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ID#:	11871
Description:	This 2009 image depicts a healthcare practitioner as he was administering the H1N1 live attenuated intranasal vaccine (LAIV) to an Asian man. Using a small syringe, he was delivering the vaccine mist into the man’s right nostril. What is the nasal spray flu vaccine? What is the nasal spray flu vaccine? There are two types of flu vaccine: the flu shot and the nasal spray vaccine. Both types of vaccine were made for both the 2009 H1N1, and seasonal influenza. The nasal spray flu vaccine (sometimes called LAIV for Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine) is a vaccine made with live, weakened viruses that cannot grow at normal body temperature and is given via a nasal sprayer. This vaccine was approved for seasonal influenza viruses in 2003 and tens of millions of doses of the vaccine have been given in the United States.
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Content Providers(s):	CDC/ Dr. Bill Atkinson
Creation Date:	2009
Photo Credit:	James Gathany
Links:	CDC – H1N1 Flu; Questions & Answers: 2009 H1N1 Nasal Spray Vaccine CDC – 2009 H1N1 Influenza Vaccine; Live Attenuated Intranasal Vaccine (LAIV); What you need to know?
Categories:	CDC Organization MeSH Organisms Viruses RNA Viruses Orthomyxoviridae Influenzavirus A Influenza A virus Vertebrate Viruses RNA Viruses Orthomyxoviridae Influenzavirus A Influenza A virus
Copyright Restrictions:	None - This image is in the public domain and thus free of any copyright restrictions. As a matter of courtesy we request that the content provider be credited and notified in any public or private usage of this image.
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