Norovirus Cruise Ship

An outbreak on the Norwegian Gem during which 111 passengers and 3 crew members became ill November 2013.

Norovirus cruise ship. 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. Incorrectly Called the Cruise Ship Disease. One client asked me it safe to go on the cruise ship.

Norovirus On Cruise Ships. Control measures include patient isolation hand washing and facility closure. Norovirus causes a majority of outbreaks of gastrointestinal GI illness on cruise ships calling on the United States.

Incorrectly Called the Cruise Ship Disease. Incidents of norovirus or other gastrointestinal GI disease are quite rare on cruise ships. There have also been some notable cases reported during the last few years including.

What You Should Know about Norovirus. Incidents of norovirus or other gastrointestinal GI disease are quite rare on cruise ships. The worst norovirus outbreak on a cruise ship.

In the past 20 years there have been close to 20 confirmed norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships. The ship falls within the purview of the Vessel Sanitation Program VSP. We describe an investigation of a norovirus gastroenteritis outbreak aboard a cruise ship affecting 6 consecutive cruises and the use of sequence analysis to.

About 1 in 5 cases of acute gastroenteritis which leads to diarrhea and vomiting is caused by norovirus. We documented transmission by food and person-to-person contact. Worldwide norovirus is the leading cause of acute gastroenteritis.