Society guideline links: Treatment and prevention of seasonal influenza with antivirals
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This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.
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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Seasonal influenza vaccination".)
Canada
●Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS): Practice point on the use of antiviral drugs for influenza – Guidance for practitioners (2018, reaffirmed 2024)
●Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease (AMMI) Canada: Influenza – Management and emerging issues, update (2023)
●AMMI Canada: Use of antiviral drugs for seasonal influenza – Foundation document for practitioners, update (2019)
United States
●Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Influenza (flu) – For health care providers
•Influenza antiviral medications – Summary for clinicians
•Recommendations for obstetric health care providers related to use of antiviral medications in the treatment and prevention of influenza
●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Policy statement on recommendations for prevention and control of influenza in children, 2024-2025 (2024)
•AAP: Technical report on recommendations for prevention and control of influenza in children, 2024-2025 (2024)
●AAP: Red Book – Influenza (2024)
●American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): Committee statement on influenza in pregnancy – Prevention and treatment (2024)
●Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA): Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis, treatment, chemoprophylaxis, and institutional outbreak management of seasonal influenza, update (2018)
Europe
●European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC): Technical report on seasonal influenza vaccination and antiviral use in EU/EEA Member States (2018)
United Kingdom
●UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA): Guidance on use of antiviral agents for the treatment and prophylaxis of seasonal influenza (2014, updated 2021)
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