Erin Alman-Updyke

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This Podcast Will Kill You · Ep 216 Cyclospora: Explosive Diarrhea Everywhere · 21 Jul 2026 podcast

Authorities are recommending that if people, especially in areas where there have been a lot of cases reported so far.

So Ohio, Michigan, New York, Illinois, also North Carolina.

If people are having more than two to three days of diarrhea, it's recommended that they go get tested in part so they can get treatment and in part so that we can get a better handle on what's actually going on and how large this outbreak really is.

That's what I got, Erin.

It's a bit of a mess.

And if we do not invest in public health infrastructure, which is the same refrain that we say every single time, then we are going to continue to see outbreaks like this.

Outbreaks happen no matter what.

But our ability to get a handle on them and to be able to identify what factors led to this outbreak and then get them under control is severely hampered when we fail to adequately fund public health efforts.

Especially to staff our agencies with knowledgeable people who know what the heck they're doing.

Yep.

Yep, Erin, that's Cyclospora thus far.

Keep refreshing your news feeds because there will be more.

My favorite paper for just an overview of cyclospora in general was from Lancet Infectious Disease 2019, and it was called Human Cyclosporiasis.

That one's a great overview.

There was another one from Veterinary Parasitology in 2004 called Cyclospora chiatinensis, a food and waterborne coccidian parasite.

A bunch of other reviews just of the parasite itself.

I have a number that detail some of the previous outbreaks as well as some of the data on surveillance progress.

prior to the last few years.

So there was like an MMWR that was from 2019 that looked at surveillance in the U.S.

from 2011 to 2015.

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