Chemicals and Drugs

Influenza Vaccines

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 ALPHAINFLUENZAVIRUS and BETAINFLUENZAVIRUS strains.

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Abstract

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 ALPHAINFLUENZAVIRUS and BETAINFLUENZAVIRUS strains.

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Synonyms

35 entry terms
  • Flu Vaccine
  • Flu Vaccines
  • Influenza Vaccine
  • Influenza Virus Vaccine
  • Influenza Virus Vaccines
  • Influenzavirus Vaccine
  • Influenzavirus Vaccines
  • Vaccine, Flu
  • Vaccine, Influenza
  • Vaccine, Influenza Virus
  • Vaccine, Influenzavirus
  • Virus Vaccine, Influenza
  • High-Dose Trivalent Influenza Vaccine
  • Intranasal Live-Attenuated Influenza Vaccine
  • LAIV Vaccine
  • Monovalent Influenza Vaccine
  • Monovalent Influenza Vaccines
  • Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine
  • Trivalent Influenza Vaccine
  • Trivalent Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine
  • Universal Flu Vaccine
  • Universal Flu Vaccines
  • Universal Influenza Vaccine
  • Universal Influenza Vaccines
  • Flu Vaccine, Universal
  • High Dose Trivalent Influenza Vaccine
  • Influenza Vaccine, Monovalent
  • Influenza Vaccine, Quadrivalent
  • Influenza Vaccine, Trivalent
  • Influenza Vaccine, Universal
  • Intranasal Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine
  • Vaccine, LAIV
  • Vaccine, Monovalent Influenza
  • Vaccine, Quadrivalent Influenza
  • Vaccine, Trivalent Influenza

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26 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.

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Indexing Annotation

coordinate with specific influenza virus or virus subtype /immunol; not for Haemophilus influenzae vaccines (= HAEMOPHILUS VACCINES)

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History Note

2005 (1963)

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  1. D20.215.894w.899.302w

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NLM Classification

WC 515

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Influenza Vaccines. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007252. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007252
  2. Influenza Vaccines. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Influenza_vaccine
  3. Influenza Vaccines. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q383260