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'Explosive diarrhoea' outbreak remains a mystery as officials struggle to find sources
Tracking the origin of an outbreak in the US that causes explosive diarrhoea has proved a challenge for public health experts searching for answers about how it started – and how it's spreading.
Cyclosporiasis, a parasitic infection that spreads through contaminated water or food, often during the summer, has now reached 34 states and infected nearly 7,000 people, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The main symptom of the rarely fatal illness is frequent, watery diarrhoea.
Some experts told the BBC that the parasite is notoriously difficult to trace, a task possibly complicated in part by cuts to federal health agencies.
Cyclosporiasis Outbreak with Unknown Source
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CDC, along with state and federal partners, are working together to investigate several outbreaks of cyclosporiasis. Investigations to identify and confirm the sources of the outbreaks are ongoing.
There is a large multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis occurring in at least four midwestern states. Public health officials are interviewing people linked to this outbreak to find out what foods they ate before getting sick. A specific food item has not yet been confirmed as the source. Investigators are collecting as much information as they can to solve this outbreak.
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Cyclospora outbreaks causing diarrhea in US expected to continue through August
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it is scouring food supply chain for culprit, which may be lettuce
Federal health officials have said they expect the outbreaks of cyclospora – a parasite that causes watery, explosive diarrhea – across the US to continue through August as they scour the food supply chain for the culprit.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has identified 1,645 lab-confirmed cases of the parasite; reported that 145 people have been hospitalized; and reported that they have a backlog of 5,100 cases that require more analysis, including interviews.
“The true number of infections is almost certainly higher, because many people with mild illness recover,” said Gwen Biggerstaff, deputy director of the CDC’s division of foodborne, waterborne, and environmental diseases, said at a media briefing on Tuesday. “We’re seeing an unusually high number of cyclosporiasis cases this summer.”
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