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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Maya Yang and agency

US officials declare multi-state cyclospora outbreak over

iceberg lettuce
Harvested iceberg lettuce in Santa Maria, California. Photograph: Tony Hertz/Universal Images Group/Getty Images

The US’s largest recorded multi-state outbreak of sickness caused by the cyclospora parasite has ended, federal health officials announced on Friday.

The record outbreak of cyclosporiasis was linked to processed iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms in central Mexico, which infected 12,883 people across 21 states and led to 570 hospitalizations and two deaths.

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