Cruise Ship Respiratory Infection 2018

The median cruise ship passenger is over 45 years old and often has chronic medical problems so it is important that to have a safe cruise ship experience any potential for the introduction of an infecting agent as well as its transmission be minimized.

Cruise ship respiratory infection 2018. An influenza strain not previously. Influenza The WHO reports that influenza a respiratory tract infection is common on cruise ships. The total number of infected was 1177 of those 1099 passengers and 78 crew.

Common reported outbreaks on cruise ships have included respiratory infections with influenza A H1N1 and H3N2 Legionnaires disease and acute gastroenteritis due to norovirus. Therefore pre-travel advice is crucial for passengers and crew regarding respiratory and gastrointestinal infections. Even if a cruise ship enforces perfect hygiene norovirus can still spread from an infected persons respiratory system.

The majority of cruise ship infections involve respiratory and gastrointestinal infections. I blame pillows in hotels or around the hotel. Imo the recirculated air on planes is full of germs.

By comparison thats less than half the number reported in. Regent Seven Seas Cruises. According to the final tally released by the CDC only 547 cases of gastrointestinal illnesses were reported in 2018.

A 2018 CDC study of two Alaskan cruise ships that suffered flu outbreaks found that 83 of 410 passengers on the two ships were infected with some respiratory illness within the second week of the cruises with how soon passengers boarded the ship presenting the biggest determinant of their risk. So your body relaxes and that germ is ready to jump and make you sick. Respiratory diseases are common infectious illnesses on cruise ships.

7 2018 From stately cruise ships to Olympic host cities recent headline-grabbing outbreaks prove that norovirus an incapacitating stomach bug can strike anywhere and anytime. Outbreaks 2017 reports In 2017 the number of reported illness outbreaks on cruise ships was 21. Of 1284 passengers on cruise 2 215 17 reported ARI 994 77 were aged 65 years and 336 26 had other risk factors for respiratory complications.