AFM cases and outbreaks

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (U.S.). Division of Viral Diseases.
• Description:
  As of April 3, 2020, there have been 4 confirmed cases in 2020. There are 24 reports of patients under investigation (PUIs) for 2020.
  
  There were 46 confirmed cases in 2019 out of 141 PUIs. CDC, state, and local health departments are still investigating some of the PUIs.
  
  There have been 621 confirmed cases since CDC began tracking AFM in August of 2014. CDC has been thoroughly investigating cases since that time. We have seen increases in AFM cases, mostly in young children, every two years.
  
  No deaths were reported during the acute illness of patients with confirmed AFM who had limb weakness onset in 2018 and 2019; however, there were two reports of patients confirmed with AFM in 2018 who died months after limb weakness onset. We have also learned of deaths in cases confirmed in previous years.
  
  
• Content Notes:
  Annual AFM Cases by State -- Cases by Month, 2014-2019.
• Subjects:
  Acute Disease Myelitis Paralysis Public Health Surveillance
• Document Type:
  Webpage
• Genre:
  Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:5d9b627ecdda5840944ab1d4348cc8e700fa2ff5a60bfe215170a9d83328614c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/87914/cdc_87914_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 411.50 KB ]