Foodborne Illness -- Mexico
British holidaymakers visiting Mexico are being warned about an intestinal parasite that is ravaging resorts in the country.
A total of 14 tourists staying at luxury hotels in the Riviera Maya resort and Cancun have experienced crippling stomach pains, sickness and diarrhoea due to an illness that is passed on through contaminated food.
The cause of the illness is the _Cyclospora cayetanensis_ parasite, which is transmitted by faeces coming into contact with water and food. This the 5th
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6604105&promed&0
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