Seasonal Flu Vaccine Information
This year’s quadrivalent influenza vaccine has been standardized according to U.S. Public Health Service Requirements and includes the following strains:
- an H1N1 pdm09-like virus: A/Guangdong-Maonan/SWL1536/2019 (H1N1) [Fluarix] or A/Hawaii/70/2019 [Flucelvax: A/Nebraska/14/2019]
- an H3N2-like virus: A/HongKong/2671/2019 [Fluarix] or A/HongKong/45/2019 [Flucelvax: A/Delaware/39/2019]
- a B Victoria lineage: B/Washington/02/2019 [Fluarix]; B/Darwin/7/2019 [Flucelvax]
- a B Yamagata lineage: B/Phuket/3073/2013 [Fluarix]; B/Singapore/INFTT-16-0610/2016 [Flucelvax]
This year’s high-dose quadrivalent influenza vaccine, approved for use in persons 65 years of age and older, has been standardized according to U.S. Public Health Service Requirements and includes the following strains:
- an H1N1 pdm09-like virus: A/Victoria/2454/2019
- an H3N2-like virus: A/Hong Kong/2671/2019
- a B Victoria lineage: B/Victoria/705/2018 BVR-11
- a B Yamagata lineage: B/Phuket/3073/2013
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Flucelvax Quadrivalent vaccine, single-dose vials, Seqirus
- Contains NO preservatives (ie thimerosol) and NO latex
- Prepared from cell culture rather than embryonated chicken eggs
- NO antibiotics are used in manufacturing process
- Pregnancy Category B
Fluarix Quadrivalent vaccine, single-dose vials, GlaxoSmithKline
- Contains NO preservatives (i.e. thimerosol) and NO latex
- Prepared from virus propagated in embryonated chicken eggs
- Residual gentamicin, hydrocortisone, ovalbumin, and formaldehyde may be present in trace amounts from the manufacturing process
- Pregnancy Category B
Fluad High-Dose Quadrivalent vaccine, single-dose vials, Seqirus
- Approved for use in persons 65 years of age and older
- Contains NO preservatives (ie thimerosol) and NO latex
- Prepared from virus propagated in embryonated chicken eggs
- Residual neomycin, hydrocortisone, residual egg protein (ovalbumin), and formaldehyde may be present in trace amounts from the manufacturing process
- Contains MF59C.1 adjuvant, a squalene based oil-in-water emulsion
Fluarix Quadrivalent vaccine, single-dose vials, GlaxoSmithKline
- Contains NO preservatives (i.e. thimerosol) and NO latex
- Prepared from virus propagated in embryonated chicken eggs
- Residual gentamicin, hydrocortisone, ovalbumin, and formaldehyde may be present in trace amounts from the manufacturing process
- Pregnancy Category B