Cyclospora

The latest number of cyclospora cases, from the Alabama Department of Public Health, is 85 (updated) plus two hospitalizations. This new data was followed by news of two fatalities in Michigan, state health officials announced Monday.

The Food and Drug Administration is apologizing for a false positive test result that linked Taylor Farms to the current outbreak of Cyclospora. The agricultural company recalled lettuce and prepackaged salad kits in twenty seven states, including Alabama, after the FDA announced its original test results. The State Department of Health says one case of Cyclospora is confirmed in Mobile County and one in the Tuscaloosa area.

Taylor Farms has expanded a voluntary recall of its iceberg lettuce products sourced from central Mexico because of a potential link to the multistate Cyclospora outbreak that has sickened people across the U.S. The total number of states in the recalled is reportedly twenty seven and Alabama is one of them.

The Alabama Department of Public Health confirms eleven cases of the parasite infection cyclospora in the state. The agency says these patients are confined mostly to the north part of Alabama. ADPH is working to see if any of these cases are interconnected. Symptoms of the illnesses include diarrhea, nausea, and stomach cramps.