Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: World Health Organization, full PDF document: (LINK). Edited.]
Weekly epidemiological record / Relev? ?pid?miologique hebdomadaire
21 October 2011, 86th year / 21 OCTObre 2011, 86e ann?e, No. 43, 2011, 86, 469?480, http://www.who.int/wer
Standardization of terminology of the pandemic A(H1N1) 2009 virus
The pandemic A(H1N1)2009 virus has become a seasonal influenza virus, continuing to circulate with other seasonal viruses since August 2010 when WHO declared the end of the influenza A(H1N1) 2009 pandemic.
However, the nomenclature of this virus has never been standardized resulting in the use of diverse names for the same virus.
In order to minimize confusion and to differentiate the virus from the former seasonal A(H1N1) viruses circulating in humans before the influenza A(H1N1) 2009 pandemic, the advisers to the WHO technical consultation on the composition of influenza vaccines for the southern hemisphere 2012 season, after discussion on 26 September 2011, advise WHO to use the nomenclature below:
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Weekly epidemiological record / Relev? ?pid?miologique hebdomadaire
21 October 2011, 86th year / 21 OCTObre 2011, 86e ann?e, No. 43, 2011, 86, 469?480, http://www.who.int/wer
Standardization of terminology of the pandemic A(H1N1) 2009 virus
The pandemic A(H1N1)2009 virus has become a seasonal influenza virus, continuing to circulate with other seasonal viruses since August 2010 when WHO declared the end of the influenza A(H1N1) 2009 pandemic.
However, the nomenclature of this virus has never been standardized resulting in the use of diverse names for the same virus.
In order to minimize confusion and to differentiate the virus from the former seasonal A(H1N1) viruses circulating in humans before the influenza A(H1N1) 2009 pandemic, the advisers to the WHO technical consultation on the composition of influenza vaccines for the southern hemisphere 2012 season, after discussion on 26 September 2011, advise WHO to use the nomenclature below:
- A(H1N1)pdm09
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