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Salad mix blamed for cyclospora1 outbreak2 in Nebraska, Iowa
By Greg Botelho and Carma Hassan, CNN
July 31, 2013 -- Updated 1331 GMT (2131 HKT)
| (CNN) -- Prepackaged salad mix has been pinpointed as the source of an outbreak of cyclospora -- an intestinal3 illness tied to a rare type of parasite4 -- that has sickened scores of5 people in Iowa and Nebraska, health authorities in those states said Tuesday. More than 100 Iowans and 78 Nebraskans have fallen ill with the disease since last month, those states' health departments said. Five people have been hospitalized as a result in Nebraska, where health officials say new cases of cyclospora are reported daily. Investigations commonly led authorities in both states to conclude that a bagged blend6 of iceberg and romaine lettuce7, red cabbage and carrots is to blame, with Nebraska noting the mix had been prewashed. State and federal authorities are still trying to determine exactly where the product was sold or under what brand name. The Nebraska alert noted that it "came through national distribution channels" and that "locally grown produce is not part of this outbreak." Iowa authorities found that about 80% of those who fell ill had prepackaged salad, but the allegedly8 tainted9 product was apparently no longer on grocers' shelves by the time investigators were alerted. The upside of this delay? "Iowans should continue eating salads as the implicated10 prepackaged salad mix is no longer in the state's food supply chain," said Steven Mandernach, the head of that state's food and consumer safety bureau. What's happening in Iowa and Nebraska may be linked to 122 cyclospora cases in Texas, that state's department of health services said. As of Tuesday, authorities had not singled out11 a common source for the Lone Star12 State's outbreak, which is largely centered in and around Dallas and Fort Worth. The U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention has been collaborating with health officials in numerous states since late June trying to pin down13 what's causing the spate14 of cyclospora cases. People get the disease by eating food or drinking water that's been contaminated15 with feces16 with the parasite, according to the CDC. The ailment17 -- which strike in places where cyclospora is common, like tropical or subtropical regions, but is occasionally seen in the United States as well -- causes symptoms18 such as diarrhea19, weight loss and nausea20 that can last anywhere from a few days to more than a month. |
1 cyclospora: 環孢子蟲、孢子蟲 2 outbreak: 爆發(疫情) 3 intestinal: 小腸的、腸道的 4 parasite: 寄生蟲 5 scores of: 幾十 6 blend: 混合物 (n.) 7 iceberg and romaine lettuce: 8 allegedly: 據稱 9 taint: 感染 10 implicated: 受牽連的 11 single out: 挑出、選出 12 Lone Star: 孤星、獨行俠 13 pin down: 牽制住 14 spate: 氾濫 15 contaminate: 汙染 16 feces: 糞便 17 ailment: 病 18 symptom: 症狀 19 diarrhea: 腹瀉 20 nausea: 噁心
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resouse link: http://edition.cnn.com/2013/07/30/health/cyclospora-outbreak/
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