Influenza A virus isolates from Valencia and St. Petersburg were analyzed.
Genetic differences were greater for influenza A(H3N2) than for A(H1N1)pdm09.
>90% of A(H3N2) viral isolates clustered with the previous season’s dominant clades.
Pairwise amino acid distances vs. vaccine strains were highest for H3N2 clade 3C.2.
Influenza A HA sequences and antigenic variants differed between the 2 sites.