Bacteria On Cruise Ships

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Bacteria on cruise ships. To protect themselves from infections and reduce the spread of GI illnesses on cruise ships passengers should be counseled on the following. Norovirus is a common cause of viral gastroenteritis found on cruise ships. The court ruling found Fred Olsen Cruises responsible for exposing the man to Legionnaires disease.

The CDC reported in its 2002 year-end review that the cruise ship outbreaks of that year demonstrated just how easily norovirus is transmitted from person to person in a closed environment. Globally the cruise industry has already invested 1 billion in new technologies and cleaner fuels to significantly reduce ships. To find out where germs may lurk aboard cruise ships the Rossen Reports team went undercover on a four-day Caribbean cruise armed with test swabs and an official bacteria meter.

Types of bacterial gastroenteritis infections include Escherichia coli and Salmonella. With cruise ship outbreaks regularly appearing in the news awareness of Norovirus -- an extremely common and highly contagious virus that causes gastroenteritis -- has been significantly raised. Cruise ships are a hotbed of bacteria and potential illnesses but the deadliest may be Legionnaires Disease an infection caused by Legionella organisms that leads to severe pneumonia.

Environmental impacts of cruise ships. Infections causing gastroenteritis can be viral bacterial or parasitic in origin. The cruise industry calls foul on the study however.

To trap viruses bacteria. It is a known fact that there are certain types of bacteria which flourish in the air conditioning system of a ship. GI outbreaks on cruise ships from food and water sources have also been associated with Salmonella spp enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Shigella spp Clostridium perfringens and Cyclospora cayetanensis.

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