Are any shortages or delays in influenza vaccine supply expected?
CDC anticipates that many providers will be unable to obtain sufficient vaccine to vaccinate all children who are 3 years of age. Because sanofi pasteur is the only supplier of vaccine that can be administered to 3-year-old children and all of sanofi pasteurs vaccine for use in ages 3 years and above was pre-booked in January 2006 (prior to the ACIP recommendation to expand annual vaccination to children 24 to 59 months of age), providers are unable to make additional purchases of this vaccine. Vaccines for children less than 3 years of age and for those 4 years of age and older are still available for purchase; children younger than 3 years of age can be vaccinated with the 0.25 ml preparation from sanofi pasteur and children 4 years of age and older can be vaccinated with Novartis vaccine. In addition, another vaccine that can be used in healthy children 5 years of age and older is the intranasal vaccine produced by MedImmune. In general, the annual supply of influenza vaccine and th
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