New York City health officials are advising clinicians to be on the alert for patients with diarrhea due to Cyclospora infection.
From the beginning of the year through July 15, officials report 90 cases, including 40 cases since the beginning of the month. Approximately 30 percent of patients have reported travel outside of the United States in the two weeks prior to symptom onset, primarily to Latin America.
This compares with 56 cases in 2018, and 43 cases in 2017 during the same time period.
Epidemiologic investigations are ongoing to determine if there is a possible common food source for cases with no travel outside of NYC.
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