The number of patients sickened in a multistate Cyclospora outbreak has climbed to 425, according to an update today from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The number of affected states remained at 16, with Iowa, Texas, Nebraska, and Florida as the hardest hit. So far 24 patients have been hospitalized, but no deaths have been reported.
The FDA named a Mexican supplier in the Cyclospora outbreak in Iowa and Nebraska.
Cases in a multistate Cyclospora outbreak may be as many as 419.
Six more cases reported, and officials fill in more background on their investigation.
Health departments in Iowa and Nebraska today linked Cyclospora infections to prepackaged salad mix.
Illnesses in four additional states may be linked to the multistate outbreak.
Two more states—Minnesota and Ohio—have each reported one Cyclospora infection, raising the number of affected states to 11 and the nation's total to 285 cases, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today in an update.
Nine states have now reported Cyclospora cases, but it's unclear if all are part of an outbreak.
Iowa and Texas reported nine new Cyclospora cases each, while Nebraska has had five more, adding 23 cases to an outbreak that may involve as many as 258 illnesses.
Cyclospora cases in the Midwest and Texas reached at least 235, but it's not known whether the two outbreaks are related.