Health officials seeks source of illness
(Bridgeport-AP, July 15, 2005 6:15 AM) _ State health officials are trying to locate the source of a food-borne illness that has afflicted more than a dozen people with dangerous diarrhea.
The focus is on cyclosporiasis.
The state Department of Public Health says the outbreak started in June and there were 13 recorded cases as of this week, all in New Haven County.
State health officials are still looking for the source of the outbreak. A previous outbreak of cyclosporiasis that sickened hundreds in Florida this spring was traced to a batch of imported basil.
Outbreaks are commonly traced to produce, such as tomatoes and basil, that has been imported from third-world countries.
