【世界卫生组织-2026研报】Recommended composition of influenza virus vaccines for use in the 2026-2027 northern hemisphere influenza season.pdfVIP

Recommendedcompositionofinfluenzavirusvaccinesforuseinthe2026–

2027northernhemisphereinfluenzaseason

February2026

WHOconvenestechnicalconsultations1inFebruaryandSeptembereachyeartorecommendvirusesfor

inclusionininfluenzavaccines2forthenorthernhemisphere(NH)andsouthernhemisphere(SH)influenza

seasons,respectively.ThisrecommendationrelatestotheinfluenzavaccinesforuseintheNH2026-2027

influenzaseason.ArecommendationwillbemadeinSeptember2026relatingtovaccinesthatwillbeused

fortheSH2027influenzaseason.WHOguidanceforchoosingbetweentheNHandSHformulationsfor

countriesintropicalandsubtropicalregionsisavailableontheWHOGlobalInfluenzaProgramme

website3.

Nationalorregionalauthoritiesapprovethecompositionandformulationofinfluenzavaccinesusedineach

country.Nationalpublichealthauthoritiesareresponsibleformakingrecommendationsregardingtheuse

ofthevaccine.WHOhaspublishedrecommendationsonthepreventionofinfluenza4.

Seasonalinfluenzaactivity

FromSeptember2025throughJanuary2026,influenzaactivitywasreportedinalltransmissionzones.

Overallinfluenzavirusdetectionswerehighercomparedtothesamereportingperiodin2024-2025but

peakedinDecember2025forthisrecentperiodcomparedtoFebruary2025forthepreviousperiod.During

thisreportingperiod,influenzaAvirusespredominated,althoughtheproportionofvirusdetectionsvaried

amongtransmissionzones.

InAfrica,influenzaactivityincreasedduringthestartofthereportingperiod,withapredominanceof

influenzaAvirusesinalltransmissionzones.InEastern,Northern,andWesternAfrica,amongsubtyped

influenzaAviruses,A(H1N1)pdm09virusesaccountedforthemajorityofdetectionsearlyinthereporting

periodwhileA(H3N2)virusespredominatedlaterinthereportingperiod.Influenzadetectionspeakedin

November