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Recommendations regarding influenza vaccination of persons who report allergy to eggs — Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, United States, 2014–15 influenza season

**Abbreviations:** IIV = inactivated influenza vaccine; RIV3 = recombinant influenza vaccine, trivalent.

* Persons with egg allergy might tolerate egg in baked products (e.g., bread or cake). Tolerance to egg-containing foods does not exclude the possibility of egg allergy (Erlewyn-Lajeunesse M, Brathwaite N, Lucas JS, Warner JO. Recommendations for the administration of influenza vaccine in children allergic to egg. BMJ 2009;339:b3680).

^† For persons who have no known history of exposure to egg, but who are suspected of being egg-allergic on the basis of previously performed allergy testing, consultation with a physician with expertise in the management of allergic conditions should be obtained before vaccination. Alternatively, RIV3 may be administered if the recipient is aged 18 through 49 years.

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