Recommended composition of influenza virus vaccines for use in the 2018-2019 northern hemisphere influenza season
submited by kickingbird at Feb, 23, 2018 10:5 AM from WHO
It is recommended that quadrivalent vaccines for use in the 2018-2019 northern hemisphere influenza season contain the following:
- an A/Michigan/45/2015 (H1N1)pdm09-like virus;
- an A/Singapore/INFIMH-16-0019/2016 (H3N2)-like virus;
- a B/Colorado/06/2017-like virus (B/Victoria/2/87 lineage); and
- a B/Phuket/3073/2013-like virus (B/Yamagata/16/88 lineage).
It is recommended that the influenza B virus component of trivalent vaccines for use in the 2018-2019 northern hemisphere influenza season be a B/Colorado/06/2017-like virus of the B/Victoria/2/87-lineage.
- China: Guangdong reported a human case of avian influenza A(H5N6) in Dongguan city 9 hours ago
- OIE: Highly pathogenic influenza A viruses (Infection with H5N1) (non-poultry including wild birds) (2017-), Russia 22 hours ago
- China: CHP closely monitors human case of avian influenza A(H5N6) in Mainland 5 days ago
- OIE: Highly pathogenic influenza A viruses (infection with H5N8) (non-poultry including wild birds), Luxembourg 12 days ago
- OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N2) (poultry), Chinese Taipei 12 days ago
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