Job Aid for Clinicians: How to report a suspected AFM case to the health department

Job Aid for Clinicians: How to report a suspected AFM case to the health department

About Acute Flaccid Myelitis

• CDC is actively investigating an increase in the number of people, mostly children, with acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), a rare but serious condition that causes sudden arm or leg weakness.
• CDC has recently updated the interim AFM clinical management considerations based on input from experts.
• To help the AFM investigation, healthcare providers should send information [PDF-443KB] about suspected cases to their state or local health department, regardless of any laboratory or MRI results.