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H3N2 has mutated many times since its emergence in 1968. For example, between 1973 and 1982, five antigenic variants have emerged, at the intervals of two to three years. It continues to mutate. The latest variant is A/Sidney/5/97, which caused many cases of influenza in the United States during the winter 1997-98.