Influenza
Experts Decide Content of 2001 "Southern Hemisphere" Vaccine
Published in Virus Weekly, October 17th, 2000
The composition of the vaccine for year 2001 (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 Crete, Greece. An A/Moscow/10/99 (H3N2)-like virus (A/Panama/2007/99 is an A/Moscow/10/99-like virus) An A/New Caledonia/20/99 (H1N1)-like virus A B/Sichuan/379/99-like virus
The experts recommended that the influenza vaccine for 2001 (Southern Hemisphere) contain the following three components:
WHO holds a consultation each September to formulate...
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Source: Virus Weekly (2000-10-17)
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