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BASICS
Description
An acute febrile illness characterized by fever and respiratory and gastrointestinal symptoms
General Prevention
- Vaccination:
- American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations for influenza vaccination:
- Children who are between 6 and 59 months old during influenza season (October through March); children and adolescents who are at high risk for complications from influenza infection (see “Physical Exam”)
- Health care professionals and caregivers who have frequent contact with children 0–59 months old or any high-risk persons
- Vaccine types:
- Trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine (TIV) approved for children >6 months. Live-attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV), licensed as FluMist in the US; administered as an intranasal spray; approved only for healthy 5–49 year olds; not recommended for “high-risk” persons or their ...
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