CDC Ends Lettuce-Linked Cyclospora Outbreak After 12,883 Confirmed Cases in 21 States
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Updated · USA TODAY · Sep 10
CDC Ends Lettuce-Linked Cyclospora Outbreak After 12,883 Confirmed Cases in 21 States
3 articles · Updated · USA TODAY · Sep 10
Summary
12,883 lab-confirmed cases tied to the lettuce outbreak have been recorded since May 1, and the CDC said Sept. 11 that the surge has ended.
Recent infections linked to the outbreak fell sharply, the agency said, and the contaminated lettuce is no longer in stores or restaurants.
Iceberg lettuce grown by Taylor Farms in Mexico is the only source identified so far, even as the CDC and FDA continue probing several other case clusters.
19,595 cyclosporiasis cases have been reported in 49 states and Washington, D.C., including two deaths and 1,043 hospitalizations, with the CDC warning totals will keep rising because reporting lags by about six weeks.