Latest Norovirus Outbreaks On Cruise Ships

Norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships are not normally reported to national.

Latest norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships. 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. Why are acute gastrointestinal illnesses including noroviruses associated with cruise ships. Norovirus on your ship can ruin a cruise.

So outbreaks are found and reported more quickly on a cruise ship than on land. Cruise Line Cruise Ship Sailing Dates Causative Agent. People joining the ship may bring the virus to other passengers and crew.

The following report is a review of the latest research into Norovirus and the effects on the cruise ship industry. The VWA had been notified of suspected norovirus outbreaks on 3 cruise ships operating in the Netherlands in the previous month. In the past 20 years there have been close to 20 confirmed norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships.

In the same week ProMED reported a viral gastroenteritis outbreak on a Dutch-owned cruise ship operating out of the United Kingdom. P O Cruises. Norovirus is a highly contagious virus that has.

Its proving difficult to keep track of gastroenteritis outbreaks on cruise ships these days with 6 outbreaks being reported in Australian waters within the last 12 months. Controlling Norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships can be challenging. CDC investigators traced the source of 10 cruise ship outbreaks back to a smoothie made with frozen raspberries.

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. In the same week ProMED reported a viral gastroenteritis outbreak on a Dutch-owned cruise ship operating out of the United Kingdom 7. The VWA had been notifi ed of suspected norovirus out-breaks on 3 cruise ships operating in the Netherlands in the previous month.