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coordinate with specific influenza virus or virus subtype /immunol; not for Haemophilus influenzae vaccines (= HAEMOPHILUS VACCINES)
Scope Note
Vaccines used to prevent infection by viruses in the family ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE. It includes both killed and attenuated vaccines. The composition of the vaccines is changed each year in response to antigenic shifts and changes in prevalence of influenza virus strains. The flu vaccines may be mono- or multi-valent, which contains one or more ALPHAINFLUENZAVIRUS and BETAINFLUENZAVIRUS strains.
Entry Term(s)
Flu Vaccine
Flu Vaccines
High-Dose Trivalent Influenza Vaccine
Influenza Vaccine
Influenza Virus Vaccine
Influenza Virus Vaccines
Influenzavirus Vaccine
Influenzavirus Vaccines
Intranasal Live-Attenuated Influenza Vaccine
LAIV Vaccine
Monovalent Influenza Vaccine
Monovalent Influenza Vaccines
Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine
Trivalent Influenza Vaccine
Trivalent Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine
Universal Flu Vaccine
Universal Flu Vaccines
Universal Influenza Vaccine
Universal Influenza Vaccines
Registry Numbers
0
NLM Classification #
WC 515
Public MeSH Note
2005; see INFLUENZA VACCINE 1963-2004; TRIVALENT LIVE INFLUENZA VACCINE was indexed under INFLUENZA VACCINES 2003-2004
Vaccines used to prevent infection by viruses in the family ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE. It includes both killed and attenuated vaccines. The composition of the vaccines is changed each year in response to antigenic shifts and changes in prevalence of influenza virus strains. The flu vaccines may be mono- or multi-valent, which contains one or more ALPHAINFLUENZAVIRUS and BETAINFLUENZAVIRUS strains.