Two deaths recorded as US battles Cyclosporiasis outbreak
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According to the CDC, people become infected after eating food or drinking water contaminated with human faeces containing the parasite.
Two people have died in the United States after contracting Cyclosporiasis, marking the first known deaths linked to the country’s largest recorded outbreak of the disease.
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