INFLUENZA VACCINE 2016 SEASON – SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE

  • September 24, 2015

Recommended composition of influenza virus vaccines for use in the 2016 southern hemisphere influenza season

It is recommended that trivalent vaccines for use in the 2016 influenza season (southern hemisphere winter) contain the following:

  • an A/California/7/2009 (H1N1)pdm09-like virus;
  • an A/Hong Kong/4801/2014 (H3N2)-like virus;
  • a B/Brisbane/60/2008-like virus.

It is recommended that quadrivalent vaccines containing two influenza B viruses contain the above three viruses and a B/Phuket/3073/2013-like virus.

For more information

Recommended composition of influenza virus vaccines for use in the 2016 southern hemisphere influenza season – full report – pdf, 147kb

Questions and answers – Recommended composition of influenza virus vaccines (24 September 2015, revised 13 October 2015) – pdf, 138kb

Candidate vaccine viruses and potency testing reagents for development and production of vaccines for use in the southern hemisphere 2016 influenza season

Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 – pdf, 262kb

Influenza A(H3N2) – pdf, 193kb

Influenza B Yamagata Lineage – pdf, 199kb

Influenza B Victoria Lineage – pdf, 229kb

Frequently Asked Questions regarding Influenza Immunisations