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If you choose to follow any links to the abstract and/or complete text of the item listed below, you will be leaving the Strategian Web site. If you wish to return to this page from the Web page you are sent to, please use the Back option of your browser. American Academy of Pediatrics. Committee on Infectious Diseases Policy Statement: Recommendations for Influenza Immunization of Children. (... Epidemiologic studies indicate that children of all ages with certain chronic conditions and otherwise healthy children younger than 24 months of age are hospitalized for influenza infection and its complications at high rates similar to those experienced by the elderly. Annual influenza immunization is recommended for all children with high-risk conditions who are 6 months of age and older. Young, healthy children are at high risk of hospitalization for influenza infection; therefore, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends influenza immunization for healthy children 6 through 24 months of age, for household contacts and out-of-home caregivers of all children younger than 24 months of age, and for health care professionals. This policy statement updates recommendations for routine use of influenza vaccine in children and [reviews] the indications for use of trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine and live-attenuated influenza vaccine. Other keywords and phrases -- child, children, flu, immunize, LAIV, split-virus vaccines, thimerosal, TIV -- from the text of the abstract; see pages 1445-1446 for the official recommendations) Pediatrics Volume 113, Number 5 (May 2004): pages 1441-1447. **The complete text of the article is available at http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/reprint/113/5/1441 (the Web site of Pediatrics)** How to find the above journal, magazine, or other publication? See Step 3: Locate of the Information Strategy for details. Questions? Please let me know. |
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