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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 2

Most commonly identified antigenic characterizations of influenza strains in Central America compared with composition of Southern and Northern hemisphere vaccines, 2006–2013*

Predominant strains in Central America
 South America vaccine composition
 Matched southern vaccine
 North America vaccine composition
 Matched northern vaccine
2002
A/New Caledonia/20/99(H1N1)-like NA A/New Caledonia/20/99(H1N1)-like NA
A/Moscow/10/99(H3N2)-like NA A/Moscow/10/99(H3N2)-like NA
B/Shandong/7/97(VIC)
 B/Sichuan/379/99-like
 –
 B/Hong Kong/330/2001-like
 –
2003
A/Fujian/411/2002(H3)-like A/New Caledonia/20/99(H1N1)-like NA A/New Caledonia/20/99(H1N1)-like NA
A/Moscow/10/99(H3N2)-like – A/Moscow/10/99(H3N2)-like –
B/Hong Kong/330/2001-like
 NA
 B/Hong Kong/330/2001-like
 NA
2004
A/New Caledonia/20/99(H1N1)-like NA A/New Caledonia/20/99(H1N1)-like NA
A/Fujian/411/2002(H3)-like A/Fujian/411/2002(H3N2)-like + A/Fujian/411/2002(H3N2)-like +
B/Shanghai/361/2002(YAM)
 B/Hong Kong/330/2001-like
 –
 B/Shanghai/361/2002-like
 +
2005
A/New Caledonia/20/99(H1N1)-like NA A/New Caledonia/20/99(H1N1)-like NA
A/California/07/2004(H3N2)-like A/Wellington/1/2004(H3N2)-like – A/California/7/2004(H3N2)-like +
B/Florida/07/2004(YAM)
 B/Shanghai/361/2002-like
 –
 B/Shanghai/361/2002-like
 –
2006
A/New Caledonia/20/99(H1N1)-like A/New Caledonia/20/99(H1N1)-like + A/New Caledonia/20/99(H1N1)-like +
A/Wisconsin/67/2005 (H3N2)-like A/California/7/2004(H3N2)-like – A/Wisconsin/67/2005 (H3N2)-like +
B/Malaysia/2505/2005(VIC)
 B/Malaysia/2506/2004-like
 +
 B/Malaysia/2506/2004-like
 +
2007
A/New Caledonia/20/99(H1N1)-like A/New Caledonia/20/99(H1N1)-like + A/Solomon Is/3/2006 (H1N1)-like –
A/Brisbane/10/2007 (H3N2)-like A/Wisconsin/67/2005(H3N2)-like – A/Wisconsin/67/2005 (H3N2)-like –
B/Florida/04/2006(YAM)
 B/Malaysia/2506/2004-like
 –
 B/Malaysia/2506/2004-like
 –
2008
A/Brisbane/59/2007(H1N1)-like A/Solomon Is/3/2006(H1N1)-like – A/Brisbane/59/2007 (H1N1)-like +
A/Brisbane/10/2007(H3N2)-like A/Brisbane/10/2007(H3N2)-like + A/Brisbane/10/2007 (H3N2)-like +
B/Florida/4/2006(YAM)
 B/Florida/4/2006-like
 +
 B/Florida/4/2006-like
 +
2009
A/California/7/2009(H1N1)-like A/Brisbane/59/2007(H1N1)-like – A/Brisbane/59/2007 (H1N1)-like –
A/Brisbane/10/2007(H3N2)-like A/Brisbane/10/2007(H3N2)-like + A/Brisbane/10/2007 (H3N2)-like +
B/Brisbane/60/2008(VIC)
 B/Florida/4/2006-like
 –
 B/Brisbane/60/2008-like
 +
2010
A/California/7/2009(H1N1)-like A/California/7/2009(H1N1)-like + A/California/7/2009 (H1N1)-like +
A/Perth/16/2009(H3N2)-like A/Perth/16/2009(H3N2)-like + A/Perth/16/2009 (H3N2)-like +
B/Brisbane/60/2008(VIC)
 B/Brisbane/60/2008-like
 +
 B/Brisbane/60/2008-like
 +
2011
A/California/7/2009(H1N1)-like A/California/7/2009(H1N1)-like + A/California/7/2009 (H1N1)-like +
A/Perth/16/2009(H3N2)-like A/Perth/16/2009(H3N2)-like + A/Perth/16/2009 (H3N2)-like +
B/Brisbane/60/2008(VIC)
 B/Brisbane/60/2008-like
 +
 B/Brisbane/60/2008-like
 +
2012
A/California/7/2009(H1N1)-like A/California/7/2009(H1N1)pdm09-like + A/California/7/2009(H1N1)pdm09-like +
A/Perth/16/2009(H3N2)-like A/Perth/16/2009(H3N2)-like + A/Victoria/361/2011(H3N2)-like –
B/Brisbane/60/2008-like(VIC)
 B/Brisbane/60/2008-like
 +
 B/Wisconsin/1/2010-like
 –
2013
A/California/7/2009(H1N1)-like A/California/7/2009(H1N1)pdm09-like + A/California/7/2009(H1N1)pdm09-like +
A/Victoria/361/2011(H3N2)-like A/Victoria/361/2011(H3N2)-like + A/Victoria/361/2011 +
B/Massachusetts/02/2012(YAM)
 B/Wisconsin/1/2010-like
 –
 B/Massachusetts/02/2012-like
 +
2014
A/California/07/2009(H1N1)pdm09-
like A/California/7/2009 (H1N1)pdm09-like + A/California/7/2009(H1N1)pdm09-like +
A/Texas/50/2012(H3N2)-like GP A/Texas/50/2012 (H3N2)-like + A/Texas/50/2012(H3N2)-like +
B/Massachusetts/02/2012(YAM)
 B/Massachusetts/2/2012-like
 +
 B/Massachusetts/2/2012-like
 +
Total percentage matching strains 64% 73%

*Values are proportions of occurrences when predominant strains are represented in each vaccine formulation. +, match; –, no match; NA, influenza type not among predominant circulating strains; Solomon Is, Solomon Islands.

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