1 dode en 86 zieken op cruiseschip

1 dode en 86 zieken op cruiseschip

En weer is er een cruiseschip waar mensen ten prooi vallen aan een maag-darm virus ( door het hoog aantal zieken is het hoogstwaarschijnlijk weer het Norovirus. Het is niet de eerste keer dat de Holland America Line op dit blog voorbij komt. RIO DE JANEIRO –  Aan boord van een cruiseschip van de Holland America Line […]

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Uitbraak norovirus Limburg

Uitbraak norovirus Limburg

De instelling voor verstandelijk gehandicapten St. Anna in Heel is getroffen door een uitbraak van buikgriep,  hoogstwaarschijnlijk veroorzaakt door het Norovirus. Per jaar krijgen ongeveer 4,5 miljoen Nederlanders buikgriep, waarvan ongeveer een half miljoen veroorzaakt door het norovirus. Deze besmettelijke maagdarmziekte kan diarree en braken tot gevolg hebben. Maandag 21 november waren er 93 bewoners en personeelsleden besmet. Intussen zijn […]

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Cruiseships Illness Galore 2010

Cruiseships Illness Galore 2010

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta recorded 14 outbreaks of gastrointestinal illness on cruise ships visiting U.S. ports in 2010. A line-by-line breakdown: Carnival Cruise Lines Carnival Glory (10/9-10/16). 113 sickened. Cause: Unknown Celebrity Cruises Celebrity Mercury (2/15-2/26). 411 sickened. Cause: Norovirus Celebrity Millennium (2/22-3/5). 157 sickened. Cause: Norovirus Celebrity Mercury […]

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58% of Foodborn illnesses are caused by the Noro Virus

58% of Foodborn illnesses are caused by the Noro Virus

58%  of Foodborn illnesses are caused by the Noro virus according to the CDC’s EID magazine: Estimates of foodborne illness can be used to direct food safety policy and interventions. We used data from active and passive surveillance and other sources to estimate that each year 31 major pathogens acquired in the United States caused […]

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Clues to multiple vaccine

Clues to multiple vaccine

Flu relief The 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic infected an estimated 60 million people and hospitalized more than 250,000 in the USA. But, it brought with it informatics clues about how to make a vaccine that could protect against multiple strains of influenza. Influenza type A (H1N1) virus is a strain of influenza that emerged widely […]

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