Saint Luke’s tackling cyclosporiasis cases in Kansas City amid outbreak

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Investigators may be zeroing in on where a stomach-churning parasite is coming from.

So far, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed more than 1,600 cases of cyclosporiasis in the country.

At Saint Luke’s in Kansas City, the infectious disease team is busy in the lab. In just the past two and a half weeks, the lab has confirmed 13 cases…

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