Norovirus Cruise Ships 2014

Norovirus and cruise ships Jennifer H Lun A D Kelly-Anne Ressler B E Mark J Ferson B C F and Peter A White A G Author Affiliations - Author Affiliations.

Norovirus cruise ships 2014. As the only national or international body tracking norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships the CDC reports favorably on the cruise industrys efforts toward minimizing the spread of outbreaks in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report titled Acute Gastroenteritis on Cruise Ships. Norovirus is a very contagious virus. Immerse yourself into culture cuisine art and history on Vikings award winning ships.

The GII4 Sydney strain was identified in 2012 in Sydney Australia. During 2008-2014 a total of 133 cruise ship acute gastroenteritis outbreaks were reported 95 71 of which had specimens available for testing. Among these 92 97 were caused by norovirus and among 80 norovirus specimens for which a genotype was identified 59 738 were GII4 strains.

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Ad The future of cruising - Modern Spacious ships. During 20082014 a total of 133 cruise ship acute gastroenteritis outbreaks were reported 95 71 of which had specimens available for testing. Among these 92 97 were caused by norovirus and among 80 norovirus specimens for which a genotype was identified 59 738 were GII4 strains.

As the only national or international body tracking norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships the CDC reports favorably on the cruise industrys efforts toward minimizing the spread of outbreaks in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report titled Acute Gastroenteritis on Cruise Ships. As the only national or international body tracking norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships the CDC reports favorably on the cruise industrys efforts toward minimizing the spread of outbreaks in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report MMWR titled Acute Gastroenteritis on Cruise Ships - United States 2008-2014 A few highlights. By Jim Walker on January 28 2014.

In fact according to the CDC over 21 million people are infected with Norovirus each year with less than 1 percent of out breaks occuring 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. Controlling Norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships can be challenging.