Cyclospora

Spotlight Shifts Away from Strawberries

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, July 15th, 1996

Nearly two weeks after setting off a panic by blaming strawberries for an outbreak of a stomach-churning parasite, the Texas Department of Health changed direction and lifted its caution against strawberries.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also released a report regarding ongoing investigations. These events raised serious questions about the implied connection between strawberries and the Cyclospora outbreak. Medical researchers agree.

"I should mention that of the first 43 patients at our hospital - New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center - with Cyclospora infection, nine or ten had no connection with...

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