Wastewater surveillance to track a generational scale outbreak of measles in Ontario, Canada, February - November, 2025
Corchis-Scott, R.; Mercier, E.; Mejia, E. M.; Geng, Q.; Harrop, E.; Podadera, A.; Lewoc, N.; Ng, K. K. S.; Santiago, N.; Knox, N. C.; Goodridge, L.; Mangat, C. S.; Landgraff, C.; Riddel, K. B.; Aloosh, M.; Delatolla, R.; McKay, R. M.
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The Province of Ontario (Canada) experienced a generational scale outbreak of measles in 2025. We applied wastewater surveillance concurrently with clinical-based surveillance to track measles incidence in southwestern Ontario adjacent to the United States. Measles virus (MeV) signal in wastewater was positively associated with clinical cases but did not provide early alert of changes in measles incidence when resolved by epidemiological week. Assessment of virus partitioning showed MeV RNA was broadly distributed in the liquid phase but is most concentrated in the solids. An assay was adapted for differentiation of vaccine and wildtype MeV and used to detect vaccine genotype measles following an inoculation campaign targeting underserved groups in the region. MeV shedding in wastewater was estimated through repeated sampling of sewer laterals serving a hospital treating confirmed measles infections. This measles outbreak serves as a case study highlighting the application of wastewater surveillance for measles while supporting method development in real-time.
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