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Volume 28, Number 1—January 2022
CME ACTIVITY - Synopsis

Using the Acute Flaccid Paralysis Surveillance System to Identify Cases of Acute Flaccid Myelitis, Australia, 2000‒2018

Liz J. WalkerComments to Author , Bruce R. Thorley, Anne Morris, Elizabeth J. Elliott, Nathan Saul, Philip N. Britton, and on behalf of the Australian Polio Expert Panel1
Author affiliations: The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (L.J. Walker); Australian Government Department of Health, Canberra (L.J. Walker, N. Saul); Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (B.R. Thorley); The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (A. Morris, E.J. Elliott, P.N. Britton); The University of Sydney, Sydney (E.J. Elliott, P.N. Britton)

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Annual number of cases of AFM and rate (per 100,000 persons) in 41 children <15 years of age and enteroviruses identified in stool specimens, Australia, 2000‒2018. Horizontal arrows indicate years when surveillance for AFM was conducted by the APSU and by both APSU and PAEDS. AFM, acute flaccid myelitis; APSU, Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit; E, echovirus; EV, enterovirus; PAEDS, Paediatric Active Enhanced Disease Surveillance Network.

Figure 2. Annual number of cases of AFM and rate (per 100,000 persons) in 41 children <15 years of age and enteroviruses identified in stool specimens, Australia, 2000‒2018. Horizontal arrows indicate years when surveillance for AFM was conducted by the APSU and by both APSU and PAEDS. AFM, acute flaccid myelitis; APSU, Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit; E, echovirus; EV, enterovirus; PAEDS, Paediatric Active Enhanced Disease Surveillance Network.

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1Members of this panel are listed at the end of this article.

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