AFM Cases in the U.S. | CDC

AFM Cases in the U.S. | CDC





For the most recent information, as of November 1, 2019, about confirmed AFM cases in the United States, see AFM Confirmed U.S. Cases.

AFM Cases in U.S.

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• 2018 Cases
• 2018 Cases by State
• Cases by Year
• Cases by Month, 2014-2019

There are 28 confirmed cases so far in 2019 (CA [8], GA [1], MD [3], MN [1], NC [2], NE [1], NY [1], OH [1], OK [1], PA [1], TX [4], UT [1], VA [1], WA [1], WV [1]) out of 110 reports of PUIs.

No deaths were reported during the acute illness of patients with confirmed AFM who had limb weakness onset in 2018; however, there were two reports of patients confirmed with AFM in 2018 who had expired months after limb weakness onset. We have also learned of deaths in cases confirmed in previous years.

2018 Cases

• There have been 236 confirmed cases of AFM in 41 states in 2018.
  • Note: These 236 confirmed cases are among the total of 385 reports that CDC received of patients under investigation (PUIs).
  • Most patients under investigation have been classified, but CDC and state and local health departments are still investigating some of the PUIs.