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Norwalk Virus Continues To Plague Passengers Aboard Cruise Ships
(December 3, 2002)
Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) and International Council of Cruise Lines (ICCL) have contacted travel agents to explain facts about the Norwalk-like virus that's affected operations on several cruise ships. ICCL and CLIA say they want to educate travel agents and customers.
Information about the virus includes:
With all the media attention it might seem hard to believe that there has in
fact been a decline in the relative number of such gastrointestinal outbreaks on cruise ships. Dr. Elaine Cramer, a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) epidemiologist, stated, “We've seen a decline in the relative number of gastroenteritis outbreaks since 1990.
It just looks like there are more outbreaks, because there are more ships and passengers at sea.” CLIA and ICCL stress that less than .01 percent of cruise line passengers have been affected by the illness—that's 1,400 reported cases out of an estimated passenger total of 7.4 million guests for 2002.
Click here to go to ICCL's
Norwalk Virus and vessel sanitation Q&A
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- How vessel sanitation scores are determined.
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