Cyclospora outbreak tests RFK Jr.'s promise to overhaul food system, rebuild trust in CDC
Cyclospora is a parasite that's trickier to track than some other pathogens. Parasites don't grow outside the human body, making it harder to test for them and link cases to each other. Cyclospora tests are prone to false positives because the process for conducting them can sometimes make it look like there's a parasite in the sample when there's not, Schaffner said.
- ▪Cyclospora is a parasite that's trickier to track than some other pathogens.
- ▪Parasites don't grow outside the human body, making it harder to test for them and link cases to each other.
- ▪Cyclospora tests are prone to false positives because the process for conducting them can sometimes make it look like there's a parasite in the sample when there's not, Schaffner said.
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Cyclospora is a parasite that's trickier to track than some other pathogens. Parasites don't grow outside the human body, making it harder to test for them and link cases to each other. Cyclospora tests are prone to false positives because the process for conducting them can sometimes make it look like there's a parasite in the sample when there's not, Schaffner said. Some experts said the Trump administration funding cuts make that tall task even tougher.Dr. Daniel Jernigan, former director of the CDC's National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, pointed to the CDC's Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria losing $40 million in funds from the U.S. Agency for International Development after the Trump administration dismantled the organization.
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