Sunday, August 25, 2013

Composition of the 2013-2014 flu vaccine


World Health Organization, February 21, 2013


The recommended composition of influenza virus trivalent vaccines for use in the 2013-2014 northern hemispheres (winter) influenza season contain the following:

  •  A/California/7/2009 (H1N1) pdm09 like virus
  •  A(H3N2) virus antigenically like the cell propagated prototype virus A/Victoria/361/2011
  •  B/Massachusetts/2/2012-like virus