{"id":22834,"date":"2022-06-29T06:33:04","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T04:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=22834"},"modified":"2024-02-02T11:40:08","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T10:40:08","slug":"uncommon-parasite-blamed-for-illnesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2022\/06\/uncommon-parasite-blamed-for-illnesses\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncommon Parasite Blamed for Illnesses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B1 &#8211; Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A parasite called Cyclospora&nbsp;is affecting a lot of people\u2019s health in some states in America like Iowa, Nebraska, and Texas. They suffer from some symptoms caused by this nasty microorganism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read to learn more about an illness-causing parasite in the US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>A single-celled parasite, know as Cyclospora , has been causing illnesses in several states. The states reporting the highest number of cases are Texas, Nebraska and Iowa.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The disease causes flu-like symptoms such as nausea , fatigue and diarrhea . Cyclospora is normally found in more tropical climates and scientists are not sure why it is in the US.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Health authorities report that a total of 353 patients have been diagnosed with the disease , but that there are probably more cases than that as it is difficult to spot the parasite. Though not life threatening, without treatment the disease can hang around for up to two months. It is easily treated with antibiotics <\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The source of the outbreak has yet to be determined , but is believed to be food-borne . Luckily , it does not appear to spread from person to person.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What is causing the illness to some people in some US states and what are the symptoms?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What comes to you mind when you hear the word \u2018parasite\u2019?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What do you think of this outbreak?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Have you ever had a similar problem in your city\/country? Talk about it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Have you ever been ill because of some bad microorganisms? How can we prevent getting sick due to these microorganisms?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B1 &#8211; Intermediate A parasite called Cyclospora&nbsp;is affecting a lot of people\u2019s health in some states in America like Iowa, Nebraska, and Texas. They suffer from some symptoms caused by this nasty microorganism. Read to learn more about an illness-causing parasite in the US. A single-celled parasite, know as Cyclospora , has been causing illnesses [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[49,294,8706,290,295,289,293],"class_list":["post-22834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-homework","tag-audio","tag-b1-intermediate","tag-health-and-medicine","tag-listening","tag-preliminary-pet","tag-reading","tag-text"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v16.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Uncommon Parasite Blamed for Illnesses | phone english blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2022\/06\/uncommon-parasite-blamed-for-illnesses\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Uncommon Parasite Blamed for Illnesses | phone english blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"B1 &#8211; Intermediate A parasite called Cyclospora&nbsp;is affecting a lot of people\u2019s health in some states in America like Iowa, Nebraska, and Texas. 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