Bioinformatics and genomics expert shares insights on the cyclosporiasis outbreak.

As federal and state health officials continue investigating one of the nation’s largest recorded cyclosporiasis outbreaks, questions remain about how the parasite spreads, why identifying contaminated food sources is so challenging and what advances in genomics and bioinformatics could mean for future outbreak detection.

Carol Grotnes Belk Distinguished Professor of Bioinformatics and Genomics and codirector for CIPHER Dan Janies discusses these topics as more confirmed illnesses are reported across the United States and investigators continue to analyze the outbreak as new data emerges.

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