Nearly 7,000 people in the US may have been infected with Cyclosporiasis, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has said.
The BBC asked US shoppers in Washington DC what they know of the parasite, and how they’re adjusting their eating habits because of it.
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