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. 2015 Aug;110(5):606–610. doi: 10.1590/0074-02760150044

TABLE III. Influenza B detection and lineage identification by year.

Yeara Samples tested (n = 2,992) Influenza B+ n (%) Yamagata-like n (%) Victoria-like n (%) Vaccine lineageb
2001 74 12 (16.2) 11 (100) - Yamagata
2002 212 21 (9.9) 5 (25) 15 (75) Yamagata
2003 130 0 - - Victoria
2004 190 7 (3.7) - 6 (100) Victoria
2005 73 1 (1.4) 1 (100) - Yamagata
2007 32 0 - - Victoria
2008 370 17 (4.6) 9 (56) 7 (44) Yamagata
2009 586 5 (0.8) 5 (100) - Yamagata
2010 438 20 (4.7) 19 (95) 1 (5) -
2011 435 24 (5.5) - 24 (100) Victoria
2012 207 1 (0.5) - 1 (100) Victoria
2013 245 6 (2.4) - 5 (100) Yamagata

a: there was no sampling during 2006; b: vaccine recommendation for Southern Hemisphere. Vaccine distributed in Brazil during 2010 contained only the influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 strain.