- Cruise Line: Celebrity Cruises
- Cruise Ship: Summit
- Voyage Dates: 11/11-11/25/06
- Number of ill passengers out of total number of passengers: 72 of 1911 (3.77%)
- Number of ill crew out of total number of crew: 12 of 942 (1.27%)
- Predominant symptoms: diarrhea and vomiting
- Actions: Celebrity Cruises and the crew aboard the ship took the following actions to respond to the outbreak:
- increased cleaning and disinfection procedures,
- submitted stools specimens for analysis,
- provided daily updates about the illness to VSP until the number of ill people returned to expected levels.
- On November 25th, VSP staff boarded the ship to conduct a targeted environmental health investigation and to make recommendations. The number of ill people returned to expected levels by the voyage that ended on December 9th.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA 30333, U.S.A Tel: (404) 639-3311 • CDC Contact Center: 800-CDC-INFO • 888-232-6348 (TTY)
