Apparent Virus Sickens Cruise Ship Passengers
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Dozens of passengers came down with a stomach illness during an eight-day cruise on the Carnival Cruise Lines ship Legend, which returned to port in Fort Lauderdale, the company and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
The illness was believed to have been caused by a Norovirus, a family of highly contagious viruses, Carnival said in a statement.
Seventy-three of 2,378 passengers and four of 913 crew members were reported sick aboard the Legend.
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