Ke hopohopo nei no ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻōpū ʻōpū i kāu holo moku e hiki mai ana? Eia ka nūhou maikaʻi: Ke emi mai nei nā maʻi o ka norovirus a me nā maʻi ʻōpū ʻē aʻe ma nā moku holo moku.
Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā Centers for Disease Control ma Atlanta he 15 mau maʻi maʻi ʻōpū ma nā moku holo moku i 2008, iho mai 21 i 2007 a me 34 i 2006.
ʻO ka emi ʻana mai, ʻoiai ʻo ka piʻi ʻana o ka poʻe e holo ana. Wahi a ka Cruise Lines International Association, ua lawe ka ʻoihana i 13.2 miliona mau kaʻa ma 2008, mai 12.6 miliona i 2007 a me 12.0 miliona i 2006.
Pono nā moku holo moku e hōʻea ana i nā awa ʻAmelika e hōʻike i nā hihia āpau o ka maʻi ʻōpū i mālama ʻia e nā limahana lapaʻau ma luna o ka moku i ka CDC's Vessel Sanitation Program division, a koi ʻia kahi hoʻolaha ʻokoʻa inā ʻoi aku ka nui o nā maʻi ma ka moku holo moku ma mua o 2% o nā kaʻa a ohua. Ke ʻoi aku ka nui o nā hihia o ka maʻi ma ka moku holo moku ma mua o 3% o nā poʻe kaʻa a me nā pūʻali, hoʻopuka ka CDC i kahi hōʻike lehulehu.
Hōʻike ʻia kahi loiloi o nā hōʻike lehulehu e USA TODAY's Cruise Log, e like me nā makahiki i hala, kokoke i nā maʻi maʻi āpau i 2008 - 13 mai 15 - ma muli o ka norovirus. Hoʻokahi maʻi maʻi o E. coli, ma luna o ke Kamāliʻiwahine Pākīpika i Ianuali o 2008. Aia kekahi maʻi maʻi ma muli o ka norovirus a me E. coli (ma ka Dream Norwegian i ʻApelila).
ʻO nā 15 outbreaks i ka makahiki 2008, ʻeono ma luna o nā moku i hoʻokele ʻia e Holland America - kahi laina i loaʻa i kahi ʻāpana like ʻole o ka maʻi maʻi ʻōpū o ka ʻoihana no kekahi mau makahiki. ʻElua mau laina ʻē aʻe i ʻoi aku ma mua o hoʻokahi hanana: Norwegian Cruise Line (4) a me Princess Cruises (2). ʻEkolu laina ʻē aʻe - Carnival, Regent Seven Seas a me American Canadian Caribbean Line - ua loaʻa i kēlā me kēia maʻi hoʻokahi.
Ua alakaʻi pū ʻo Holland America i ka ʻoihana i nā hanana maʻi ʻōpū i ka makahiki 2007 me nā maʻi ʻelima (hoʻopaʻa ʻia me NCL) a ma 2006 me nā maʻi ʻehiku, e like me ka ʻikepili CDC.
ʻO ka mea nui, i ka makahiki 2008, aia kekahi mau laina nui, me ka Royal Caribbean, Celebrity, Disney a me Cunard i loaʻa ʻole kahi maʻi i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka makahiki 2008.
I kēia manawa i ka makahiki 2009 ua hoʻopaʻa ka CDC i ʻelua maʻi maʻi gastro-intestinal ma nā moku, ma ka Celebrity Mercury (Ian. 3-17) a me ka Holland America Maasdam (Ian. 2-9).
I kekahi manawa i kapa ʻia ʻo "24-hour flu," ʻo ka norovirus ke kumu maʻamau o ka maʻi ʻōpū ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, e helu ana ma kahi o ka hapalua o nā hihia āpau, e like me ka CDC. Puka pinepine ia ma nā kula, nā hale hānai, nā halemai, nā keʻena a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe e ʻākoakoa ai ka poʻe.
