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We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. Back to Healio Key takeaways: The partial dismantling of FoodNet eliminated an \u201cearly-warning system\u201d for cyclosporiasis. However, a CDC official said tracking of the foodborne illness remains \u201cunchanged.\u201d Cases of cyclosporiasis \u2014 the foodborne illness that can cause prolonged bouts of watery diarrhea \u2014 continue to surge nationwide, raising questions about the partial dismantling of a federal surveillance system last year. There have been 1,645 confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis in 34 states since May 1, including 141 hospitalizations and no deaths, according to the CDC, which said it is investigating an additional 5,100 cases.
The outbreak emerged months after the CDC made major cuts to its Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network \u2014 known as FoodNet \u2014 a collaboration between federal health agencies and 10 states that actively monitors laboratory-confirmed infections from foodborne pathogens to help officials track and prevent food-related illnesses. Last year, the Trump administration scaled back FoodNet, removing six pathogens from the program\u2019s core monitoring list, including Cyclospora, the parasite that can live on fruits and vegetables and is responsible for cyclosporiasis. \u201cBecause of cutbacks in funding, essentially FoodNet was gutted,\u201d Healio | Infectious Disease News Editorial Board Member J. Glenn Morris Jr., MD, MPH&TM, who helped establish FoodNet in 1995 during his time with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, said during an interview. Morris said the CDC now has limited capacity to track long-term illness trends and risks related to cyclosporiasis, although he said there is \u201cnot a direct cause and effect\u201d between the cuts and the current outbreak. \u201cWhat we have seen … has been a major reduction in foodborne disease surveillance capacity at CDC due to the cutting back of FoodNet. What it means is that you\u2019re losing sort of the early-warning system. You\u2019re losing the system that lets you monitor what\u2019s happening on a regular basis,\u201d Morris said. \u201cWithout FoodNet, it meant that going into the outbreak, the people who were investigating it had less information,\u201d he said. Gwen Biggerstaff, MSPH, deputy director of the CDC’s Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, said during a press conference on Tuesday that, even though states are no longer required to report cyclosporiasis cases to FoodNet, they are still providing relevant data to the agency. \u201cThe data that we have for cyclosporiasis for this outbreak is the same as we\u2019ve had. … We use the same systems and the same processes. So that is unchanged,\u201d Biggerstaff said. But Morris said the process has changed from active to passive surveillance without FoodNet. \u201cPassive surveillance is where you just sort of sit there and wait for people to report things to you. It gives you some idea of what\u2019s going on, but it\u2019s not optimal,\u201d he said. \u201cActive surveillance is where you actually go out there and try to find cases and see what\u2019s really happening. FoodNet was an active surveillance program (in which) the CDC was paying specific state health departments to go out and look for cases of Cyclospora.\u201d He added, \u201cSurveillance is the key to public health. If you don\u2019t know what\u2019s going on, then you\u2019re not in a position to put in place interventions.\u201d For more information: J. Glenn Morris Jr., MD, MPH&TM, can be reached at infectiousdisease@healio.com. Published by: Sources\/Disclosures Source: Healio Interviews References:
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