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Who should get influenza vaccination?
Experts who study contagious diseases state that anyone who wants to avoid getting influenza should get vaccinated.
However, certain people are more at risk for serious complications if they get influenza, because some complications
can lead to hospitalization or death.
To avoid serious complications, experts state that the following groups of people should get immunized against influenza:
Recommended for — Children 6 months through 59 months and their close contacts
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Recommended for — People with these medical conditions are at increased risk: diabetes, asthma, heart diseases, kidney diseases,
weakened immune system, sickle-cell anemia and other blood diseases, as well as women who will be pregnant during influenza season
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Recommended for — People who live or work with high-risk people: medical professionals, nursing home and day care personnel,
family members of high-risk people
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Recommended for — People 50 years of age and older
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Source: 1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Prevention and control of influenza: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization
Practices (ACIP). MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2004;53:1-40.
Click on the group below for more information about who's at risk.
Age groups
Medical conditions
Others at risk
Others who should consider vaccination
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Who should get influenza vaccination?
Age Groups
- Healthy children 6 through 59 months of age
- People 50 years of age or older
- Anyone who is a household contact/caregiver of any of the above age groups, including those who are household contacts/caregivers of children who are newborn through 23 months old
Source: 1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Prevention and control of influenza: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization
Practices (ACIP). MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2004;53:1-40.
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Who should get influenza vaccination?
Medical conditions
- Anyone who has
- Asthma/anemia and other blood disorders
- Heart disease/kidney disease
- Lung disease/metabolic disease, such as diabetes
- Women who will be pregnant during influenza season
- Anyone who is a household contact or caregiver of any person with high-risk conditions
- Anyone whose immune system is weakened because of
- HIV/AIDS or other diseases that affect the immune system
- Treatment with drugs such as long-term steroids
- Cancer treatment with radiation or drugs
- Anyone 6 months through 18 years of age on long-term aspirin treatment (who could develop Reye's syndrome if he or she got influenza)
Source: 1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Prevention and control of influenza: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization
Practices (ACIP). MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2004;53:1-40.
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Who should get influenza vaccination?
Others at risk
- Residents of long-term care facilities housing persons with chronic conditions
- Physicians, nurses, household contacts, and caregivers of anyone who has any of the medical conditions listed above
Source: 1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Prevention and control of influenza: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization
Practices (ACIP). MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2004;53:1-40.
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Who should get influenza vaccination?
Others who should consider influenza vaccination include:
- Anyone who is in contact with those who, because of age or medical condition, are at risk (see Medical Conditions)
- People who provide essential community services
- Travelers to the southern hemisphere between April and September, or those traveling to the tropics any time of the year
- Students and staff at schools and colleges (to prevent outbreaks)
- Anyone who wants to reduce the likelihood of getting influenza
Source: 1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Prevention and control of influenza: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization
Practices (ACIP). MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2004;53:1-40.
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