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Acute flaccid paralysis (AFP), is a clinicalmanifestation characterized by weakness or paralysis and reduced muscle tone without other obvious cause (e.g., trauma).[1] AFP is the most common sign of acute polio, and used for surveillance during polio outbreaks. AFP is also associated with a number of other pathogenic agents including enteroviruses, echoviruses, and adenoviruses, among others.[2] Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ... See drugs, medication, and pharmacology for substances that treat patients. ... Manifestation refers to a concept of either recurring or transitive phenomena, as instances which become manifest or realised. ... Paralysis is the complete loss of muscle function for one or more muscle groups. ... Muscle tone is the continuous and passive partial contraction of the muscles. ... Trauma can represent: Physical trauma, an often serious and body-altering physical injury, such as the removal of a limb. ... Poliomyelitis (polio), or infantile paralysis, is a viral paralytic disease. ... Clinical surveillance (or Syndromic Surveillance) refers to the systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of health data about a clinical syndrome that has a significant impact on public health, which is then used to drive decisions about health policy and health education. ... A pathogen or infectious agent is a biological agent that causes disease or illness to its host. ... Species Bovine enterovirus Coxsackie virus Human enterovirus A Human enterovirus B Human enterovirus C Human enterovirus D Human enterovirus E Poliovirus Porcine enterovirus A Porcine enterovirus B Swine vesicular disease virus The enteroviruses are a genus of (+)ssRNA viruses associated with several human and mammalian diseases. ... An echovirus is a type of RNA virus that belongs to the Enterovirus and the Picornaviridae virus family. ... Genera Mastadenovirus Aviadenovirus Atadenovirus Siadenovirus Adenoviruses are viruses of the family Adenoviridae. ...
References
^ Alberta Government Health and Wellness (2005) Acute Flaccid Paralysis Public Health Notifiable Disease Management Guidelines.
^ Polioviruses and other enteroviruses isolated from faecal samples of patients with acute flaccid paralysis in Australia, 1996-2004
The surveillance of acuteflaccidparalysis (AFP) is the detection of flaccidparalysis of new onset in children under 15 years (and any suspected poliomyelitis case in a person of any age), with prompt virological testing to disprove or confirm poliovirus infection.
AFP case data are being reported to the WHO Regional Office on a weekly basis, including reports of no cases in a week (zero-case reporting).
AFP surveillance allowed the detection of imported wild poliovirus originating in the Indian subcontinent into Bulgaria in 2001, leading to three cases in March to May in an under-vaccinated population subgroup.
Flaccidparalysis occurs in less than 1% of poliovirus infections; greater than 90% of infections are either inapparent or a nonspecific fever.
The paralysis of poliomyelitis is characteristically asymmetric with fever present at the onset.
Acute motor axonal neuropathy (China paralytic syndrome) is an important cause of AFP in northern China and is probably present elsewhere; it is seasonally epidemic and closely resembles poliomyelitis.
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