Influenza

Recommendations for Influenza Vaccine Composition

Southern hemisphere: 2005

It is recommended that vaccines to be used in the 2005 season (southern hemisphere winter) contain the following:

  • an A/New Caledonia/20/99(H1N1)-like virus;
  • an A/Wellington/1/2004(H3N2)-like virus;
  • a B/Shanghai/361/2002-like virusa

a: Currently used vaccine viruses include B/Shanghai/361/2002, B/Jilin/20/2003 and B/Jiangsu/10/2003

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Vaccine Composition

  1. Southern hemisphere: 2010
  2. Northern hemisphere: 2009-2010
  3. Southern hemisphere: 2009
  4. Northern hemisphere: 2008-2009
  5. Southern hemisphere: 2008
  6. Northern hemisphere, 2007-2008
  7. Southern hemisphere: 2007
  8. Northern hemisphere: 2006-2007
  9. Southern hemisphere: 2006
  10. Northern hemisphere: 2005-2006
  11. Southern hemisphere: 2005
  12. Northern hemisphere: 2004-2005
  13. Southern hemisphere: 2004
  14. Northern hemisphere: 2003-2004
  15. Southern hemisphere: 2003
  16. Northern hemisphere: 2002-2003
  17. Southern hemisphere: 2002
  18. Northern hemisphere: 2001-2002
  19. Southern hemisphere: May-October 2001
  20. Northern hemisphere: 2000-2001
  21. Southern hemisphere: May-October 2000
  22. Northern hemisphere: November 1999 to April 2000
  23. Southern hemisphere 1999
  24. Northern hemisphere November 1998-April 1999