Infections from cyclospora, a diarrhea-causing parasite, are on the rise around the nation. But North Central Florida is reporting its own first cases in the outbreak.
The Florida Department of Health’s most recent data, updated Saturday, list Alachua County with two cases and Columbia County with one case.
Nationwide, more than 30 states have reported cases, though health officials have not definitively said what is causing the infections. The parasite infects the bowels and spreads through feces. Previous outbreaks saw people infected when they ate vegetables that were exposed to feces-contaminated irrigation water…