Cyclospora Outbreak Tops 400 Cases; Louisiana Joins Affected States List
The number of people sickened in a multistate Cyclospora outbreak pushed past 400 on August 1, at least unofficially, as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported 397 cases, and Iowa and Texas added another 22 cases to that figure. In addition, on August 1 Louisiana reported its first cases, raising the number of affected states to 16, according to the CDC.
The Texas Department of State Health Services (TDSHS) said 132 cases have been reported in the state so far, most of them in the Dallas and Fort Worth area. It said the cases may be related to the outbreak in Iowa and Nebraska, but so far no common source has been identified.