Gastrointestinal Illness Cruise Ships

The New Paper reports the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore MPA told The New Paper on Friday Nov 15 that 229 passengers and crew on board the cruise ship MV Sun Princess had come down with gastrointestinal illness.

Gastrointestinal illness cruise ships. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC reports that 20 million people on land in the US. On 2 of cruises it was 5 or greater. The majority of infections on cruise ships involve respiratory and gastrointestinal infections which account for up to 29 and 10 of recorded illnesses on cruise ships respectively.

Dannenberg AL Yashuk JC Feldman RA. 16 rows CDC reports 28 of 327 856passengers and 8 of 290 276 crew have reported. The number of people hit with a gastrointestinal illness on a Royal Caribbean International cruise ship has swelled to nearly 500 a company spokeswoman.

Following investigations in 1972-1973 of outbreaks of enteric disease on cruise ships using American ports a surveillance system was established which required that 24 hours before arrival in port each ship report the number of persons with diarrheal illness seen by the ships physician during the cruise. Cruise ships carry a large number of people in confined spaces providing an environment for transmission of infections. On 92 of the cruises the recorded incidence of gastrointestinal illness was 1 or less.

Cruise ships must report onboard cases of gastrointestinal illness to the CDC as they approach a US. As reported in the current study a large number of cruise ship passengers were senior people andor subjects with underlying conditions who are at increased risk for influenza complications 17. The use of onshore caterers for off-ship excursions has previously been reported as a risk factor for gastrointestinal illness amongst cruise ship passengers4 A cruise-assoc-iated diarrhoeal disease outbreak was defined as the occurrence of diarrhoeal symptoms among at least 3.

The use of onshore caterers for off-ship excursions has previously been reported as a risk factor for gastrointestinal illness amongst cruise ship passengers. Cruise ship staff send this report between 24 and 36 hours before the ship arrives at a US. When the programme began none of the cruise ships passed periodic VSP sanitation inspections.

Following investigations in 1972-1973 of outbreaks of enteric disease on cruise ships using American ports a surveillance system was established which required that 24 hours before arrival in port each ship report the number of persons with diarrheal illness seen by the ships physician during the cruise. If 3 or more of the onboard population becomes sick within two weeks of a planned call on. Incorrectly Called the Cruise Ship Disease.