Zalecenia dotyczące zapobiegania grypie u dzieci w sezonie 2016–2017

In Poland, around several thousand to several million cases of influenza and suspected influenza are registered. Despite the recommendations, the rate of vaccination against influenza is still very low in all age groups. In the epidemic season 2015/2016, the level of distribution of the seasonal influenza vaccines was 3.4% of the population. The influenza vaccines available in Poland, are inactivated vaccines, which contain fragments of the killed virus – of the split and subunit type – that are unable to multiply in the body and to cause a disease. This paper presents the current recommendations (2016–2017) on immunization and vaccines against seasonal influenza, based on the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and the American Academy of Pediatrics. The annual influenza vaccination is the primary means of preventing influenza and its complications.