Latest Norovirus Outbreaks On Cruise Ships

According to CBS Miami the Caribbean Princess was on a 14-day voyage when around 228 passengers and 17.

Latest norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships. We searched the PubMed and Scopus scientific databases. Norovirus on your ship can ruin a cruise. 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.

The Sun Princess had previously been struck by a norovirus outbreak on a cruise to Papua New Guinea. The VWA had been notified of suspected norovirus outbreaks on 3 cruise ships operating in the Netherlands in the previous month. 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 United States 2008-2014 A few highlights.

How to avoid norovirus 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.

P O Cruises. For more information about noroviruses on cruise ships. An outbreak on the Norwegian Gem during which 111 passengers and 3 crew members became ill November 2013.

Norovirus outbreaks can occur on cruise ships when people bring the virus on to the ship and pass it on to others. 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. Norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships are not normally reported to national.

The worst outbreak of norovirus on a cruise ship occurred onboard Royal Caribbeans Explorer of the Seas in January 2014. So outbreaks are found and reported more quickly on a cruise ship than on land. The worst norovirus outbreak on a cruise ship.