Officials Declare End to Largest US Outbreak of Cyclospora
The outbreak caused 570 hospitalizations and two deaths, while federal investigators still are probing how the parasite entered the food supply.
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Miami (USA), Sep 11 (EFE).- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the United States ended on Friday the largest outbreak of ciclosporiasis recorded in the country, linked to lettuce iceberg coming from Mexico, and which sickened 12,883 people and caused two deaths in 21 states. CDC attributed the end to the sharp decline in new infections and the withdrawal from the market of contaminated lettuce, whose preferential consumption…
On an unprecedented scale, it was caused by Cyclospora, a microscopic parasite, which was present on iceberg lettuce, all removed from the market.
U.S. declares largest recorded cyclospora outbreak over | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
U.S. health authorities today declared the nation’s largest recorded multistate cyclosporiasis outbreak over, after contaminated iceberg lettuce sickened thousands, though the FDA said it is still probing how the parasite entered the food supply.
The outbreak, which federal researchers have associated with the lettuce from central Mexico and provided by Taylor Farms, has caused one of the largest food relapses in recent years.
The authorities attributed the end to the decline in infections and the withdrawal of contaminated lettuce from the market.
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