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AFM Cases in U.S.

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

There are 32 confirmed cases so far in 2019 out of 115 reports of patients under investigation (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 died months after limb weakness onset. We have also learned of deaths in cases confirmed in previous years.

2018 Cases

• There have been 237 confirmed cases of AFM in 41 states in 2018.
  • Note: These 237 confirmed cases are among the total of 386 reports that CDC received of PUIs. CDC, state, and local health departments are still investigating some of the PUIs.