This year's flu vaccine is 'not a very good match' for a common strain of the flu that's especially tough on children, according to the nation's top infectious disease doctor.
This year's flu vaccine is"not a very good match" for a common strain of the flu that's especially tough on children, according to the nation's top infectious disease doctor.
"It's not a very good match for B/Victoria," said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, referring to the strain."It's not an awful match, but it's not a very good match."US flu activity fell last week, but it's too early to say the worst is over Children are particularly susceptible to influenza B/Victoria.
Sometimes it works better than others. For example, this year's match to the H3N2 strain of the virus is only 34%, which Fauci called a"poor" match. But it's not very consequential, since there's been little H3N2 this flu season."Every year, there's always some degree of mismatch. That's why Tony's pushing the universal vaccine," said Dr.
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