Cylosporiasis infections lead to nasty but non-life-threatening symptoms, such as ‘explosive diarrhoea’

There have been 6,707 laboratory-confirmed cases of the explosive diarrhea illness since May 1, the CDC said July 28.

Cases of a parasitic infection that causes 'explosive' diarrhoea are on the rise - with travellers returning from Mexico pushing up cases in the UK, new data has revealed.