TWiP 57: An outbreak of cyclosporiasis

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier

Vincent and Dickson review a multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis caused by the single-celled coccidian parasite Cyclospora cayetanensis.

The day after recording this episode, ProMedMail reported that the outbreak of cyclosporiasis had spread to Texas.

Links for this episode:

• Cyclosporiasis (CDC)
• Cyclospora life cycle (CDC)
• Cyclosporiasis (Wikipedia)
• Cyclosporiasis outbreak, US (one, two, three) (ProMedMail)
• Cyclosporiasis outbreak moves to Texas (ProMedMail)
• Notifiable diseases, US, 2011 (CDC)
• Federal funding for science research (virology blog)
• Oculus of Singapore (YouTube)
• Dickson recording TWiP 57 (jpg)
• Dickson's stuff (jpg)
• People, Parasites, and Plowshares by Dickson Despommier
• Letters read on TWiP 57

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