Illness catches cruise ship Jun 30, 2008
On June 17, the Veendam reached the level of illness requiring formal notification to the Vessel Sanitation Program of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ... "We don't notify the city. We notify the Vessel Sanitation Program (at CDC), the VSP notifies the local health agency," Scoltock said. (Juneau Empire)
100-plus ill on cruise ship Feb 26, 2008
Health officials are waiting confirmation of the cause of the illness based on samples from sick passengers, said Lisa Beaumier, public health analyst for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Vessel Sanitation program. She said the CDC sent a representative to board the ship in Cabo San Lucas Feb. 23. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
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Read the full set of recommendations from the CDC's Vessel Sanitation Program at cdc. gov/nceh/vsp. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
New strain of norovirus prompts sharp jump in illness on cruise ships Apr 18, 2007
Cruise ships were hit with 38 outbreaks of the gastrointestinal illness last year, up from 21 in 2005, officials of the federal Vessel Sanitation Program said at their annual meeting in Fort Lauderdale on Tuesday. Historically, the median number of passengers sickened with norovirus is 100 per outbreak, said Dr. Elaine Cramer, an epidemiologist with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. (Sun-Sentinel.com)
How to stay healthy at sea Mar 8, 2007
-- Jaret Ames, acting chief of the vessel sanitation program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), sheds light on norovirus facts -- and fictions -- and ways that cruise passengers can avoid getting sick. Q: What are some of the symptoms of norovirus, and why have there been more cases in recent years. (CNN -- Travel)
Cruise ship can't shake flu bug Mar 5, 2007
It was the second consecutive trip and the fourth since May that forced the ship's operators, Holland America Line, to report outbreaks to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Vessel Sanitation Program. CDC staff boarded the ship in Cabo San Lucas on Thursday and sailed to San Diego. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Health officials probe illnesses aboard cruise ship Mar 1, 2007
It has the appearance of being a continuation of the outbreak from the previous cruise, but we don't yet have the lab data,'' said Capt. Jaret Ames, acting chief of the CDC's Vessel Sanitation Program. TRACKING SYMPTOMS. (The Miami Herald)
Directions: Norovirus goes posh Jan 29, 2007
Those affected by the highly contagious condition, which causes diarrhoea and vomiting, were confined to their cabins after officers from the Vessel Sanitation Program of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) boarded the ship in Acapulco. One passenger on board the ship told The Sunday Times that stringent measures had been taken to control the virus. (The Sunday Times)
Outbreak spurs feds to board QE2 here Jan 28, 2007
The infections amounted to nearly 17 percent of the ship's 1,652 passengers, a particularly high percentage, said Jaret Ames, acting chief of the CDC's vessel sanitation program. The CDC boarded the QE2 on Jan. 19 in Acapulco, Mexico, to investigate the infections. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Cruise bug affects 300 Jan 26, 2007
Jaret Ames, the acting head of the CDC vessel sanitation programme, said of the flare-up: This one was a good example where they had a lot of cases but they did gain control over the spread of infection. By comparison, a norovirus outbreak last month aboard the Royal Caribbean s Freedom of the Seas, the world s largest cruise ship, infected 338 passengers out of 3,823, or less than 9 per cent.. (TimesOnline)
Norovirus sickens hundreds aboard QE2 Jan 26, 2007
The infections affected nearly 17 percent of the ship's 1,652 passengers, a particularly high percentage, said Jaret Ames, acting chief of the CDC's vessel sanitation program. By comparison, a norovirus outbreak last month aboard the world's largest cruise ship, Royal Caribbean's Freedom of the Seas, infected 338 passengers out of 3,823, or less than 9 percent. (CNN -- Health)
