In addition, a small outbreak of eight cases of V. parahaemolyticus infections was reported in Con- necticut, New Jersey, and New York between July and September in 1998 as a result of eating oysters and clams harvested at Long Island Sound of New York (CDC,
1999). Recently, 14 passengers on board a cruise ship in Alaska developed gastroenteritis after eating raw oysters produced in Alaska in the summer of 2004