Norovirus On Cruise Ships 2017

For 2017 so far seven outbreaks were norovirus and one.

Norovirus on cruise ships 2017. Acute gastroenteritis AGE caused by Norovirus is very contagious and easily transmitted from person to person on cruise ships. The Coral Princess arrived in Fort Lauderdale this weekend with 157 of 2016 cruise passengers aboard the Princess Cruises ship stricken with nauseavomiting and diarrhea which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC suspect are symptoms related to norovirus. There were two cruises but the crew remained the same between cruises.

Outbreak of Acute Gastroenteritis Caused by Norovirus Genogroup II Attributed to Contaminated Cold Dishes on a Cruise Ship in Chongqing China 2017 Int J Environ Res Public Health. Other cruise lines have experienced viral outbreaks in. Norovirus is often branded as cruise ship virus simply because on ships health officials are required.

Only 10 ships had outbreaks of. From 2008 to 2014 74 million passengers sailed on cruise ships in the Vessel Sanitation Programs jurisdiction. Perhaps child was involved with kids activities and contaminated toys in kids playground.

Because there were less than than 2 of the passengers and crew members reported ill during the cruise the CDC will not list the outbreak on its official cruise ship Outbreak Updates page. Incidents like these have reinforced an impression among observers of the cruise industry that gastroenteritis is an occupational hazard. For outbreak that most of cruise ship passengers are elderly people who might be more vulnerable to norovirus infection.

So norovirus spread among cruise guests very fast because childs sickness wasnt reported. While norovirus is the leading cause of shipboard disease outbreaks according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Table 1 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017 handwashing is one of the best ways to prevent norovirus infections Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016b. Food and drinks contaminated before loading or after unloading may become a common source of infection.

Another Royal Caribbean cruise between Australia and Singapore in early December had over 200 people infected by a virus including five that required hospitalization. Norovirus outbreaks caused by the same strain of virus occurred in both cruises. 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.