FLORIDA: Cruise industry efforts pay off with sharp decline in stomach virus - (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
February 5, 2008 – 4:53 pmCruise passengers got a break last year, as serious cases of gastrointestinal illness at sea fell sharply after setting a record in 2006.
But cruise industry officials are watching an upswing in norovirus cases in the United Kingdom to see whether it will become a problem worldwide.
Federal ship regulators say cruise lines have become the model for fighting outbreaks of norovirus, which spreads easily and causes flu-like symptoms for 48 to 72 hours.
Capt. Jaret Ames, head of the vessel sanitation program at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, was quoted as saying, “They’re much better at it today than they were in 2002.”
The story says that unlike nursing homes and hotels, cruise ships are required by law to disclose gastrointestinal illness regardless of cause. Norovirus is now a bigger cause of illness at sea than bacteria such as e-coli or salmonella.
Last year, there were 16 confirmed outbreaks of norovirus […]
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