Concept information
Preferred term
Influenza Vaccines
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Flu Vaccine
- Flu Vaccines
- Influenza Vaccine
- Influenza Virus Vaccine
- Influenzavirus Vaccine
- Influenza Virus Vaccines
- Influenzavirus Vaccines
- Vaccine, Flu
- Vaccine, Influenza
- Vaccine, Influenza Virus
- Vaccine, Influenzavirus
- Virus Vaccine, Influenza
Note
- coordinate with specific influenza virus or virus subtype /immunol; not for Haemophilus influenzae vaccines (= HAEMOPHILUS VACCINES)
Scope note
- 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.
History note
- 2005 (1963)
In other languages
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Finnish
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influenssarokote
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influenssarokotus
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007252
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