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My baby is 6 months old. There is a vaccination for influenza 1st dose that has to be taken at the age of 6 months. Can you please advice me whether this vaccine is mandatory for babies, coz I really concern of vaccination. I'm looking forward to your reply.
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Dr. J Prabhakar Rao
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32 yrs exp
Ghaziabad
It's considered to be mandatory in children with depressed immunity,e.g asthmatic children.
But even in other kids,it's preferable to give it as it covers swine flu too.
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