Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: Recommendations and Reports, April 12, 2002 / Vol. 51 / No. RR-3

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• Alternative Title:
  Prevention and Control of Influenza: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Recommendations and Reports
• Personal Author:
  Bridges, Carolyn B. ; Cox, Nancy (Nancy J.) ; Fukuda, Keiji ; Singleton, James A. ; Uyeki, Timothy M.
• Corporate Authors:
  United States. Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  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.
• Content Notes:
  Includes bibliographical references (p. 24-31).
• Subjects:
  Antiviral Agents / Therapeutic Use Disease Outbreaks / Prevention & Control Influenza, Human / Drug Therapy Influenza A Virus Influenza B Virus Influenza Vaccines / Administration & Dosage Mass Vaccination Vaccination / Standards
• Source:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Recommendations and Reports, 2002; v. 51, no. 3
• Series:
  Recommendations and Reports: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  1057-5987 (print) ; 1545-8601 (digital)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Issue
• Pages in Document:
  36 pdf pages
• Volume:
  51
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Guidelines and Recommendations
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/6624/cdc_6624_DS1.pdf
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