OUTBREAK OF CYCLOSPORIASIS AT A NAVAL BASE IN LIMA, PERU

PAOLA A. TORRES-SLIMMING Alerta-DISAMAR System Peruvian Navy; Naval Medical Research Center Detachment, Peru; DoD-Global Emerging Infections System (GEIS); Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Uniformed Services University

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CARMEN C. MUNDACA Alerta-DISAMAR System Peruvian Navy; Naval Medical Research Center Detachment, Peru; DoD-Global Emerging Infections System (GEIS); Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Uniformed Services University

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MANUEL MORAN Alerta-DISAMAR System Peruvian Navy; Naval Medical Research Center Detachment, Peru; DoD-Global Emerging Infections System (GEIS); Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Uniformed Services University

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JOSE QUISPE Alerta-DISAMAR System Peruvian Navy; Naval Medical Research Center Detachment, Peru; DoD-Global Emerging Infections System (GEIS); Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Uniformed Services University

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OLGA COLINA Alerta-DISAMAR System Peruvian Navy; Naval Medical Research Center Detachment, Peru; DoD-Global Emerging Infections System (GEIS); Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Uniformed Services University

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DAVID J. BACON Alerta-DISAMAR System Peruvian Navy; Naval Medical Research Center Detachment, Peru; DoD-Global Emerging Infections System (GEIS); Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Uniformed Services University

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ANDRES G. LESCANO Alerta-DISAMAR System Peruvian Navy; Naval Medical Research Center Detachment, Peru; DoD-Global Emerging Infections System (GEIS); Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Uniformed Services University

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ROBERT H. GILMAN Alerta-DISAMAR System Peruvian Navy; Naval Medical Research Center Detachment, Peru; DoD-Global Emerging Infections System (GEIS); Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Uniformed Services University

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DAVID L. BLAZES Alerta-DISAMAR System Peruvian Navy; Naval Medical Research Center Detachment, Peru; DoD-Global Emerging Infections System (GEIS); Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Uniformed Services University

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Cyclospora cayetanensis is emerging as an important cause of food-borne diarrheal outbreaks, especially in developed regions like the United States and Europe. We describe an outbreak of cyclosporiasis in Peruvian naval recruits that we believe to be the first among a local population in a developing region.

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