Barkewar Norovirus a kan jiragen ruwa na balaguro kan raguwa

Kuna damu game da kamuwa da ciwon ciki a cikin jirgin ruwa na gaba? Ga labari mai daɗi: Barkewar norovirus da sauran cututtuka na gastrointestinal a cikin jiragen ruwa na tafiya suna kan raguwa.

Cibiyoyin Kula da Cututtuka a Atlanta sun rubuta kawai fashewa 15 na cututtukan gastrointestinal akan jiragen ruwa a cikin 2008, ƙasa daga 21 a cikin 2007 da 34 a cikin 2006.

Ragewar, haka kuma, ya zo ne yayin da adadin mutanen da ke balaguro ke ci gaba da karuwa. Ƙungiyar Cruise Lines International Association ta ce masana'antar ta ɗauki fasinjoji miliyan 13.2 a 2008, sama da miliyan 12.6 a 2007 da miliyan 12.0 a 2006.

Jiragen ruwa da ke isa tashar jiragen ruwa na Amurka dole ne su ba da rahoton duk cututtukan cututtukan ciki da ma’aikatan lafiya da ke cikin jirgin ke yi wa sashen Tsaftar Jirgin ruwa na CDC, kuma ana buƙatar sanarwar daban lokacin da adadin cututtukan da ke cikin balaguron balaguro ya wuce kashi 2% na fasinjoji da ma'aikata. Lokacin da adadin cututtukan da ke cikin balaguron balaguro ya wuce kashi 3% na fasinjoji da ma'aikatan jirgin, CDC ta ba da rahoton jama'a.

Wani bincike na rahotannin jama'a na USA A TODAY's Cruise Log ya nuna cewa, kamar yadda a shekarun baya, kusan dukkanin barkewar cutar a cikin 2008 - 13 cikin 15 - sun kasance ne saboda norovirus. An sami barkewar E. coli guda ɗaya, akan Gimbiya Pacific a cikin Janairu na 2008. Akwai kuma fashewa guda ɗaya wanda shine sakamakon duka norovirus da E. coli (a kan Mafarkin Norwegian a watan Afrilu).

Daga cikin bullar cutar guda 15 a cikin 2008, shida sun kasance a cikin jiragen ruwa da Holland America ke sarrafa su - layin da ke da kaso mara daidaituwa na barkewar cututtukan ciki na masana'antar shekaru da yawa. Wasu layi biyu kawai sun sami fashewa fiye da ɗaya: Layin Jirgin Ruwa na Norwegian (4) da Gimbiya Cruises (2). Sauran layi uku - Carnival, Regent Seas Seven da American Canadian Caribbean Line - kowannensu yana da fashewa guda.

Holland America kuma ya jagoranci masana'antar a cikin abubuwan da suka faru na cututtukan gastrointestinal a cikin 2007 tare da barkewar cutar guda biyar (daure tare da NCL) kuma a cikin 2006 tare da barkewar bakwai, bisa ga bayanan CDC.

Musamman ma, a cikin 2008, akwai manyan layukan da yawa, waɗanda suka haɗa da Royal Caribbean, Celebrity, Disney da Cunard waɗanda ba su da barkewar cutar guda ɗaya a cikin 2008.

Ya zuwa yanzu a cikin 2009 CDC ta rubuta bullar cutar gastro-hanji guda biyu akan jiragen ruwa, akan Celebrity Mercury (Jan. 3-17) da Holland America Maasdam (Jan. 2-9).

Wani lokaci ana kiranta "mura na sa'o'i 24," norovirus ita ce mafi yawan abin da ke haifar da ciwon ciki a Amurka, wanda ya kai kusan rabin duk lokuta, bisa ga CDC. Yakan barke akai-akai a makarantu, gidajen jinya, asibitoci, ofisoshi da sauran wuraren da mutane ke taruwa.