Key Pediatric Clinical Practice Guidelines in 2017

Flu Vaccine, 2017-18

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Routine annual influenza vaccination is recommended for all persons aged ≥6 months who do not have contraindications. A licensed, recommended, and age-appropriate vaccine should be used.

For the 2017–18 season, quadrivalent and trivalent influenza vaccines are available. Inactivated influenza vaccines (IIVs) are available in trivalent (IIV3) and quadrivalent (IIV4) formulations. Recombinant influenza vaccine (RIV) are available in trivalent (RIV3) and quadrivalent (RIV4) formulations.

Live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV4) is not recommended for use during the 2017–18 season due to concerns about its effectiveness against (H1N1)pdm09 viruses during the 2013–14 and 2015–16 seasons.

Vaccine viruses included in the 2017–18 U.S. trivalent influenza vaccines are an A/Michigan/45/2015 (H1N1)pdm09–like virus, an A/Hong Kong/4801/2014 (H3N2)-like virus, and a B/Brisbane/60/2008–like virus (Victoria lineage). Quadrivalent influenza vaccines contain these 3 viruses and an additional influenza B vaccine virus, a B/Phuket/3073/2013–like virus (Yamagata lineage).

Pregnant women may receive any licensed, recommended, age-appropriate influenza vaccine.

Afluria (IIV3; Seqirus, Parkville, Victoria, Australia) may be used for persons aged ≥5 years, consistent with Food and Drug Administration–approved labeling.

FluMist Quadrivalent (LAIV4; MedImmune, Gaithersburg, Maryland) should not be used during the 2017–18 season due to concerns about its effectiveness against influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses in the United States during the 2013–14 and 2015–16 influenza seasons.

References

• Grohskopf L. 2017-2018 Influenza Vaccination Recommendations. Medscape Perspective. CDC Expert Commentary. WebMD Inc. September 20, 2017. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/885567

• Grohskopf LA, Sokolow LZ, Broder Kr, et al. Prevention and Control of Seasonal Influenza with Vaccines: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices—United States, 2017-18 Influenza Season. MMWR Recomm Rep. 2017 Aug 25;66(2):1-20. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/professionals/acip/index.htm

Medscape © 2018 WebMD, LLC

Any views expressed above are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect the views of WebMD or Medscape.

Cite this: Key Pediatric Clinical Practice Guidelines in 2017 - Medscape - Jan 10, 2018.