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Prevention could include:

Avoid contact with infected individuals

Influenza vaccination

Washing hands

Prevention Overview Articles

The flu

A yearly vaccine is recommended for many people. A flu shot and a new nasal spray-type flu vaccine called FluMist are currently available. For specific recommendations, see influenza vaccine.

Source:ADAM

Date:December 4, 2007

Influenza

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend that people get an influenza vaccine injection each year before flu season starts. In the United States, flu season typically runs from late December to early March. Vaccines should be recei...

Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine

Influenza

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that people get an influenza vaccine injection each year before flu season starts. In the United States, flu season typically runs from late December to early March. Vaccines should be rece...

Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health

Influenza

Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine

Influenza

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend that people—particularly the at-risk population such as children, individuals with other diseases or disorders or a compromised immune system, and the elderly—get an influenza va...

Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health