The CDC did not state the names of the cruise ships where the outbreak happened, only that both included European, Caribbean and Mediterranean itineraries.
Hot tubs offer favorable conditions for legionella growth and transmission when maintained and operated inadequately, regardless of location, the CDC warned.that two outbreaks of legionnaires’ disease had been linked to private-use outdoor hot tubs on two cruise ship s between November 2022 and July 2024, sickening 12 people.
“Epidemiologic, environmental, and laboratory evidence suggests that private balcony hot tubs were the likely source of exposure in two outbreaks of Legionnaires disease among cruise ship passengers,” the CDC stated in the report. Named after a 1976 outbreak that killed 29 people at an American Legion convention, legionnaires’ disease remains underreported, with fewer than 100 cases reported annually in Canada, though the true number is likely much higher, PHAC added.From December 2022 to May 2023, the CDC was first notified of five cases of legionnaires’ disease among people who travelled on “cruise ship A” during a 14-day exposure period. All five cases were among passengers travelling on the same ship in November 2022.
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