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FIGURE 1 Influenza algorithm for determining recommended 2008–2009 influenza immunization actions for children (www.preventchildhoodinfluenza.org/resource/algorithm.swf). a Contraindications: refer to page 5 of this statement. b If children aged <9 years of age received their first influenza vaccination last year and received only 1 dose, it is recommended that 2 doses be administered in the current season. This recommendation applies for this season only. No data are available for other influenza vaccine-administration scenarios. Source: adapted with permission from American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Infectious Diseases. Prevention of influenza: recommendations for influenza immunization of children, 2007–2008. Pediatrics. 2008;121(4). Available at: www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/full/121/4/e1016; and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Prevention and control of influenza:recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), 2008. MMWR Recomm Rep. 2008; 57(RR-07):1–60
