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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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Figure 3

Temporal distribution of cases of acute flaccid myelitis, by month and seasonality, in 41 children <15 years of age, Australia, 2000‒2018. Text over bars indicates, where applicable, the associated enterovirus identified in a stool specimen and the year of onset of acute flaccid myelitis. E, echovirus; EV, enterovirus.

Figure 3. Temporal distribution of cases of acute flaccid myelitis, by month and seasonality, in 41 children <15 years of age, Australia, 2000‒2018. Text over bars indicates, where applicable, the associated enterovirus identified in a stool specimen and the year of onset of acute flaccid myelitis. E, echovirus; EV, enterovirus.

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

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