Childhood Immunization

Call for increase in flu vaccination among young children

Published in Vaccine Weekly, February 18th, 2004

Authors of a newly published review conclude that current research supports a widening of influenza vaccination to specific groups of young children - including infants between 6 months and 2 years of age, children with recurrent ear infection or upper respiratory-tract infection, and healthy children attending day-care centers or elementary school.

Recent studies have suggested that pediatric influenza is a greater medical problem than usually thought because it can cause excess hospitalizations, medical visits, and antibiotic prescriptions even in healthy children, especially those under 2 years. Furthermore, influenza in otherwise healthy children may have...

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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2004-02-18)

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