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Volume 32, Number 10—October 2026

Research

Wastewater Surveillance to Track Resurgent Measles Outbreak, Ontario, Canada, 2025

Ryland Corchis-ScottComments to Author , Élisabeth Mercier, Edgard M. Mejia, Qiudi Geng, Ethan Harrop, Ana Podadera, Jackie Fong, Natalie Lewoc, Kenneth K.S. Ng, Nataliya Santiago, Natalie Knox, Lawrence Goodridge, Chand S. Mangat, Chrystal Landgraff, Karen B. Riddell, Mehdi Aloosh, Robert Delatolla, and R. Michael McKay
Author affiliation: University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada (R. Corchis-Scott, Q. Geng, E. Harrop, A. Podadera, J. Fong, K.K.S. Ng, R.M. McKay); University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (É. Mercier, R. Delatolla); National Microbiology Laboratory, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (E.M. Mejia, N. Santiago, N. Knox, C.S. Mangat, C. Landgraff); Windsor Essex County Health Unit, Windsor (N. Lewoc, M. Aloosh); University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada (L. Goodridge); Windsor Regional Hospital, Windsor (K.B. Riddell); McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (M. Aloosh)

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Table

Daily measles virus shedding estimates based on samples collected from hospital effluent in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, March–May 2025*

Date No. patients hospitalized Shedding estimate, log10 gc/d/person, +SD
Mar 25 2 12.19 + 11.42
Mar 26 2 12.82 + 11.62
Apr 8 1 8.57 + 8.17
Apr 9 1 8.52 + 8.20
Apr 22 2 8.88 + 8.85
May 6 1 11.62 + 10.99

*gc, gene copies.

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