{"id":113560,"date":"2026-07-17T12:57:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T07:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=113560"},"modified":"2026-07-17T12:57:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T07:27:05","slug":"cyclosporiasis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/cyclosporiasis\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyclosporiasis"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Cyclosporiasis Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the U.S. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has received reports of 1,645 confirmed domestic cases of cyclosporiasis since May 1.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Cyclosporiasis<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a type of food poisoning caused by the <\/span><b>microscopic parasite, Cyclospora cayetanensis<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Major Sources: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cyclosporiasis outbreaks include <\/span><b>contaminated leafy greens<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, lettuce, spinach, basil, cilantro, parsley, raspberries and snow peas.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Transmission:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It spreads through the <\/span><b>faeco-oral route<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which means that food or water contaminated by faeces containing the parasite causes the illness.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It does <\/span><b>not spread from person to person.<\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Symptoms<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The main symptom is <\/span><b>frequent, explosive, watery diarrhoea<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other symptoms include bloating, loss of appetite, stomach cramps, fatigue and even weight loss.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Risk:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Anyone can contract the infection. In children, the elderly and those with weak immune symptoms, the <\/span><b>infection may be severe.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Treatment: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is easily treatable with a <\/span><b>seven- to 10-day course of the antibiotic trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which disrupts the microbe\u2019s ability to produce the folic acid needed to replicate itself.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Hydration <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is also recommended.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/health\/what-is-cyclosporiasis-explained\/article71224916.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cyclosporiasis is a type of food poisoning caused by the microscopic parasite, Cyclospora cayetanensis. 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