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During the first week of July, wastewater surveillance was conducted in Travis County. Officials got results on Friday that confirmed they detected traces of measles.

Nathan LaCross, the manager of the state's wastewater surveillance system, said when people have measles, they shed the virus via urine or feces.

When the COVID pandemic hit the Austin-Travis County area, wastewater surveillance would often reveal the virus in the water a few days before an uptick in reported COVID cases, Walkes explained.

Austin Public Health (APH) said traces of the measles virus were found through wastewater surveillance in Travis County during the first week of July.

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