#Drumpf era #CDC has stopped monitoring for several factors it once tracked for foodborne illness outbreaks. As of July 1, a critical surveillance program is ordered to only monitori for two pathogens instead of the previous eight.

Currently only two #pathogens: #salmonella and #Shiga toxin-producing E. coli are being tracked federally, now ignored are #campylobacter, #cyclospora, #listeria, #shigella, #vibrio and #Yersinia.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/cdc-quietly-scaled-back-surveillance-program-foodborne-illnesses-rcna227089

The CDC quietly scaled back a surveillance program for foodborne illnesses

A federal-state partnership that monitors for foodborne illnesses quietly scaled back its operations nearly two months ago

NBC News

Profuse diarrhoea in an immunocompetent returning traveller
#IDMastodon #infectiousdiseases #cyclospora #diarrhea #diarrhoea #traveller #microbiology #microscopy

"Oocysts of Cyclospora ... autofluoresce when examined under ultraviolet (UV) microscope."

https://www.clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.com/article/S1198-743X(23)00400-7/fulltext?dgcid=raven_jbs_aip_email

Wash your fruits and veggies: B.C. experiences Cyclospora infection outbreak

Impacted vegetables could include broccoli, lettuce, cabbage, celery, peas, snap peas, cucumbers, carrots, and green onions, which have all been previously linked to Cyclospora.

Global News