Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a>.<\/p>\nBetween May 1 and June 16, the CDC received reports of 145 cases nationwide across 17 states as investigators worked to identify potential outbreak clusters.<\/p>\n
In Pennsylvania, at least 19 cases were reported to state health officials so far in 2026, they said. Federal health officials noted in Pennsylvania, cases are reported voluntarily. For all of 2025, Pennsylvania recorded 40 cases.<\/p>\n
\u201cPennsylvanians are most likely to be infected after eating fresh produce imported from tropical and subtropical regions where cyclosporiasis regularly occurs, or while traveling to those regions,\u201d a Pennsylvania Department of Health spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
Pennsylvania health officials declined to provide a county-by-county breakdown, citing patient confidentiality. However, they said Southeast Pennsylvania accounted for 10 cases, followed by six in Southwest Pennsylvania, two in the northeast part of the state and one in the northwest.<\/p>\n
Health officials said cyclospora infections typically cause frequent diarrhea and irregular bowel movements and can last from several days to more than a month if left untreated. The illness is generally not considered life-threatening.<\/p>\n
As of July 1, the CDC reported 20 hospitalizations and no deaths nationwide. Reported cases involved people ranging in age from 5 to 86.<\/p>\n
The CDC reported fewer than 10 cases in New Jersey. The state’s health department said it was not seeing an uptick. No cases were reported in Delaware.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Michigan has seen an unusually high number of infections. As of June 30, nearly 200 cases had been reported there \u2014 far above the state’s annual average of about 50 cases, according to Michigan health officials. Those figures are not yet reflected in the CDC’s national data.<\/p>\n
\u201cIndividuals experiencing sudden gastrointestinal illness are encouraged to be evaluated by a health care provider,\u201d Michigan health officials said. \u201cSymptoms of cyclosporiasis can be significantly improved with antibiotic treatment. If untreated, the illness may last for a few days to a month or longer.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cases of cyclosporiasis generally rise in the spring and summer months, health officials said.<\/p>\n
Health officials recommend thoroughly washing fresh produce to reduce the risk of infection. A 2022 cyclosporiasis outbreak was ultimately linked to packaged salad kits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania health officials tell NBC10 that 19 cases of a parasite-related illness that can trigger severe diarrhea and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":234163,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-234162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}