CDC Confirms 1,645 Cyclospora Cases, More Than 5,100 Others Investigated

“This is much, much higher than what we’ve seen last year or the year before,” said Dr. Gwen Biggerstaff, deputy director of the CDC’s Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases.

“It’s a very big shift.”

The parasite, Cyclospora cayetanensis, causes cyclosporiasis, a gastrointestinal illness that commonly produces severe watery diarrhea,continue reading …