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• Minnesota Sea Grant: VHS Virus Facts
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Sources

• Becker, Mark G. "Introduced Species Summary Project: Whirling Disease." Columbia University. Sept. 29, 2003. (Nov. 14, 2008)
  http://www.columbia.edu/itc/cerc/danoff-burg/invasion_bio/inv_spp_summ/myxobolus_cerebralis.html
• Black, Richard. "'Only 50 years left' for sea fish." BBC. Nov. 2, 2006. (Nov. 14, 2008)
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6108414.stm
• McKenna, Phil. "Deadly fish virus spreads further." New Scientist. July 20, 2007. (Nov. 14, 2008)
  http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn12303-deadly-fish-virus-spreads-further.html
• "The Science of Whirling Disease." Trout Unlimited. (Nov. 14, 2008)
  http://www.tu.org/site/c.kkLRJ7MSKtH/b.4468473/
• "VHS Virus Facts." Minnesota Sea Grant. May 8, 2007. (Nov. 14, 2008)
  http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/fisheries/vhs_virus_facts
• "Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia in the Great Lakes." USDA. July 2006. (Nov. 14, 2008)
  http://www.aphis.usda.gov/vs/ceah/cei/taf/emergingdiseasenotice_files/vhsgreatlakes.htm
• "Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia or VHS." Grand Portage National Monument. National Parks Service. (Nov. 14, 2008)
  http://www.nps.gov/grpo/parknews/upload/VHS_MAR_2008_Grand_Portage_Final.pdf
• Whelen, Gary E. "Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Briefing Paper." Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Aug. 1, 2007. (Nov. 14, 2008)
  http://www.michigan.gov/documents/dnr/Viral-Hemorrhagic-Septicemia-Fact-Sheet-11-9-2006_178081_7.pdf
• "Whirling Disease." Trout Unlimited. (Nov. 14, 2008)
  http://www.tu.org/site/c.kkLRJ7MSKtH/b.3596607/