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2008-09 INFLUENZA PREVENTION & CONTROL RECOMMENDATIONS
Box 2. Summary of influenza vaccination recommendations, 2008: adults
Annual recommendations for adults have not changed. Annual vaccination against influenza is recommended for any adult who wants to reduce the risk for becoming ill with influenza or of transmitting it to others. Vaccination
also is recommended for all adults in the following
groups, because these persons are either at high risk for influenza complications, or are close contacts of persons
at higher risk:
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NOTE: The text above is taken from Prevention & Control of Influenza - Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) 2008. MMWR 2008 Jul 17; Early Release:1-60. (Also available as PDF, 586K).
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