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Descriptor English:

Influenza Vaccines

Descriptor Spanish:

Vacunas contra la Influenza

Descriptor Portuguese:

Vacinas contra Influenza

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Definition English:

Vaccines used to prevent infection by viruses in the family ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE. It includes both killed or 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 vaccine is usually bivalent or trivalent, containing one or two INFLUENZAVIRUS A strains and one INFLUENZAVIRUS B strain.

Indexing Annotation English:

coordinate IM with specific influenza virus or virus subtype /immunol (IM); SCR records for several specific influenza vaccines are also available; not for Haemophilus influenzae vaccines ( = HAEMOPHILUS VACCINES)

History Note English:

2005 (1963)

Allowable Qualifiers English:

Record Number:

23109

Unique Identifier:

D007252

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