How to Use quadrivalent in a Sentence

quadrivalent

noun
  • The quadrivalent version protects against four strains of flu.
    — Anne Saker, Cincinnati.com, 2 Apr. 2018
  • The shot protects against either three strains (trivalent) or four strains (quadrivalent).
    — Ian Richardson, USA TODAY, 19 Sep. 2020
  • Vaccines include high dose for adults over 65 years and quadrivalent for ages five years and older.
    — Courant Community, 18 Sep. 2017
  • Vaccines include high dose for adults over 65 years and quadrivalent for ages five years and older.
    — Courant Community, 29 Aug. 2017
  • Each shot protects from either three strains (trivalent) or four strains (quadrivalent) of influenza.
    — Ian Richardson, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2020
  • All flu vaccines are quadrivalent, or made up of four components, meaning they are designed to protect you against four flu viruses.
    — Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 28 Sep. 2021
  • Current quadrivalent vaccines target season-specific versions of each of these four types of flu viruses.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 30 Sep. 2022
  • For perspective, the price of one’s annual quadrivalent flu shot ranges from $35 - $41, with the more potent shot being almost twice as high.
    — John Lamattina, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2021
  • Flu vaccines generally come as trivalent or quadrivalent formulas.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 9 Dec. 2017
  • Another formulation, a quadrivalent flu vaccine, includes an extra influenza type B strain.
    — Miriam Fauzia, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2020
  • One vaccine contains two flu A strains and one flu B strain, called a trivalent vaccine, while the other contains those three strains plus an additional flu B strain, called quadrivalent.
    — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 21 Aug. 2020
  • The new feature of this season’s vaccine — and what will be prioritized for those at higher risk — is that instead of being trivalent (protecting against three different strains), the vaccine is quadrivalent (protecting against four strains).
    — Annie Vainshtein, SFChronicle.com, 22 Sep. 2020
  • The company is preparing applications for regulatory approval in the United States and Canada, and is building a factory that would use its process to produce 30 million doses of quadrivalent vaccine each year.
    — Eric Bender, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2019

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