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Vital Signs: Surveillance for Acute Flaccid Myelitis

 

Vital Signs: Surveillance for Acute Flaccid Myelitis — United States, 2018

Adriana Lopez, MHS; Adria Lee, MPH; Angela Guo, MPH; et al

The figure shows a doctor talking with a father and his son, who is lying in a hospital bed. 

Most acute flaccid myelitis cases occur in children during late summer and early fall.

Prompt recognition, early specimen collection, and rapid reporting will expedite public health investigations and help characterize acute flaccid myelitis.