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This Week in Parasitism · Thursday · 52 min

TWiP 285: Why Is Cyclospora So Hard to Contain? Parasitologists Explain the 2026 US Outbreak

TWiP reviews our current understanding of the biology of Cyclospora, the parasite currently causing a large multistate outbreak in the US traced to contaminated lettuce, and why it is so difficult to control. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Christina Naula Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV Discord server Current Knowledge of Cyclospora cayetanensis (Comp Rev Food Sci Food Safety) TWiP study – information and survey Become a patron of TWiP Send your questions and comments to twip@microbe.tv Music by Ronald Jenkees

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TWiP reviews our current understanding of the biology of Cyclospora, the parasite currently causing a large multistate outbreak in the US traced to contaminated lettuce, and why it is so difficult to control.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Christina Naula

Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email

Links for this episode

Become a patron of TWiP

Send your questions and comments to twip@microbe.tv

Music by Ronald Jenkees

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