Outbreaks of gastroenteritis associated with noroviruses on cruise ships--United States, 2002

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Research output: Contribution to journalA1: Web of Science-articlepeer-review

Abstract

During January 1-December 2, 2002, CDC's Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP), which conducts surveillance for acute gastroenteritis (AGE) on cruise ships with foreign itineraries sailing into U.S. ports received reports of 21 outbreaks of AGE on 17 cruise ships. Of the 21 outbreaks, nine were confirmed by laboratory analysis of stool specimens from affected persons to be associated with noroviruses, three were attributable to bacterial agents, and nine were of unknown etiology. Seven outbreaks were reported in 2001, and of these, four were confirmed to be associated with norovirus (CDC, unpublished data, 2002). This report describes five of the norovirus outbreaks that occurred during July 1-December 2, 2002, on cruise ships.

Original languageEnglish
JournalMMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
Volume51
Issue number49
Pages (from-to)1112-1115
Number of pages4
ISSN0149-2195
Publication statusPublished - 2002

Keywords

  • Acute Disease
  • Caliciviridae Infections/diagnosis
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Gastroenteritis/epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Norovirus/isolation & purification
  • Recreation
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Ships
  • Travel
  • United States/epidemiology

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Outbreaks of gastroenteritis associated with noroviruses on cruise ships--United States, 2002'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this