Illness On Cruise Ships 2015

A cruise ship illness that sickened more than 130 passengers and three crew members forced the Legend of the Seas vessel to dock in San Diego Tuesday making it the second ship in as many days to do so.

Illness on cruise ships 2015. Both ships were to be inspected at dock in San Diego. Cruise ship illness sick gastrointestinal cdc. On Ship B 62 of passengers and 47 of crew had MAARI.

2015 Crime at Sea. On cruises lasting 315 days and having at least 100 passengers diarrhoeal disease outbreaks investigated by the Centers for Disease Control decreased from 81 to 30 per 10 million passenger days between 197579 and. GI outbreaks on cruise ships from food and water sources have also been associated with Salmonella spp enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Shigella spp Clostridium perfringens and Cyclospora.

At least 116 passengers and crew members on Legends of the Seas reported gastrointestinal symptoms. Symptoms of that highly contagious virus include nausea diarrhea vomiting abdominal pain along with. Norovirus a stomach bug struck dozens of passengers aboard the Star Princess cruise ship.

The Star Princess is one of nine cruise ships in 2015 to have reported outbreaks of gastrointestinal illnesses to the CDC. Passengers began reporting to the ships medical center with gastrointestinal illness according to Karen Candy a spokeswoman for Princess Cruises. Bryant a health communication assistant with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

If 3 or more of the passengers or crew have gastrointestinal illness. The CDC reported 178 of 1948 passengers 914 and 9 of 786 crew 115 have reported ill with gastrointestinal illnessTwo Vessel Sanitation Program environmental health officers boarded the ship in Falmouth Jamaica on January 30 2015 to conduct an epidemiological investigation an environmental health assessment and evaluate the outbreak and response activitiesThe ship was on a 10 day cruise. Hundreds of people aboard two cruise ships in the Caribbean fell ill due to norovirus the latest instances in which the stomach bug has thwarted vacationers at sea.

Separately on board the Royal Caribbean ship Legend of the Seas 114 of the ships 1763 passengers 65 came down with an unknown gastrointestinal illness. When 2 or more of the passengers or crew have gastrointestinal illness. The Star Princess in 2012.