Cyclosporiasis in The United States

The following background information on Cyclosporiasis in the United States is abstracted from Gideon www.GideonOnline.com and the Gideon e-book series [1]   (Primary references are available on request) Cyclosporiasis is the least common reportable protozoan infection in the United States.  In 2008, the reported disease rate among 10 states was 2.25 per 100,000 population. The true incidence of food-borne cyclosporiasis in the United States has been estimated at 11,407 to 19,808 cases per year (15 hospitalizations), accounting for 0.1% of all food-borne illness. Approximately 42% of cases are imported. 1,110 individual cases of cyclosporiasis were reported during 1997 to 2008.  849 (76.5%) of the cases occurred in seven states, including 498 (44.9% of total) in Florida.  51.7% of cases with known travel history were autochthonous. {p 21471951} No fatal cases were reported during 1998 to 2006. Nine food-borne outbreaks (325 cases) of cyclosporiasis were reported during 1998 to 2002; 0 in 2007; 3 (66 total cases) in 2008; 1 (8 cases) in 2009; 0 in 2010.  Eleven   outbreaks (3,533 cases) related to imported food were reported during 1996 to 2014. Reported disease rates have increased somewhat since 2012.  See graph:   Chronology of reported outbreaks: Outbreak (20 cases) among health-care workers at a hospital in Chicago, Illinois. Related to contaminated water Outbreak at a country club in New York State Outbreak in Florida associated with consumption of co...
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