AFM, being referred to as a ‘polio-like condition’, has been tested negative for the polio virus, as per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the United States.

• It is a neurological illness. It is a weakness or paralysis of the limbs. In case of myelitis, there’s inflammation of the spinal cord. 
• The symptoms of AFM, particularly, weakening of limbs, are similar to polio.
• While the exact hasn’t been identified, the CDC believes that some virus may be the behind it.
• While in the US, the incidence rate of AFM is 0.71 per million, in India it was 120 per million populations in 2010.