What is AFP?

What is AFP?

a clinical syndrome characterized by rapid onset of weakness progressing to maximum severity within several days to weeks

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

• 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