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Influenza Vaccines

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Definition: 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.  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 (    Other names vaccine, LAIV; Virus Vaccines, Influenza; Vaccines, Influenzavirus; Vaccines, Influenza Virus; Vaccines, Influenza; Vaccines, Flu; Vaccine, Influenza; Trivalent Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine; MedImmune Vaccines Brand of Trivalent Live Attenua; LAIV vaccine; Influenzavirus Vaccines; Influenza Virus Vaccines; Influenza Vaccine; FluMist; Flu Vaccines; CAIV-T vaccine
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSourceDrugs*
influvac  0   *Influenza Vaccines Vaccines, Subunit. Br J Clin Pract. 1990 Dec;44(12):709-10.
arepanrix  0   *Influenza Vaccines. Ann Pharmacother. 2010 Jul-Aug;44(7-8):1330-3.
Ultragrivac  0   *Influenza Vaccines Influenza, Human/prevention & control. Zh Mikrobiol Epidemiol Immunobiol. 2011 Jul-Aug;(4):92-6
panenza vaccine  0   *Influenza Vaccines. Med Clin (Barc) 2010 Oct 16;135(12):543-5
VAX102 vaccine  0   *Influenza Vaccines Vaccines, Synthetic. PLoS One 2010;5(12):e14442
focetria  0   *Influenza Vaccines Adjuvants, Immunologic. Int J Clin Pract 2010 Mar;64(4):432-8
pandemrix  0   *Influenza Vaccines. Curr Opin Mol Ther 2009 Jun;11(3):337-45
afluria  0   *Influenza Vaccines. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2010 Aug 13;59(31):989-92
panvax  0   *Influenza Vaccines. BMJ 2010;341:c3714
Influvir  0   *Influenza Vaccines Vaccines, Attenuated Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype. Mikrobiol Epidemiol Immunobiol. 2010 Mar-Apr;(2):35-9
Grifor  0   Influenza Vaccines. Zh Mikrobiol Epidemiol Immunobiol 2009 Jan-Feb;(1):21-6
FluBlok  0   *Influenza Vaccines. Curr Opin Mol Ther 2008 Feb;10(1):75-85
FluLaval  0   *Influenza Vaccines. FDA Consum 2006 Nov-Dec;40(6):4
fluarix  0   *Influenza Vaccines Vaccines, Inactivated. FDA Consum 2005 Nov-Dec;39(6):2
trivalent baculovirus-expressed influenza-virus hemagglutinin vaccine  0   *Influenza Vaccines. J Infect Dis 2006 May 1;193(9):1223-8
M2e-HBc influenza vaccine  0   *Influenza Vaccines. Virology 2005 Jun 20;337(1):149-61
vaxigrip  0   *Influenza Vaccines Vaccines, Inactivated. Vaccine 2003 Mar 7;21(11-12):1268-74
Inflexal V  0   *Influenza Vaccines Vaccines, Virosome. Vaccine 2002 Dec 20;20 Suppl 5:B17-23
Grippol  0   *Influenza Vaccines. Zh Mikrobiol Epidemiol Immunobiol 2000 Mar-Apr;(2):50-4
D protein, influenza A (A-PR-8-34-derived recombinant protein)  0   *Influenza Vaccines Vaccines, Synthetic. J Infect Dis 1993 Mar;167(3):593-601
mutagrip  0   *Influenza Vaccines. Ther Ggw 114(11):1912;1975

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