VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS GASTROENTERITIS OUTBREAKS ABOARD TWO CRUISE SHIPS
- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in American Journal of Epidemiology
- Vol. 109 (1) , 71-80
- https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a112661
Abstract
Outbreaks of Vibrio parahaemolyticus gastrointestinal Illness occurred on two Caribbean cruise ships in late 1974 and early 1975. In all, 697 passengers and 27 crew were affected. Epidemiologic evidence incriminated seafoods served on the ships as the vehicles of transmission. The seafoods were probably contaminated by V. parahaemolyticus after cooking In seawater from the ships' Internal seawater distribution systems. Use of seawater in foodhandling areas was discontinued, and no further outbreaks occurred.Keywords
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