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Detection of measles in Oregon wastewater has county on alert

Virus found in Marion County; vaccination urged

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Registered nurse Diana Byrd holds a box containing the measles vaccine at the Kaiser Permanente Cascade Park office on Feb. 4, 2019. The last measles outbreak in Clark County was January to April 2019. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian files)

Detection of measles in Oregon wastewater has health officials here on alert.

The Oregon Health Authority on Oct. 17 notified health care workers that measles was found in a sewage sample taken Oct. 6 in Marion County, Ore. That means at least one person with measles was in that area.

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