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Notes from the field: acute flaccid myelitis among persons aged ≤21 years - United States, August 1-November 13, 2014

Division of Viral Diseases, National Centers for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, CDC; Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, CDC; Children's Hospital Colorado; Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. .
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Number of confirmed cases of neurologic illness with limb weakness (N = 87), by week of onset — United States, August 1–November 13, 2014* * Exact onset date was not reported for one case (for this case the neurologic symptom onset was reported in an unspecified date during the last week of September).
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References

    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. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Midgley CM, Jackson MA, Selvarangan R, et al. Severe respiratory illness associated with enterovirus D68—Missouri and Illinois, 2014. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014;63:798–9. - PMC - PubMed
    1. CDC. Acute neurologic illness with focal limb weakness of unknown etiology in children. Atlanta, GA: US Department of Health and Human Services, CDC; 2014. Available at http://emergency.cdc.gov/han/han00370.asp.
    1. CDC. Acute flaccid myelitis: interim considerations for clinical management. Atlanta, GA: US Department of Health and Human Services, CDC; 2014. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/ncird/downloads/acute-flaccid-myelitis.pdf.

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