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.
- OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N8), France 2 days ago
- OIE: Highly pathogenic influenza A viruses (infection with H5N8) (non-poultry including wild birds), Germany 2 days ago
- OIE: Highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N8), Germany 2 days ago
- OIE: Highly pathogenic influenza A viruses (infection with H5) (non-poultry including wild birds), Belgium 2 days ago
- OIE: Highly pathogenic influenza A viruses (infection with H5N8) (non-poultry including wild birds), Italy 2 days ago
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