据美国疾病预防控制中心(CDC)消息,9月16日美国CDC更新了环孢子虫疫情数据,统计显示截至9月15日下午3时,环孢子虫疫情已波及美国31州,共546人患病。其中大部分患者的发病时间在2015年5月1日,并且在发病前2周内无国际旅行记录。本次疫情与美国进口的新鲜农产品有关,包括墨西哥普埃布拉地区的香菜。
部分原文报道如下:
As of September 14, 2015 (3pm EDT), CDC had been notified of 546 ill persons with confirmed Cyclospora infection from 31 states in 2015.
Most of these persons—319 (58%) of 546—experienced onset of illness on or after May 1, 2015, and did not have a history of international travel within 2 weeks before illness onset. These 319 persons were from the following 23 states: Arkansas (3), California (2), Connecticut (5), Florida (13), Georgia (26), Illinois (9), Iowa (1), Kansas (2), Maryland (1), Massachusetts (12), Michigan (2), Missouri (1), Montana (3), Nebraska (1), New Jersey (7), New Mexico (2), New York (excluding NYC) (10), New York City (22), North Carolina (1), Texas (179), Utah (1), Virginia (3), Washington (2), and Wisconsin (11)。
原文链接:http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/cyclosporiasis/outbreaks/2015/