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How Georgia’s health department says to protect yourself from parasite outbreak causing severe diarrhea across the country

This photomicrograph of a fresh stool sample, which had been prepared using a 10% formalin solution, and stained with modified acid-fast stain, revealed the presence of four Cyclospora cayetanensis oocysts in the field of view. The parasite causes the illness cyclosporiasis. Photo courtesy of CDC/ DPDx - Melanie Moser

07142026 CYCLOSPORIASIS — This photomicrograph of a fresh stool sample, which had been prepared using a 10% formalin solution, and stained with modified acid-fast stain, revealed the presence of four Cyclospora cayetanensis oocysts in the field of view. The parasite causes the illness cyclosporiasis. Photo courtesy of CDC/ DPDx - Melanie Moser

The Georgia Department of Public Health is urging caution to prevent cyclosporiasis, the illness spreading across the country.