Influenza Vaccine
Content of 2000 Southern Hemisphere Flu Vaccine Decided
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, October 11th, 1999
The composition of the vaccine for year 2000 (southern hemisphere influenza season) has been decided and communicated to vaccine manufacturers by the World Health Organization (WHO), following agreement on its content by international experts at a WHO meeting held in Nice, France, in September. an A/Moscow/10/99 (H3N2)-like virus; an A/New Caledonia/20/99 (H1N1)-like virus; a B/Beijing/184/93-like virus (the most widely used vaccine virus is B/Yamanashi/166/98); or a B/Shangdong/7/97-like virus.
The experts recommended that the influenza vaccine for 2000 (Southern Hemisphere) contain the following three components:
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