ALLMedicine™ Cyclosporiasis Center

Jan 28th, 2021 - Cyclospora cayetanensis is a parasite causing cyclosporiasis (an illness in humans). Produce (fruits, vegetables, herbs), water and soil contaminated with C. cayetanensis have been implicated in human infection. The objective was to conduct a scop...

Aug 3rd, 2020 - Outbreaks of cyclosporiasis, a food-borne illness caused by the coccidian parasite Cyclospora cayetanensis have increased in the USA in recent years, with approximately 2300 laboratory-confirmed cases reported in 2018. Genotyping tools are needed ...

Apr 24th, 2020 - In Cuba, there are few studies on cyclosporiasis. Here, we report results from 1247 stool samples from symptomatic patients that were examined by microscopy methods and positive cases confirmed by nested PCR targeting the 18S rRNA gene, followed b...

Apr 10th, 2020 - Cyclospora cayetanensis is an intestinal parasite responsible for the diarrheal illness, cyclosporiasis. Molecular genotyping, using targeted amplicon sequencing, provides a complementary tool for outbreak investigations, especially when epidemiol...

Mar 7th, 2020 - Outbreaks of cyclosporiasis, a diarrheal illness caused by Cyclospora cayetanensis, have been a public health issue in the USA since the mid 1990's. In 2018, 2299 domestically acquired cases of cyclosporiasis were reported in the USA as a result o...

Jan 28th, 2021 - Cyclospora cayetanensis is a parasite causing cyclosporiasis (an illness in humans). Produce (fruits, vegetables, herbs), water and soil contaminated with C. cayetanensis have been implicated in human infection. The objective was to conduct a scop...

Oct 1st, 2020 - Overview Cyclospora infection (cyclosporiasis) causes watery, and sometimes explosive, diarrhea. The one-celled parasite that causes cyclospora infection can enter your body when you ingest contaminated food or water. Fresh produce is the culprit ...

Aug 3rd, 2020 - Outbreaks of cyclosporiasis, a food-borne illness caused by the coccidian parasite Cyclospora cayetanensis have increased in the USA in recent years, with approximately 2300 laboratory-confirmed cases reported in 2018. Genotyping tools are needed ...

Apr 24th, 2020 - In Cuba, there are few studies on cyclosporiasis. Here, we report results from 1247 stool samples from symptomatic patients that were examined by microscopy methods and positive cases confirmed by nested PCR targeting the 18S rRNA gene, followed b...

Apr 10th, 2020 - Cyclospora cayetanensis is an intestinal parasite responsible for the diarrheal illness, cyclosporiasis. Molecular genotyping, using targeted amplicon sequencing, provides a complementary tool for outbreak investigations, especially when epidemiol...

Jul 16th, 2018 - Note that some links may require subscriptions. FDA links a multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis to McDonald's salads. Food contamination on the rise? No, detection is just better, experts say. (Washington Post) Is CMS stepping back from value-ba...

Aug 6th, 2017 - The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), state and local health departments, and the US Food and Drug Administration have issued a Health Alert Network advisory after an increase in reported cases of cyclosporiasis, an intestinal i...

Jul 31st, 2015

Jul 28th, 2014 - Cyclospora illness in the United States is traditionally associated with travel to tropical or subtropical regions where Cyclospora infection is endemic. Since May 2014, Texas, Maine, and Massachusetts have observed unusual increases in the number...

Jul 27th, 2014 - Cyclosporiasis Cyclosporiasis is an intestinal illness caused by Cyclospora cayetanensis, which is a protozoan (unicellular) parasite that was characterized as recently as the early 1990s. Cyclosporiasis can occur at any time of the year. However,...