US says more than 1,400 infected by parasitic Cyclospora illness outbreak

United States health officials say more than fourteen hundred people have been infected in an outbreak of the parasitic illness Cyclospora. Al Jazeera reports that US authorities point to lettuce grown in Mexico as the likely source, a conclusion Mexico's Health Ministry disputes. Cyclospora is a parasite spread through contaminated food or water, and the disagreement leaves the outbreak's origin unsettled between the two governments.

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