cargo shipscruise shipdisease surveillanceinfectious diseasesinfluenzameningococcal diseaserubellaSummary The revised International Health Regulations (2005) address health requirements for ship operations, including providing standards for ship and port sanitation, vector and rodent control, and disease surveillance...
Due to frequent outbreaks of infectious disease on board cruise ships, effective solutions to reduce the risk of epidemics are needed. Most infectious diseases propagate via air-borne, water-borne, food-borne, vector-borne routes, as well as contact borne routes7. On a cruise ship, because of...
Cruise tourism has become more popular. Long-term personal contact, complex population flows, a lack of medical care facilities, and defective infrastructure aboard most cruise ships is likely to result in the ship becoming an incubator for infectious diseases. In this paper, we use a cruise ship...
Most textbooks dealing with the epidemiology of infectious diseases address the epidemiological features (also called biology) of specific infectious diseases. In this chapter, the focus is placed on the concepts and methods more specific to the general epidemiological study of infectious diseases. For ...
Enhancing Air Quality and Controlling Infections on Cruise Ships By Sophia Abene February 3rd 2025 Prashant Kumar’s study on indoor air quality aboard cruise ships highlights the critical role of ventilation and masking in reducing infection risks. European Commission Authorizes ViiV Healthcare’s Long...
The aim of this review is to provide knowledge on the impact of infectious diseases on board large passenger ships on the port, the port community and other land-based operations to better understand the effectiveness of the prevention, mitigation and management (PMM) measures implemented, in ...
Most textbooks dealing with the epidemiology of infectious diseases address the epidemiological features (also named biology) of specific infectious diseases. In this chapter, the focus is placed on the concepts and methods more specific to the general epidemiological study of infectious diseases. At a...
No international surveillance system for infectious diseases on ships exists. Outbreak reports and systematic studies mainly focus on disease activity on cruise... CC Schlaich,O Marcus,MM Lamshft - 《Journal of Travel Medicine》 被引量: 46发表: 2010年 Deaths on board ships assisted by the Centro...
Influenza A outbreaks have been reported on cruise ships sailing in the Northern Hemisphere during the summer, but influenza B outbreaks have not been documented.2-7Early suspicion of a potential influenza outbreak among crew members and rapid implementation of a respiratory illness control protocol pr...
Travelers (e.g., on cruise ships) General population—if vaccine supplies are adequate The following groups should not be vaccinated with live, attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) • Persons aged < 5 years or those aged ≥50 years • Persons with asthma, reactive airways disease, or other...