134 cases of a parasitic outbreak linked to several restaurants
SHOWING FLOODED CARS IN THE
MALL'S
PARKING LOT.
>> TONIGHT OFFICIALS ARE
INVESTIGATING A PARASITIC
OUTBREAK IN WAKE COUNTY WITH
134 CASES LINKED TO 3 SEPARATE
RESTAURANTS. WRAL'S WILL LEAD.
AN ALI SPOKE TO A YOUNG WOMAN
WHO IS RECOVERING AFTER
BECOMING INFECTED.
>> IT'S CALLED CYCLOPS PRICES
AND THE OUTBREAK IN WAKE COUNTY
WAS FIRST IDENTIFIED IN JULY
>> SO I THINK FOR ME, THE
BIGGEST THING IS JUST IT'S
SCARING US A BIT OF THAT.
IT COULD HAPPEN AT ANY TIME.
AND THERE'S NO WAY TO REALLY
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM ME.
>> THE WAKE COUNTY HEALTH
DEPARTMENT SAYS 3 RESTAURANTS
ARE LINKED TO THE OUTBREAK
INFECTING 134 PEOPLE.
INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THE
OUTBREAK ISN'T NECESSARILY FROM
THE RESTAURANTS THEMSELVES,
BUT INSTEAD FROM THE HERBS AND
VEGETABLES BEING SERVED INSIDE
THE PARASITE IS SO SMALL.
IT CAN ONLY BE SEEN BY
MICROSCOPE. IT SPREAD WHEN
PEOPLE INGEST FOOD OR WATER
CONTAMINATED WITH FECES.
HEY, WE TRENT SHARED SOME OF
HER SYMPTOMS WITH WHAT SHE'S
BEEN SICK FOR NEARLY 2 WEEKS.
>> BODY TO EXTREME. SHE I WAS
OVER 100 AND QUITE A FEW
POINTS.
AND DIARRHEA AND VOMITING, LOSS
OF APPETITE.
AND COULDN'T KEEP ANY FOOD
DOWN. COULDN'T KEEP ANY WATER.
UK TERRAIN, ANYTHING ANY TYPE
OF MEDICINE DOWN AFTER 2 TRIPS
TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM TRIP,
HOPE SHE'S FINALLY ON THE ROAD
TO RECOVERY. SO I THINK THE
SCARIEST PART FOR ME IS JUST
>> 2 WEEKS ALREADY THAT I'VE
BEEN OUT OF WORK THAT I'VE BEEN
SHAPED AND THAT I'VE BEEN, YOU
KNOW, AN UNPAID AND THEN JUST
WHAT'S TO COME NEXT. BECAUSE
WE'RE STILL HERE AND I'M STILL
EXPERIENCING SYMPTOMS. SHOPPERS
AROUND WAKE COUNTY SPOKE TO
ME ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS.
THIS WOMAN TELLS ME CYCLOPS
PRICES CASES ARE MAKING FOR
MORE CAUTIOUS ABOUT WHAT SHE
CONSUMES.
>> IT SEEMS LIKE THAT YOU WANT
TO DO SOME ADDITIONAL RESEARCH
TO SEE IF THERE ARE WAYS THAT
YOU CAN CIRCUMVENT GETTING
PARASITE BECAUSE THAT SEEMS
LIKE THAT'S SOMETHING YOU DON'T
WANT TO, YOU KNOW, HAVING YOUR
LIFE.
>> THE NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS THE
OUTBREAK APPEARS TO BE OVER