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Prevention and control of influenza. Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).

Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, USA.
MMWR. Recommendations and reports: Morbidity and mortality weekly report. Recommendations and reports / Centers for Disease Control 05/2002; 51(RR-3):1-31. pp.1-31
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ABSTRACT This report updates the 2001 recommendations by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) regarding the use of influenza vaccine and antiviral agents (MMWR 2001;50 [No. RR-4]:1-44). The 2002 recommendations include new or updated information regarding 1) the timing of influenza vaccination by risk group; 2) influenza vaccine for children aged 6-23 months; 3) the 2002-2003 trivalent vaccine virus strains: A/Moscow/10/99 (H3N2)-like, A/New Caledonia/20/99 (H1N1)-like, and B/Hong Kong/330/2001-like strains; and 4) availability of certain influenza vaccine doses with reduced thimerosal content. A link to this report and other information related to influenza can be accessed at the website for the Influenza Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC, at http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/flu/fluvirus.htm.

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Keywords

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2002-2003 trivalent vaccine virus strains
 
certain influenza vaccine doses
 
Immunization Practices
 
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Rickettsial Diseases
 
risk group
 
thimerosal content
 

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