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This years flu shot  

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11/22/08 at 5:26pm
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Has this years flu strains shown up anywhere yet? I didnt know how their current "recipe" was working
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11/30/08 at 11:44am
This is from the most recent weekly report:
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CDC has antigenically characterized 21 influenza viruses [20 influenza A (H1) and one influenza B virus] collected by U.S. laboratories since October 1, 2008. All influenza A (H1) viruses were antigenically related to A/Brisbane/59/2007, the A (H1N1) component selected for the 2008-09 influenza vaccine. The influenza B virus was characterized as B/Florida/04/2006-like, the influenza B component of the 2008-09 influenza vaccine.

It is too early in the influenza season to determine which influenza viruses will predominate or how well the vaccine and circulating strains will match.
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