Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America, 2021 Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) is an incompletely understood neurologic disorder occurring in epidemic fashion causing weakness ranging from mild paresis to devastating paralysis in children and some adults. This article reviews the case definition of AFM as well as its epidemiology and association with enteroviral infection.
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Enterovirus D68: Genomic and Clinical Comparison of 2 Seasons of Increased Viral Circulation and Discrepant Incidence of Acute Flaccid Myelitis-Maryland, USA. [PDF]
Open Forum Infect DisBackground Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) is associated with severe respiratory disease and acute flaccid myelitis (AFM). The 2022 outbreaks showed increased viral circulation and hospital admissions, but the expected rise in AFM cases did not occur.
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Acute Flaccid Myelitis Associated with Enterovirus D68 in Children, Argentina, 2016
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019 After a 2014 outbreak of severe respiratory illness caused by enterovirus D68 in the United States, sporadic cases of acute flaccid myelitis have been reported worldwide.
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Acute Flaccid Myelitis Surveillance - United States, January 2020-December 2025. [PDF]
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly RepAcute flaccid myelitis (AFM) is a rare but serious neurologic condition that causes paralysis and primarily affects children. Clinically and radiologically, AFM is indistinguishable from the acute flaccid paralysis of poliomyelitis caused by poliovirus ...
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Nerve Transfer Surgery in Acute Flaccid Myelitis: Prognostic Factors, Long-Term Outcomes, Comparison With Natural History. [PDF]
Pediatr Neurol, 2023 Background: Nerve transfer surgery is sometimes offered to patients with acute flaccid myelitis (AFM). The objectives of this study were to evaluate surgical efficacy, assess which clinical and neurophysiological data are valuable for preoperative ...
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Adult Onset Acute Flaccid Myelitis: A Case Report. [PDF]
CureusWe report a 23-year-old male who presented with acute dysarthria, dysphagia, and quadriparesis. These symptoms were preceded by fever and headache. His neurological symptoms were progressive and rendered him quadriplegic over three weeks.
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Acute Flaccid Myelitis Caused by West Nile Virus: A Case Report and Neuroimaging Correlate. [PDF]
CureusWest Nile virus (WNV) is the most common mosquito-borne illness in the United States. Most cases remain asymptomatic or may be associated with a mild febrile illness; however, it can invade the central nervous system and cause meningoencephalitis, or ...
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Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation Enables Recovery of Walking in Children with Acute Flaccid Myelitis. [PDF]
Children (Basel)Background: Limited research exists for use of transcutaneous spinal stimulation (TSS) in pediatric spinal cord injuries (SCI) to improve walking outcomes, especially in children diagnosed with SCI secondary to acute flaccid myelitis (AFM).
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Multimodal Surveillance Model for Enterovirus D68 Respiratory Disease and Acute Flaccid Myelitis among Children in Colorado, USA, 2022. [PDF]
Emerg Infect DisSurveillance for emerging pathogens is critical for developing early warning systems to guide preparedness efforts for future outbreaks of associated disease.
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Using the Acute Flaccid Paralysis Surveillance System to Identify Cases of Acute Flaccid Myelitis, Australia, 2000‒2018 [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2022 Since 2012, the United States has reported a distinct syndrome of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) with anterior myelitis, predominantly in children. This polio-like syndrome was termed acute flaccid myelitis (AFM).
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