Clinicians & Health Departments
Clinicians, promptly recognize AFM symptoms, hospitalize the patient, collect specimens, and contact your health department immediately.
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Contact Information
- If you are a clinician or from a health department and have a non-urgent question about AFM, email the AFM team at AFMInfo@cdc.gov.
- For urgent questions about AFM, please call the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) at 770-488-7100.
- Need a consult on a possible AFM case? Go to AFM Physician Consult and Support Portal.
FAQs and Additional Resources
- Frequently Asked Questions by Clinicians and Health Departments
- For additional resources for clinicians, patients, and parents, see the Resources and References webpage.
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Page last reviewed: August 16, 2022