Increase in acute flaccid myelitis — United States, 2018

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 67, Issue 45, 2018, Pages 1273-1275

  McKay, Susannah L ^a,b   Lee, Adria D ^b   Lopez, Adriana S ^b   Nix, W Allan ^b   Dooling, Kathleen L ^b   Keaton, Amelia A ^c   Spence Davizon, Emily ^d   Herlihy, Rachel ^d   Clark, Thomas A ^b   Hopkins, Sarah E ^e   Pastula, Daniel M ^b,f   Sejvar, James ^c   Oberste, M Steven ^b   Pallansch, Mark A ^b   Patel, Manisha ^b   Routh, Janell A ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia ^*  (United States)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MYELITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MYELITIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85056667688     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15585/MMWR.MM6745E1     Document Type: Note

References (2)

1. Pastula DM, Aliabadi N, Haynes AK, et al. Acute neurologic illness of unknown etiology in children—Colorado, August–September 2014. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2014;63:901–2.
2. Sejvar JJ, Lopez AS, Cortese MM, et al. Acute flaccid myelitis in the United States, August–December 2014: results of nationwide surveillance. Clin Infect Dis 2016;63:737–45. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciw372