Recommended composition of influenza virus vaccines for use in the 2017 southern hemisphere influenza season

Overview

29 September 2016

It is recommended that trivalent vaccines for use in the 2017 southern hemisphere influenza season contain the following:

• an A/Michigan/45/2015 (H1N1)pdm09-like virus;
• an A/Hong Kong/4801/2014 (H3N2)-like virus; and
• 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.