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Volume 337:1170-1172 October 16, 1997 Number 16
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Cyclosporiasis and Raspberries

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To the Editor: The meticulous epidemiologic investigation reported by Herwaldt et al. (May 29 issue) 1 establishes the association between a large outbreak of cyclosporiasis in North America and the consumption of raspberries imported from Guatemala. The study, however, provides no evidence of current or previous cyclospora contamination or infections on the farms where the implicated raspberries were grown, picked, and packed. The only reported microbiologic finding on the suspected source is "intermittent bacterial contamination, including fecal coliforms or Escherichia coli," of agricultural-water samples from the implicated farms as the outbreak subsided. Strictly speaking, therefore, where, when, and how the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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