Iowa Cyclospora

The Cyclospora outbreak in Iowa has sickened 148 people as of Friday, August 2. About 43 percent of those cases come from just two counties, Polk where Des Moines is located and Linn where Cedar Rapids is located. Last week, health officials in Iowa and Nebraska identified prepackaged salad mix containing iceberg and romaine lettuces, … Read more

Cyclospora is a one-celled parasite that can cause a laundry list of unpleasant gastrointestinal symptoms persisting as long as two months. The parasite is rare and usually associated with tropical or sub-tropical regions, hardly how anyone would describe Iowa. Yet that state has been hit the hardest by a Cyclospora outbreak that may include almost … Read more