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2. What is AFP?

3. What is AFP?
a clinical syndrome
characterized by
 rapid onset of weakness
 progressing to maximum severity within
several days to weeks

4. What is AFP?
In Global Polio Eradication Initiative, AFP is defined as
any case of AFP in a child aged <15 yr
or
any case of paralytic illness in any person
of any age when polio is suspected

5. • Result from involvement at any point in the
motor unit
• Common causes of AFP:
– Guillain-Barre syndrome
– Poliomyelitis
– Transverse myelitis
– Traumatic neuritis
– Postdiphteric neuropathy
– Nonpolio enteroviral illnesses