Resources and References

General Resources

How to Spot Symptoms of Acute Flaccid Myelitis in Your Child NEW JAN 2017

Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM) Fact Sheet for Patients [1 page]

• Acute Flaccid Myelitis in U.S. Children feature article NEW JAN 2017

For Clinicians

• CDC Updates Specimen Collection, Shipping, and Testing Guidance for Suspected Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM) Cases, COCA Clinical Action, March 24, 2017.

Job Aid for Clinicians: How to send information about a suspected AFM case to the health department NEW JAN 2017

• For Clinicians: Diagnosing Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM) in the United States presentation [PDF 49 slides]
• Notice to Clinicians: Continued Vigilance Urged for Cases of Acute Flaccid Myelitis, COCA Clinical Reminder, August 27, 2015.
• Acute Neurologic Illness with Focal Limb Weakness of Unknown Etiology in Children, Health Alert Network, September 26, 2014.
• Neurologic Illness with Limb Weakness in Children, COCA Call, October 3, 2014.

Publications

• Enterovirus D68 Infection in Children with Acute Flaccid Myelitis, Colorado, USA, 2014, EID, August 2016.
• Acute Flaccid Myelitis in the United States—August – December 2014: Results of Nation-Wide Surveillance, CID, June 17, 2016.
• Notes from the Field: Acute Flaccid Myelitis Among Persons Aged ≤21 Years— United States, August 1–November 13, 2014, MMWR, January 9, 2015.
• Acute Neurologic Illness of Unknown Etiology in Children — Colorado, August—September, 2014, MMWR, October 3, 2014.
• A novel outbreak enterovirus D68 strain associated with acute flaccid myelitis cases in the USA (2012-14): a retrospective cohort study, The Lancet Infectious Diseases, June 2015.
• Acute flaccid paralysis with anterior myelitis - California, June 2012-June 2014, MMWR, October 10, 2014.
• Recognition and Management of Acute Flaccid Myelitis in Children, Pediatric Neurology, Oct 20, 2015.
• Acute Flaccid Myelitis of Unknown Etiology in California, 2012-2015, Journal of the American Medical Association, Dec 22-29, 2015.