Wastewater surveillance testing for measles can alert public health authorities before and during a measles outbreak.
The test measures immunoglobulin G antibodies, which indicate past exposure or vaccination to viruses like measles.
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Alert! Measles Is Back In The US

US Poised To Lose Measles-Free Status After a year of ongoing measles outbreaks that have sickened more than 2,400 people, ...
Health officials warn the nation could lose its measles-free designation as cases surge nationwide.
Waste water surveillance could show the spread of measles, but the two state doesn't have the testing in place.
Leaders at Baptist Health have confirmed two cases of measles involving pediatric patients in Duval County.
The Bay Area has now recorded two measles cases in the first weeks of 2026 — an early test of whether one of the nation’s most highly vaccinated regions can keep the virus from gaining ground as the ...
The Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department (LLCHD) has reported the detection of measles in a local wastewater sample ...
The Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department said Friday that measles has recently been detected in a local wastewater ...
The health department said the wastewater sample was taken from the Theresa Street Water Resource Recovery Facility in north ...
South Carolina’s measles outbreak could soon be bigger than West Texas’s. Are the two connected?
Gilbert's vaccination rates are among the lowest in the Valley, meaning measles could spread quickly. The nation’s second-largest measles outbreak has been spreading in an isolated area of northern ...