Agent Causing Major Illnesses On Cruise Ships

The two most frequently documented etiologic agents of cruise shiprelated pneumonia outbreaks are Legionella and influenza viruses see Chapter 59.

Agent causing major illnesses on cruise ships. Some experts say the cruise ship quarantines were botched. The growth of the cruise ship industry has continued in the twenty-first century and it was estimated that nearly 213 million passengers traveled on cruise ships in 2013 with the majority of these sailing from North America. Cruise Line Cruise Ship Sailing Dates Causative Agent Case Counts Passengers Case Counts Crew Holland America Line.

Patho-gens causing outbreaks of Brainerds diarrhea on cruise ships for instance have not been identified 21. The WHO reports that influenza a respiratory tract infection is common on cruise ships. BBC News reports that a 55 year old British citizen was.

Princess Cruises Crown Princess January 2010 Total number sick. What types of microbial agents have been linked to outbreaks of illnesses on cruise ships. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC reports that 20 million people on land in the US.

Other common gastrointestinal illnesses are caused by E. For international cruise ships porting in the United States from 2010 through 2015 816 outbreaks of norovirus infections occurred each year. Outbreaks of gastrointestinal disease occur on cruise ships at a rate of approximately 1 to 6 outbreaks per 1000 cruises and the estimated likelihood of contracting gastroenteritis on an average 7-day cruise is less than 1 25 26.

419 A second Celebrity Cruise ship is harbors norovirus one month later raising concerns about the lines sanitation practices. Celebrity Cruises Mercury March 2010 Total number sick. Come down with norovirus every year.

The cruise in question occurred last October of 2017 and apparently involved the PO Arcadia. Cases of acute gastroenteritis illness on cruise ships are relatively infrequent. GI outbreaks on cruise ships from food and water sources have also been associated with Salmonella spp enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Shigella spp Clostridium perfringens and Cyclospora cayetanensis.