Flu On A Cruise Ship

By Pat Warren February 29 2020 at 1056 pm.

Flu on a cruise ship. 10405474 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE MeSH Terms. After visiting the ships infirmary I. A 31-year-old female crew member was hospitalized with respiratory failure and.

Article in English French Miller J1 Tam T Afif C Maloney S Cetron M Fukata K Klimov A Hall H Kertesz D Hockin J. This was the first influenza outbreak detected by Brazilian public health authorities in a. In February 2012 an influenza B outbreak occurred onboard a cruise ship.

In 2010 when I was 16 I came down with the stomach flu while on board Royal Caribbeans Oasis of the Seas with my family. Laboratory testing of passengers and crew indicated that both influenza A and B had been circulating on the ship. The ship MS Zaandam intends to arrive in Fort Lauderdale on Monday March 30 but cruise line.

During June 23-July 5 2000 an outbreak of respiratory illnesses occurred on the MS Rotterdam Holland America Line Windstar Cruises during a 12-day Baltic cruise from the United Kingdom to Germany via Russia. Health officials track illness on cruise ships. 1Respiratory Diseases Division Virology Center Adolfo Lutz Institute Sao Paulo SP Brazil.

Outbreaks of influenza have previously been reported on cruise ships 16 but the circumstances and extent of transmission have not been well documented. So outbreaks are found and reported more quickly on a cruise ship than on land. After visiting the ships infirmary I was put under a 24-hour.

People joining the ship may bring the virus to other passengers and crew. See a travel medicine specialist before your trip. The cruise coincided with the peak influenza period in Sydney.