Cruise Ship Stomach Bug

People often associate cruise ships with acute gastrointestinal illnesses such as norovirus but acute gastrointestinal illness is relatively infrequent on cruise ships.

Cruise ship stomach bug. The cruise line said the cases represented less than 5 percent of. More than 150 people on the cruise ship Star Princess have been sickened by the gastrointestinal bug norovirus the US. Were happy this was just a stomach bug.

This has lead to many thinking that cruise ships are in some way Petri dishes at sea. After more than 300 passengers and crew on board caught a nasty stomach bug causing vomiting and diarrhea. The reality is that the most common cause of GI issues on the high seas is Norovirus a stomach bug causing symptoms for one to three days - and this same bug is the most common cause of gastrointestinal illness on land as well.

From 2008 to 2014 74 million passengers sailed on cruise ships in the Vessel Sanitation Programs jurisdiction. Many were quarantined inside their cabins on board the Fred Olsen liner. The bug on that ship.

Passengers aboard a luxury cruise liner that docked in Sydney on Monday have labelled the vessel a floating disaster plagued by a nasty stomach bug. On Feb 2 and after more than a week at sea was forced to turn back to the US. 14 2016 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cruise ship passengers are getting sick with a stomach bug less often.

There were 9 outbreaks of gastrointestinal illnesses on cruise ships last year. Carnivals Liberty cruise ship had an engine fire on Monday September 7 during a scheduled port call in St. Centers for Disease Control and.

A CRUISE ship was forced to turn back to the US. Stomach virus left cruise guests suffering chronic vomiting and diarrhoea. Norovirus causes stomach pain nausea and diarrhea.