What are the recommendations for two doses of influenza vaccine for children under 9 years of age?
ACIP reemphasizes the importance of administering two doses of vaccine to all children aged 6 months through 8 years if they have not been vaccinated previously at any time with either LAIV (doses separated by >6 weeks) or TIV (doses separated by >4 weeks), on the basis of accumulating data indicating that two doses are required for protection in these children. ACIP recommends that children aged 6 months through 8 years who received only one dose in their first year of vaccination receive two doses the following year.
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