Norovirus Cruise Ships 2014

Only 129678 passengers met the programs case definition for acute gastrointestinal illness and only a small proportion of those cases 1 in 10 were part of a norovirus outbreak.

Norovirus cruise ships 2014. Among these 92 97 were caused by norovirus and among 80 norovirus specimens for which a genotype was identified 59 738 were GII4 strains. After months of norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships a smoothie is finally implicated. CDC investigators finally traced the norovirus not coronavirus illnesses last year back to a smoothie.

The following report is a review of the latest research into Norovirus and the effects on the cruise ship industry. Production Schedule Potential to impact cruise ship schedule Investigation into cause of outbreak performed Additional cleaning of cruise ship needed Customer Service Labor Time AND AND A norovirus outbreak on Royal Caribbeans Explorer of the Seas sickened nearly 700 hundred people during a cruise that ended on January 29 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.

The Crown Princess is flagged out of Bermuda. In fact it affects many more people on land than on cruise ships. 2016 An outbreak of multiple norovirus strains on a cruise ship in China 2014.

An outbreak on the Norwegian Gem during which 111 passengers and 3 crew members became ill November 2013. Recent Cases of Norovirus on Cruise Ships. In the past 20 years there have been close to 20 confirmed 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. Among these 92 97 were caused by norovirus and among 80 norovirus specimens for which a genotype was identified 59 738 were GII4 strains. The cruise ship which was traveling along the coast of Southern California and Mexico had an outbreak of norovirus causing gastrointestinal illness in many crew members and passengers.

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. 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. 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.