How the ‘explosive’ diarrhea outbreak grows and evades U.S. health authorities
Cyclosporiasis, a gastrointestinal illness caused by ingesting a microscopic parasite, has infected more than 10,000 people in 34 U.S. states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and two months after the origin of this “explosive diarrhea” outbreak was declared, it continues to grow and eludes the efforts of the country’s health authorities.