Phylogeny of seasonal influenza — H3N2, H1N1pdm and type B. Evolution of haemagglutinin and predictions for vaccine strain selection.
Nextstrain maintains continuously updated phylogenetic trees for seasonal influenza — a key tool for tracking antigenic drift and selecting strains for vaccines.
Available Nextstrain influenza builds
| Subtype | Segment | Window | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| H3N2 | HA (haemagglutinin) | 2 years | nextstrain.org/flu/seasonal/h3n2/ha/2y |
| H3N2 | NA (neuraminidase) | 2 years | nextstrain.org/flu/seasonal/h3n2/na/2y |
| H1N1pdm | HA | 2 years | nextstrain.org/flu/seasonal/h1n1pdm/ha/2y |
| Type B/Vic | HA | 2 years | nextstrain.org/flu/seasonal/vic/ha/2y |
What the tree shows
- Antigenic clades — colour-coded groups sharing a similar antigen
- Vaccine strains — the WHO-recommended strains for the season are marked
- Geographic distribution — where each sequence comes from
- HA mutations — amino-acid substitutions mapped onto the tree
Nextstrain Influenza · Bedford Lab · sequences from GISAID EpiFlu