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Volume 21, Number 7—July 2015
Dispatch

Determination of Predominance of Influenza Virus Strains in the Americas

Eduardo Azziz-BaumgartnerComments to Author , Rebecca J. Garten, Rakhee Palekar, Mauricio Cerpa, Sara Mirza, Alba Maria Ropero, Francisco S. Palomeque, Ann C. Moen, Joseph S. Bresee, Michael Shaw, and Marc-Alain Widdowson
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (E. Azziz-Baumgartner, R.J. Garten, R. Palekar, S. Mirza, F.S. Palomeque, A. Moen, J. Bresee, M. Shaw, M.-A. Widdowson); Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC, USA (R. Palekar, M. Cerpa, A.M. Ropero)

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Table 1

Most commonly identified antigenic characterizations of influenza strains in the Americas during 2002–2013*†

Year Influenza A(H1N1) virus
Influenza A(H3N2) virus
Influenza B virus
South Central North South Central North South Central North
2001 A NA A A NA A A NA B‡
2002 A NA A A NA A B B B
2003 A NA A A B B‡ B NA C‡
2004 NA NA A B B C‡ C C C
2005 A NA A C C C D‡ E‡ D
2006 A A A D‡ D D E D/E D
2007 A A B‡ E‡ E E F‡ F F
2008 C‡ C C E E E F F G‡
2009 D‡ D D E E F‡ F G G
2010 D D D F F F G G G
2011 D D D F F F G G G
2012 D D D F F F H‡ G H
2013 D D D G‡ G H‡ G I‡ I
2014 D D D H H H I I I

*Data from Canada, Mexico, and the United States were aggregated to represent North America; data from Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama to represent Central America; and data from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay to represent South America.
†For influenza A(H1N1) virus, A, A/New Caledonia/20/99(H1N1); B, A/Solomon Islands/03/2006(H1N1); C, A/Brisbane/59/2007(H1N1); D, A/California/07/2009-(H1N1)pdm09. For influenza A(H3N2) virus, A, A/Panama/2007/99(H3N2); B, A/Fujian/411/2002(H3); C, A/California/07/2004(H3N2); D, A/Wisconsin/67/2005(H3N2); E, A/Brisbane/10/2007(H3N2); F, A/Perth/16/2009(H3N2); G, A/Victoria/361/2011(H3N2); H, A/Texas/50/2012(H3N2). For influenza B virus, A, B/Sichuan/379/99(YAM); B, B/Shandong/7/97(VIC); C, B/Shanghai/361/2002(YAM); D, B/Malaysia/2505/2005(VIC); E, B/Florida/07/2004(YAM); F, B/Florida/04/2006(YAM); G, B/Brisbane/60/2008(VIC); H, B/Wisconsin/01/2010(YAM) I, B/Massachusetts/02/2012(YAM). NA, not applicable.
‡Newly identified strain (8 in South America, 2 in Central America, and 8 in North America).

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