CDC Yearly Lab Work on Flu Viruses Infographic

Print
Related Pages
CDC Yearly Lab Work on Flu Viruses

CDC Yearly Lab Work on Flu Viruses

1,600,000: More than 1.6 million patient specimens are tested in clinical labs participating in CDC domestic disease surveillance.*

200,000: More than 200,000 specimens are tested in 93 state/local public health labs.

6,000: CDC conducts full genetic sequencing on about 6,000 flu viruses each year.

3,000: CDC tests more than 3,000 flu viruses to determine their immune properties.

60: CDC prepares more than 60 viruses for possible use in vaccine production.

*Numbers represent average annual data as reported to CDC’s Influenza Division from 2015-2022, excluding the 2020-2021 season when there was little influenza activity.