Thursday, July 25, 2013

CDC-Cyclosporiasis

If I'm not mistaken this is the parasite that isn't killed by either Clorination or Fluoridation and if people drink water in a tap in a city or from a well with it with compromised immune systems it is often fatal. The water supplies of literally all cities in the U.S. have this in them at least 1 month or more each year now. So, places where there is a drought likely would be the worst because it would be concentrated in those kinds of places. It is possible that the outbreak of 285 reported cases so far may not be from fruits or vegetables but from tap water that isn't either boiled or run through a reverse osmosis tippet to filter out the parasites. So, when people drink this tap water they might die from it if they are HIV or have full Blown Aids or are weak in some other way like really old people might get.

Parasites - Cyclosporiasis (Cyclospora Infection)

2013 Outbreak

On June 28, 2013, CDC was notified of 2 laboratory-confirmed cases of Cyclospora infection in Iowa residents who had become ill in June and did not have a history of international travel during the 14 days before the onset of illness. Since that date, CDC has been collaborating with public health officials in multiple states and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate an outbreak of cyclosporiasis. Click for more information.
Oocysts of C. cayetanensis shown going from non-infective to infective and multiplying. Further description is below. Cyclosporiasis is an intestinal illness caused by the microscopic parasite Cyclospora cayetanensis.
People can become infected with Cyclospora by consuming food or water contaminated with the parasite. People living or traveling in countries where cyclosporiasis is endemic may be at increased risk for infection.
Image: Infected people shed unsporulated (non-infective; immature) Cyclospora cayetanensis oocysts in their stool; immature oocysts usually require at least 1 week under favorable laboratory conditions to sporulate (become infective). An unsporulated oocyst, with undifferentiated cytoplasm, is shown (far left), next to a sporulating oocyst that contains two immature sporocysts (A). An oocyst that was mechanically ruptured has released one of its two sporocysts (B). One free sporocyst is shown as well as two free sporozoites, the infective stage of the parasite (C). Credit: CDC/DPDM.

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MMWR (04/08/2011): Surveillance for laboratory-confirmed sporadic cases of cyclosporiasis - United States, 1997-2008
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