Today (October 24, 2024) in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), researchers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) describe two cruise-ship outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease tied to private balcony hot tubs.
From November 2022 to June 2024, 12 cases of Legionnaires’ disease were reported to the CDC among travelers on two cruise ships, with eight on ship A and four on ship B.
The ship A outbreak was the largest cruise Legionnaires’ disease outbreak that the CDC had investigated since 2008. Legionnaires’ is a serious type of pneumonia caused by Legionella bacteria.
Full story CDC traces Legionnaires’ outbreaks on 2 cruise ships to hot tubs
Tags: Norovirus / Gastrointestinal Outbreak
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