Cruise Ship Wastewater and Clinical Surveillance Data from a Mediterranean Seaport, 2024

A pilot study dataset from a Mediterranean seaport in Italy, collected between July and October 2024. It combines 20 wastewater samples from 10 cruise ships with aggregated onboard clinical surveillance data. The research targeted 10 human respiratory and gastrointestinal viruses and analyzed bacterial and viral indicators to evaluate wastewater treatment performance.

Use Cases

• Correlating wastewater viral loads with clinical case reports based on integrated environmental and clinical data.
• Assessing the efficacy of onboard wastewater treatment systems based on the analysis of bacterial and viral indicators.
• Monitoring the circulation of specific pathogens like Norovirus and SARS-CoV-2 in a maritime setting based on the described detection results.

Strengths

• Integrated data from 20 wastewater samples and clinical reports from 10 cruise ships.
• Specific detection rates for viruses are provided, such as Norovirus GII in 100% of untreated sewage samples.
• Data collection occurred over a defined period from July to October 2024 in a specific location.

Limitations

• Row and column counts are unknown, limiting suitability assessment for specific analytical tasks.
• The dataset is small in scale at 692.5 KB, representing a pilot study with limited sample size.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Ileana Federigi via figshare.

Collection Method

Pilot study combining wastewater sample collection and analysis with the extraction of aggregated clinical data from medical reports.

Time Range

July 2024 to October 2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-23 05:35:00; freshness should be verified.

Geography

A Mediterranean seaport in Italy