How wastewater is now beng used to track measles

Measles Is Now Showing Up in Wastewater Tracking measles through wastewater is giving health officials a new window into where the virus is spreading. Alice Park TIME

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This spring, the scientists began developing a test for picking up signs of the active or "wild type" measles virus that is causing outbreaks in the U.S. The test uses samples from nearly 150 sewage sites across the country and can pick up signs of measles within 48 hours.

So far, they have detected it in three sites: one day in Hollywood, Md.; four days toward the end of May in Sacramento; and twice in mid-May in Stamford, Conn.

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