Clinicians & Health Departments

Clinicians should report all patients they suspect have AFM to their health departments as soon as possible. Here’s how to report:

New CDC Vital Signs report focuses on the 2018 AFM outbreak in the U.S.

The standardized case definitions for probable and confirmed cases of AFM

Guidelines for collecting, handling, and shipping clinical specimens

Patient summary form to collect data on patients under investigation (PUIs) for AFM

Interim considerations to help clinicians and public health officials manage care of patients with AFM

Answers to frequently asked questions about AFM

New CDC Vital Signs report focuses on the 2018 AFM outbreak in the U.S.

List of state and local AFM contacts for clinicians

Page last reviewed: June 24, 2019