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Posted: October 05 2013 at 9:28am |
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/season/vaccine-selection.htm
Some of this is not news - However the update with the conference meeting in September is as to discussion of a 4 part vaccine. The question is- does this vaccine target what will be the prevalent strains circulating the flu season which begins today, October 5, 2013. On February 27, 2013, VRBAC met and approved for the United States the following WHO-recommended composition for the Northern Hemisphere 2013-2014 influenza vaccine:
Compared to the 2012-2013 seasonal influenza vaccine, the H1N1 component is the same, the H3N2 component is the same*, and the B component is different. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UPDATE http://www.who.int/influenza/vaccines/virus/recommendations/2014_south/en/index.html 26 September 2013It is recommended that trivalent vaccines for use in the 2014 influenza season (southern hemisphere winter) contain the following:
It is recommended that quadrivalent vaccines containing two influenza B viruses contain the above three viruses and a B/Brisbane/60/2008-like virus. a A/Christchurch/16/2010 is an A/California/7/2009-like virus.b A/Texas/50/2012 is an A(H3N2) virus that following adaptation to growth in eggs has maintained antigenic properties similar to the majority of recently circulating cell-propagated A(H3N2) viruses including A/Victoria/361/2011. Comment: None |
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