Missouri has now recorded 1,950 laboratory-confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis, a 24 percent increase from the previous week, according to figures released Sunday afternoon by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.
The jump of hundreds of cases in seven days sounds like acceleration. Clinicians following the outbreak read it differently. Cyclospora infections typically crest during summer and taper as the season ends, and the contaminated iceberg lettuce at the center of the national outbreak was recalled a month before this update. Doctors are hopeful the outbreak is nearing or has reached its peak, according to KCUR.
