Norovirus transmission on cruise ship

Norovirus transmission on cruise ship

An outbreak of norovirus gastroenteritis affected passengers on two consecutive cruises of ship X and continued on 4 subsequent cruises despite a 1-week sanitization. We documented transmission by food and person-to-person contact; persistence of virus despite sanitization onboard, including introdu...

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Veröffentlicht in:Emerging infectious diseases 2005-01, Vol.11 (1), p.154-157
Hauptverfasser: Isakbaeva, Elmira T, Widdowson, Marc-Alain, Beard, R Suzanne, Bulens, Sandra N, Mullins, James, Monroe, Stephan S, Bresee, Joseph, Sassano, Patricia, Cramer, Elaine H, Glass, Roger I
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Caliciviridae Infections - epidemiology
Caliciviridae Infections - transmission
Caliciviridae Infections - virology
cruise ship
Cruise ships
Development and progression
Disease Outbreaks
Dispatch
Gastroenteritis
Gastroenteritis - epidemiology
Gastroenteritis - virology
Gastrointestinal diseases
Humans
Norovirus
Norovirus - classification
Norovirus - genetics
Norovirus - isolation & purification
Norwalk
outbreak
Ships
Travel
United States
viral gastroenteritis
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Zusammenfassung:An outbreak of norovirus gastroenteritis affected passengers on two consecutive cruises of ship X and continued on 4 subsequent cruises despite a 1-week sanitization. We documented transmission by food and person-to-person contact; persistence of virus despite sanitization onboard, including introductions of new strains; and seeding of an outbreak on land.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid1101.040434