Study to Collect Sera for Immunogenicity Testing in Children Vaccinated With Fluzone®

A Trial for the Collection of Sera in Healthy Children Receiving Influenza Virus Vaccine USP Trivalent Types A and B (Zonal Purified Subvirion) Fluzone® 2003/2004

To describe the safety findings from Days 0 to 44 following injection of the 2003-2004 pediatric formulation of the inactivated, split-virion influenza vaccine Fluzone®, given in the two-dose schedule in accordance with the Package Insert, in children aged ≥ 6 months to < 36 months.

To describe the immunogenicity findings from Days 0 to 44 following injection of the 2003-2004 pediatric formulation of the inactivated, split-virion influenza vaccine Fluzone®, given in the two-dose schedule in accordance with the Package Insert, in children aged ≥ 6 months to < 36 months

The study is to collect sera from healthy children being administered the 2003-2004 formulation of the inactivated, split-virion influenza vaccine Fluzone®.

Inclusion Criteria :

• Aged ≥ 6 months to < 36 months.
• Considered to be in good health on the basis of reported medical history and limited physical examination.
• Available for the duration of the study (44 days +4 days).
• Parent/guardian is willing and able to provide informed consent.
• Parent/guardian is willing and able to meet protocol requirements.

Exclusion Criteria :

• Reported allergy to egg proteins, chicken proteins, or any other constituent of the vaccine.
• Previous history of influenza vaccination or documented history of influenza infection.
• An acute illness with or without fever (temperature > 100.4 °F rectal) in the 72 hours preceding enrollment in the trial (defer enrollment).
• Clinically significant findings in vital signs or review of systems (investigator judgment; defer or exclude).
• Participation in any other clinical trial within 30 days prior to enrollment up to termination of the subject's participation in the study.
• Known or suspected impairment of immunologic function, or receipt of immunosuppressive therapy or immunoglobulin since birth.
• Personal or immediate family history of congenital immune deficiency.
• Developmental delay, neurologic disorder, or seizure disorder.
• Chronic medical, congenital, or developmental disorder.
• Known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive mother.
• Prior history of Guillain-Barré syndrome.
• Any condition which, in the opinion of the investigator, would pose a health risk to the subject or interfere with the evaluation of the vaccine.