COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) — A warm-weather stomach bug known as cyclospora is making more people sick this summer than usual.
Dr. Martha Buchanan with the SC Department of Public Health says there are around 10 reported cases of cyclosporiasis so far this year across South Carolina.
“So cyclospora is a parasite that we get when we ingest food or water that’s contaminated. It’s more common in countries where they don’t have very good sanitation than it is in the United States but it does happen here,” she says…