Grand Junction Measles Cases Show Importance of Pitkin County’s Wastewater Surveillance

Grand Junction measles cases show importance of Pitkin County’s wastewater surveillance

Confirmed measles cases in Mesa County last week are providing a case study for Pitkin County in the importance of using wastewater surveillance systems to identify the viral infection. Both an unvaccinated adult with no travel or connection to other cases and another adult of unknown vaccination status who shared a workplace tested positive for measles, Pitkin County Epidemiology Program Administrator Carly Senst confirmed. It is currently unce…

5 new measles cases confirmed, more potentially infected

Five additional measles cases were confirmed in Mesa County last weekend, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. With that, there are now seven active measles cases in the county.