Norovirus Cruise Ships 2014

During 2008-2014 a total of 133 cruise ship acute gastroenteritis outbreaks were reported 95 71 of which had specimens available for testing.

Norovirus cruise ships 2014. With the Explorer of the Seas sailing back to New Jersey with almost 650 victims of norovirus related nausea and diarrhea Time magazine just published the article Cruise Out of Control. Among these 92 97 were caused by norovirus and among 80 norovirus specimens for which a genotype was identified 59 738 were GII4 strains. Ad Save Up To 30 Off Your Cruise Receive 5 Free Offers Including A Free Beverage Package.

Norovirus is a very contagious virus. Only 129678 passengers met the programs case definition for acute gastrointestinal illness and only a small proportion of those cases 1 in 10 were part of a norovirus outbreak. In fact according to the CDC over 21 million people are infected with Norovirus each year with less than 1 percent of out breaks occuring on cruise ships.

Immerse yourself into culture cuisine art and history on Vikings award winning ships. As the only national or international body tracking norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships the CDC reports favorably on the cruise industrys efforts toward minimizing the spread of outbreaks in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report titled Acute Gastroenteritis on Cruise Ships. In fact it affects many more people on land than on cruise ships.

Production Schedule Potential to impact cruise ship schedule Investigation into cause of outbreak performed Additional cleaning of cruise ship needed Customer Service Labor Time AND AND A norovirus outbreak on Royal Caribbeans Explorer of the Seas sickened nearly 700 hundred people during a cruise that ended on January 29 2014. CDC investigators finally traced the norovirus not coronavirus illnesses last year back to a smoothie. Ready To Break Free.

There were seven instances of norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships last year involving a total of 1238 passengers Candy said. Norovirus can easily be brought on board when ships dock and due to its ability to persist on surfaces can infect consecutive cruises Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014. There have also been some notable cases reported during the last few years including.

Thats less than a. The cruise ship which was traveling along the coast of Southern California and Mexico had an outbreak of norovirus causing gastrointestinal illness in many crew members and passengers. The Crown Princess is flagged out of Bermuda.