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Preferred term

Influenza Vaccines  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Vaccines used to prevent infection by viruses in the family ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE. It includes both killed and 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 flu vaccines may be mono- or multi-valent, which contains one or more INFLUENZAVIRUS A and INFLUENZAVIRUS B strains.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Flu Vaccine
  • Flu Vaccines
  • Influenza Vaccine
  • Influenza Virus Vaccine
  • Influenzavirus Vaccine
  • Influenza Virus Vaccines
  • Influenzavirus Vaccines

In other languages

  • French

  • Vaccin anti-grippal
  • Vaccin anti-grippe
  • Vaccin antigrippal
  • Vaccin antigrippe
  • Vaccins anti-grippaux
  • Vaccins antigrippe
  • Vaccins contre la grippe

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-C4NZXZC1-S

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