| Are at high risk for influenza-related complications, including those who: |
| Are 6 through 59 months of age |
| Are ≥50 years of age |
| Have chronic pulmonary (including asthma), cardiovascular (except isolated hypertension), renal, hepatic, hematologic (including sickle cell disease), metabolic (including diabetes mellitus), or neurologic (disorders of the brain and spinal cord, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, stroke, intellectual disability, moderate to severe developmental delay, muscular dystrophy, spinal cord injury) disorders |
| Are immune compromised due to any cause (including immunosuppression caused by medications or by HIV infection) |
| Are or will be pregnant during the influenza season |
| Are 6 months through 18 years of age and receiving aspirin- or salicylate-containing medications (and may be at risk for Reye syndrome after influenza virus infection) |
| Are residents of nursing homes or other long-term care facilities |
| Are Native Americans, including Alaska Natives |
| Have Class III obesity (body mass index [BMI] ≥40 or ≥140% of the 95th percentile value) |
| Live with or care for persons at high risk of influenza-related complications, including: |
| Health care personnel who have the potential for exposure to patients and/or to infectious materials |
| Household contacts (including children ≥6 months) or caregivers of children ≤59 months (<5 years) or adults ≥50 years of age, particularly contacts of children <6 months |
| Household contacts (including children ≥6 months) or caregivers of persons with medical conditions that put them at increased risk for severe complications of influenza |
