Vaccine Information
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:
(1) The same H1N1-like strain included since 2009 (A/California/7/2009 or A/Christchurch/16/2010)
(2) an H3N2-like virus (A/Switzerland/9715293/2013);
(3) a B/Phuket/3073/2013-like virus (B Yamagata lineage);
(4) a B/Brisbane/60/2008-like virus (B Victoria lineage).
This year’s trivalent vaccine includes the following strains:
(1) The same H1N1-like strain included since 2009 (A/California/7/2009 or A/Christchurch/16/2010)
(2) an H3N2-like virus (A/Switzerland/9715293/2013);
(3) a B/Phuket/3073/2013-like virus (B Yamagata lineage);
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Quadrivalent
Fluzone Quadrivalent vaccine, single-dose vials, Sanofi Pasteur
- Contains NO preservatives (ie thimerosol) and NO latex
- Prepared from virus grown in embryonated chicken eggs
- NO antibiotics are used in manufacturing process
- Residual formaldehyde may be present in trace amounts from the manufacturing process
- Pregnancy Category C
Fluarix Quadrivalent vaccine, single-dose vials, GlaxoSmithKline
- Contains NO preservatives (ie thimerosol) and NO latex
- Prepared from virus propagated in embryonated chicken eggs
- Residual gentamicin, hydrocortisone, and formaldehyde may be present in trace amounts from the manufacturing process
- Pregnancy Category B
Quadrivalent
Fluzone Quadrivalent vaccine, single-dose vials, Sanofi Pasteur
- Contains NO preservatives (ie thimerosol) and NO latex
- Prepared from virus grown in embryonated chicken eggs
- NO antibiotics are used in manufacturing process
- Residual formaldehyde may be present in trace amounts from the manufacturing process
- Pregnancy Category C
Fluarix Quadrivalent vaccine, single-dose vials, GlaxoSmithKline
- Contains NO preservatives (ie thimerosol) and NO latex
- Prepared from virus propagated in embryonated chicken eggs
- Residual gentamicin, hydrocortisone, and formaldehyde may be present in trace amounts from the manufacturing process
- Pregnancy Category B