CDC Expands Largest Known U.S. Cyclospora Outbreak to Nine States

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has linked four additional states to a multistate cyclosporiasis outbreak traced to shredded iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico.

The newly linked states — Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania — join Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan and West Virginia, and expand the nation's largest known cyclosporasis outbreak, according to an agency update posted today.

The addition of more states suggests investigators are beginning to connect thousands of illnesses scattered across the country, bringing them closer to reconstructing how a contaminated product or products moved through the food supply, and whether additional restaurants, retailers or distributors received the same products.

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