Acute Flaccid Myelitis Resources

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For Healthcare Professionals

• CDC Job Aid for Clinicians
  
  
• FAQs for Healthcare Professionals
  

• CDC Specimen Collection and Submission
  *For specimen to be tested at the CDC submit all specimen for AFM patients to the Texas Department of State Health Services Laboratory
  
  
• CDC General AFM Resources
  
  
• CDC Patient Summary Form and Instructions for Completing Patient Summary Form
  • Instructions
    
  • Patient Summary Form
    • Submit patient summary form to the local health department
    • Local health departments

For Clinicians and Public Health Professionals

• Letter to Providers (Awareness Letter 2018) - CDC provided awareness letter around AFM cases and reporting for 2018

For the Public

• FAQs
  

• CDC document How to Spot Symptoms of AFM in Your Child
  

• AFM Fact Sheet