17 points | by teleforce 9 hours ago ago
3 comments
Doesn't sound fun. No vaccine, reoccurs, difficult to test, water treatment doesn't work, and treated with TMP-SMX.
About 10 years ago, I had a 2-week-long what was most likely cryptosporidiosis episode that was frequent, vigorous liquid.
wash your vegetables and move on with your life.
That is really bad advice in this case.
> Can washing remove Cyclospora?
> No. According to the CDC, there is currently no method known to completely eliminate Cyclospora from contaminated fresh produce. [0]
Thoroughly cooking your lettuce, and other vegetables, is the only way to reliably decontaminate in this case.
[0] https://extension.psu.edu/ongoing-cyclospora-outbreak-highli...
Doesn't sound fun. No vaccine, reoccurs, difficult to test, water treatment doesn't work, and treated with TMP-SMX.
About 10 years ago, I had a 2-week-long what was most likely cryptosporidiosis episode that was frequent, vigorous liquid.
wash your vegetables and move on with your life.
That is really bad advice in this case.
> Can washing remove Cyclospora?
> No. According to the CDC, there is currently no method known to completely eliminate Cyclospora from contaminated fresh produce. [0]
Thoroughly cooking your lettuce, and other vegetables, is the only way to reliably decontaminate in this case.
[0] https://extension.psu.edu/ongoing-cyclospora-outbreak-highli...