Measles & Rubella Weekly Monitoring Report – Week 10: March 5 to March 11, 2023

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• Epidemiological summary
• Geographic distribution
• Laboratory summary

Epidemiological summary

During epidemiological week 10, 2023, no new cases of measles or rubella were reported in Canada^{Footnote 2}. To date in 2023, three cases of measles and no cases of rubella have been reported. The last case of rubella was reported in December 2019. The last case of congenital rubella syndrome/infection was reported in September 2018.

Figure 1 - Text description

Epidemiological Week of Rash Onset, 2023	Number of confirmed measles cases reported	Number of confirmed rubella cases reported	Number of confirmed congenital rubella syndrome/infection cases reported
1	1	0	0
2	0	0	0
3	0	0	0
4	0	0	0
5	0	0	0
6	0	0	0
7	2	0	0
8	0	0	0
9	0	0	0
10	0	0	0
11	0	0	0
12	0	0	0
13	0	0	0
14	0	0	0
15	0	0	0
16	0	0	0
17	0	0	0
18	0	0	0
19	0	0	0
20	0	0	0
21	0	0	0
22	0	0	0
23	0	0	0
24	0	0	0
25	0	0	0
26	0	0	0
27	0	0	0
28	0	0	0
29	0	0	0
30	0	0	0
31	0	0	0
32	0	0	0
33	0	0	0
34	0	0	0
35	0	0	0
36	0	0	0
37	0	0	0
38	0	0	0
39	0	0	0
40	0	0	0
41	0	0	0
42	0	0	0
43	0	0	0
44	0	0	0
45	0	0	0
46	0	0	0
47	0	0	0
48	0	0	0
49	0	0	0
50	0	0	0
51	0	0	0
52	0	0	0
Cases (year-to-date)	3	0	0

Geographic distribution

There are two active^{Footnote *} cases of measles and no active^{Footnote *} cases for rubella reported in Canada.

Figure 2 - Text description

Health Region	Measles Active Cases
Eastern Regional Integrated Health Authority	0
Central Regional Integrated Health Authority	0
Western Regional Integrated Health Authority	0
Labrador-Grenfell Regional Integrated Health Authority	0
Prince Edward Island	0
South Shore District Health Authority	0
South West Nova District Health Authority	0
Annapolis Valley District Health Authority	0
Colchester East Hants Health Authority	0
Cumberland Health Authority	0
Pictou County Health Authority	0
Guysborough Antigonish Strait Health Authority	0
Cape Breton District Health Authority	0
Capital District Health Authority	0
Zone 1 (NB)	0
Zone 2 (NB)	0
Zone 3 (NB)	0
Zone 4 (NB)	0
Zone 5 (NB)	0
Zone 6 (NB)	0
Zone 7 (NB)	0
Québec et Chaudières-Appalaches	0
Centre-du-Québec	0
Montréal et Laval	0
Ouest-du-Québec	0
Montérégie	0
Nord-Est	0
Ontario Central East	0
Ontario Central West	0
Ontario Eastern	0
Ontario North East	0
Ontario North West	0
Ontario South West	1
City of Toronto Health Unit	1
Winnipeg Regional Health Authority	0
Prairie Mountain Health	0
Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority	0
Northern Regional Health Authority	0
Southern Health	0
Saskatchewan South	0
Saskatchewan Central	0
Saskatchewan North	0
South Zone	0
Calgary Zone	0
Central Zone	0
Edmonton Zone	0
North Zone	0
British Columbia	0
Yukon	0
Northwest Territories	0
Nunavut	0

Laboratory summary

Measles

During epidemiological week 10, 2023, the measles genotype was identified for one case that was reported in epidemiological week 7. The case had recent travel history to Pakistan and the genotype was B3,which is consistent with the travel history.

To date in 2023, three (3) cases of measles have been genotyped and the genotypes were B3 (n=2) and D8 (n=1).

Figure 3 - Text description

Epi week	B3	B3 - Harare	D4	D8	D8 - Taunton	D9	H1	Total
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3

For information regarding the interpretation and use of measles genotyping (including a discussion of genotypes and named strains), refer to Hiebert J and Severini A. Canada Communicable Disease Report. 2014; 40-12: 257- 260.

The current global distribution of measles genotypes can be found on the WHO Measles Surveillance website.