Norovirus transmission on cruise ship

Elmira T Isakbaeva; Marc-Alain Widdowson; R Suzanne Beard; Sandra N Bulens; James Mullins; Stephan S Monroe; Joseph Bresee; Patricia Sassano; Elaine H Cramer; Roger I Glass

doi:10.3201/eid1101.040434

Norovirus transmission on cruise ship

Elmira T Isakbaeva, Marc-Alain Widdowson, R Suzanne Beard, Sandra N Bulens, James Mullins, Stephan S Monroe, Joseph Bresee, Patricia Sassano, Elaine H Cramer, Roger I Glass

Institute of Tropical Medicine

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	11
Issue number	1
Pages (from-to)	154-158
Number of pages	5
ISSN	1080-6040
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1101.040434
Publication status	Published - 2005

Keywords

Caliciviridae Infections/epidemiology
Disease Outbreaks
Gastroenteritis/epidemiology
Humans
Norovirus/classification
Ships
Travel

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