Alert: Influenza Vaccine and This Year's Flu Season
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Vaccine Update for Healthcare ProvidersThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently announced that so far this year, the predominant strain of influenza causing disease is a drifted strain of the influenza A virus H3N2. As of early December, more than 91 percent of CDC-tested samples were influenza A strains and the balance were influenza B. Here is what you should know:
Check these resources for general information related to influenza:
Contributed by: Charlotte A. Moser, MS
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