Shigellosis Outbereak on Northwest Air Return Flights

[ERNLYN]

Can anyone share any information on this subject. I think many ship passengers may have thought the illness was from the cruise ship. This outbreak took place on a NWA return flight as well as other flights after the POA cruise end of August 2004. The outbreak was documented with the Hawaii CDC as well as Michigan, and Florida CDC's

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The following was reported at http://www.co.boulder.co.us/health/hpe/pdfs/EpiConnect0604.pdf

 

However, this was May/June and not August, so maybe it is another incident?





Cruise Ship Outbreak On May

31, Cruise Ship A reported an unusual

 

number of passengers experiencing gastrointestinal

 

illness. The ship’s medical staff

 

reported that 190 of 2,018 (9.40%)

 

passengers, and 20 of 896 (2.23%) crew

 

members were ill. Predominant symptoms

 

included diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal

 

cramps, and nausea. The cruise ship was

 

scheduled to dock in Skagway, Alaska on

 

June 2, then sail to Whittier, Alaska on June

 

5, 2004, to disembark passengers.

 

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