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PEDIATRICS Vol. 110 No. 6 December 2002, pp. 1246-1252

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS

Reduction of the Influenza Burden in Children

Committee on Infectious Diseases

Epidemiologic studies indicate that children with certain chronic conditions, such as asthma, and otherwise healthy children younger than 24 months are hospitalized for influenza and its complications at high rates similar to those experienced by the elderly. Currently, annual influenza immunization is recommended for all children 6 months and older with high-risk conditions. To protect these children more fully against the complications of influenza, increased efforts are needed to identify and recall high-risk children for annual influenza immunization. In addition, immunization of children 6 through 23 months of age and their household contacts and out-of-home caregivers is now encouraged to the extent feasible. The ultimate goal is a universal recommendation for influenza immunization. Issues that need to be addressed before institution of routine immunization of healthy young children include education of physicians and parents about the morbidity caused by influenza, adequate vaccine supply, and appropriate reimbursement of practitioners for influenza immunization.

Abbreviations: AOM, acute otitis media • TIV, trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine • T-CAIV, trivalent live-attenuated, cold-adapted influenza vaccine • FDA, Food and Drug Administration • GBS, Guillain-Barré syndrome • HIV, human immunodeficiency virus • CI, confidence interval

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