Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM): what health care providers need to know

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• Personal Author:
  Hopkins, Sarah E. ; Routh, Janell A. ; Lopez, Adriana S. ; Patel, Manisha
• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Acute Flaccid Myelitis Team. ; Centers for Preparedness and Response (U.S.). Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity.
• Description:
  Date: Tuesday, November 13, 2018
  
  Time: 2:00pm-3:00pm (Eastern Time)
  
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is actively investigating acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM, a serious condition that causes weakness in the arms or legs. From August 2014 through October 2018, CDC has received information on a total of 396 confirmed cases of AFM across the US; most of the cases have occurred in children. As of October 26, there are 72 confirmed cases of AFM so far in 2018. The patients’ symptoms have been most similar to complications of infection with certain viruses, including poliovirus, non-polio enteroviruses, adenoviruses, and West Nile virus. CDC has not confirmed the cause for the majority of these cases.
  
  During this COCA call, subject matter experts from CDC will highlight the importance of reporting cases to learn more about this condition and the process for reporting. They will also cover specimen collection and testing, and what CDC is doing for its AFM investigation
  
  
• Subjects:
  Acute Disease Myelitis Paralysis
• Series:
  Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity (COCA) Webinar
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Webinar
• Pages in Document:
  56 unnumbered slides
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ac04efb62a1f57f1838394a7e2226b2f5a140c9934fd80dde7668625d99aff3acab243623a4635d6f8111ff91ff852a6e1b0e1a869cb23985ebb7f410d201a87
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/60802/cdc_60802_DS1.pdf
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