Publications

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)

Notes from the Field: Multiple Cyclosporiasis Outbreaks — United States, 2018 MMWR 2018;67:1101–1102
Notes from the Field: Cyclosporiasis Cases Associated with Dining at a Mediterranean-Style Restaurant Chain—Texas, 2017 MMWR 2018;67:609-10.
Notes from the Field: Outbreaks of Cyclosporiasis—United States, June–August 2013. MMWR 2013;62:862.
Notes from the Field: Use of electronic messaging and the news media to increase case finding during a Cyclospora outbreak—Iowa, July 2013. MMWR 2013;62:613-4.
Outbreak of cyclosporiasis associated with snow peas–Pennsylvania, 2004 . MMWR 2004;53:876-8.
Outbreak of cyclosporiasis–Ontario, Canada, May 1998. MMWR 1998;47:806-9.
Update: outbreaks of cyclosporiasis—United States, 1997. MMWR 1997;46:461-2.
Outbreaks of cyclosporiasis–United States, 1997. MMWR 1997;46:451-2.
Update: outbreaks of cyclosporiasis—United States and Canada, 1997 . MMWR 1997;46:521-3.
Outbreak of cyclosporiasis–northern Virginia-Washington, D.C.-Baltimore, Maryland, metropolitan area(https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00048551.htm), 1997 . MMWR 1997;46:689-91.
Outbreaks of pseudo-infection with Cyclospora and Cryptosporidium–Florida and New York City, 1995 . MMWR 1997;46:354-8.
Update: outbreaks of Cyclospora cayetanensis infection—United States and Canada, 1996 . MMWR 1996;45:611-2.
Outbreaks of Cyclospora cayetanensis infection–United States, 1996 . MMWR 1996;45:549-51.

Surveillance Summaries

Cyclosporiasis Surveillance — United States, 2011–2015. MMWR 2019;68(3);1–16
Population-Based Active Surveillance for Cyclospora Infection–United States, Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet), 1997–2009external icon. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2012;54(S5):S411-7.
Surveillance for laboratory-confirmed sporadic cases of cyclosporiasis—United States, 1997–2008. MMWR Surveill Summ 2011;60(2):1-11.

Outbreaks

Whitfield Y, Johnson K, Hanson H, Huneault D. 2015 outbreak of cyclosporiasis linked to the consumption of imported sugar snap peas in Ontario, Canada. Journal of Food Protection 2017;80:1666-9.
Marques DFP, Alexander CL, Chalmers RM, Chiodini P, Elson R, Freedman J, Hawkins G, Lo J, Robinson G, et al. Cyclosporiasis in travellers returning to the United Kingdom from Mexico in summer 2017: lessons from the recent past to inform the future. Eurosurveillance 2017;22(32). pii: 30592.
Buss BF, Joshi MV, O’Keefe AL, Allensworth CD, Garvey A, Obbink K, Mandernach S, Safranek TJ. Regional investigation of a cyclosporiasis outbreak linked to imported romaine lettuce—Nebraska and Iowa, June–August 2013. Epidemiology and Infection 2016;144:1807-17.
Abanyie F, Harvey RR, Harris JR, Wiegand RE, Gaul L, Desvignes-Kendrick M, Irvin K, Williams I, Hall R, et al. 2013 multistate outbreaks of Cyclospora cayetanensis infections associated with fresh produce: focus on the Texas investigations.external icon Epidemiology and Infection 2015;143:3451-8.
Herwaldt BL. The ongoing saga of U.S. outbreaks of cyclosporiasis associated with imported fresh produce: what Cyclospora cayetanensis has taught us and what we have yet to learn. In: Institute of Medicine, ed. Addressing Foodborne Threats to Health: Policies, Practices, and Global Coordination. Washington, D.C.: The National Academies Press, 2006:85-115, 133-140.
Herwaldt BL. Cyclospora cayetanensis: a review, focusing on the outbreaks of cyclosporiasis in the 1990s. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2000;31:1040-57.

Epidemiology

Kaminsky RG, Lagos J, Raudales Santos G, Urrutia S. Marked seasonality of Cyclospora cayetanensis infections: ten-year observation of hospital cases, Honduras. BMC Infectious Diseases 2016;16:66.
Lopez AS, Bendik JM, Alliance JY, Roberts JM, da Silva AJ, Moura IN, Arrowood MJ, Eberhard ML, Herwaldt BL. Epidemiology of Cyclospora cayetanensis and other intestinal parasites in a community in Haiti. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2003;41:2047-54.
Bern C, Hernandez B, Lopez MB, de Mejia MA, de Merida AM, Hightower AW, Venczel L, Herwaldt BL, Klein RE. Epidemiologic studies of Cyclospora cayetanensis in Guatemala. Emerging Infectious Diseases 1999;5:766-74.
Madico G, McDonald J, Gilman RH, Cabrera L, Sterling CR. Epidemiology and treatment of Cyclospora cayetanensis infection in Peruvian children. Clinical Infectious Diseases 1997;24:977-81.

General

Chacín-Bonilla L. Epidemiology of Cyclospora cayetanensis: a review focusing in endemic areas. Acta Tropica 2010;115:181-93.
Ortega YR, Sanchez R. Update on Cyclospora cayetanensis, a food-borne and waterborne parasite. Clinical Microbiology Reviews 2010;23:218-34.
Zimmer SM, Schuetz AN, Franco-Paredes C. Efficacy of nitazoxanide for cyclosporiasis in patients with sulfa allergy. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2007;44:466-7.
Connor BA, Johnson EJ, Soave R. Reiter syndrome following protracted symptoms of Cyclospora infection. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2001;7:453-4.
de Górgolas M, Fortes J, Fernandez-Guerrero ML. Cyclospora cayetanensis cholecystitis in a patient with AIDS. Annals of Internal Medicine 2001;134:166.
Herwaldt BL. Cyclospora cayetanensis: a review, focusing on the outbreaks of cyclosporiasis in the 1990s. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2000;31:1040-57.
Hoge CW, Shlim DR, Ghimire M, Rabold JG, Pandey P, Walch A, Rajah R, Gaudio P, Echeverria P. Placebo-controlled trial of co-trimoxazole for Cyclospora infections among travellers and foreign residents in Nepal. Lancet 1995;345:691-3.
Ortega YR, Sterling CR, Gilman RH, Cama VA, Diaz F. Cyclospora species—a new protozoan pathogen of humans. New England Journal of Medicine 1993;328:1308-12.

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