Outbreak of cyclosporiasis--Ontario, Canada, May 1998.
During May-June 1998, the Ontario Ministry of Health and local health departments in Ontario received reports of clusters of cases of cyclosporiasis associated with events held during May. This report describes the preliminary findings of the investigation of a cluster in Toronto, Ontario, and summarizes the findings from investigations of 12 other clusters. These investigations indicated that fresh raspberries imported from Guatemala were linked to the multicluster outbreak.
D000818:Animals; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003048:Coccidiosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D016783:Eucoccidiida / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005638:Fruit / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D009864:Ontario / Q000453:epidemiology