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Influenza Vaccine Composition

Last Updated: October 2012

The recommended influenza vaccine composition for New Zealand in 2013 is:

Vaccine strains recommended as suitable are those listed on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Influenza vaccine viruses and reagents web pages (see http://www.who.int/influenza/vaccines/virus/en/) for H1N1, H3N2 and B-Yamagata/16/88 lineage viruses.

This recommendation is based on the outcome of: