Volume 11, Number 1, January 2005

Norovirus Transmission on Cruise Ship

Elmira T. Isakbaeva,* Marc-Alain Widdowson,*† R. Suzanne Beard,* Sandra N. Bulens,*† James Mullins,* Stephan S. Monroe,* Joseph Bresee,* Patricia Sassano,‡ Elaine H. Cramer,* and Roger I. Glass*
*Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; †Atlanta Research and Education Foundation, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; and ‡Bucks County Department of Health, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, USA

Figure 1. Number (%) of cases of acute gastroenteritis among 513 passengers and 74 crew by date of symptom onset reported to the infirmary on 6 consecutive cruises of ship X, November 2002–January 2003. Arrows indicate start and end of each cruise.

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