein (G) gene sequences, may indicate a novel subgroup of
VHSV genotype IV. In controlled laboratory exposure studies with this new isolate, there was …