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Anne Straily, D.V.M., is a Veterinary Epidemiologist with the Parasitic Diseases Branch (PDB) at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), where she serves as the lead epidemiologist for cyclosporiasis surveillance, outbreak investigation, and response activities for PDB. In addition to her work on cyclosporiasis, she also assists with surveillance, field studies, and technical support for epidemiologic investigations of soil-transmitted helminths, schistosomiasis, toxoplasmosis, and other parasitic diseases, and provides consultation for healthcare providers and public health personnel regarding parasitic diseases.
Recurring outbreaks of cyclosporiasis underscore the need for a comprehensive understanding of how Cyclospora cayetanensis contaminates water and produce
FDA Coordinated Outbreak Response and Evaluation Network (CORE), in collaboration with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health and regulatory partners, conduct foodborne illness outbreak investigations, including thoserelated to Cyclospora cayetanensis infections. In this article, the authors review the successes and challenges of identifying and responding to outbreaks caused by C. cayetanensis infections since 2013, the progress made, the challenges remaining, and what the future holds.