# FLU B Victoria reference segments

**URL:** <https://nextstrain.discourse.group/t/flu-b-victoria-reference-segments/1603>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [April 9, 2024, 10:31am UTC](https://nextstrain.discourse.group/t/flu-b-victoria-reference-segments/1603 "2024-04-09T10:31:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Josef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ec9cab/32.png) [@Josef](https://nextstrain.discourse.group/u/Josef)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 10:31am UTC](https://nextstrain.discourse.group/t/flu-b-victoria-reference-segments/1603/1 "2024-04-09T10:31:39Z")

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Hello,  
Does anyone know where I can get all 8 segments of the FluB Victoria reference strain?  
I have tried NCBI with no success. I could not find them in NextStrain either.  
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,  
Josef

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**Author:** ![jlhudd](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/nextstrain.discourse.group/jlhudd/32/583_2.png) [@jlhudd](https://nextstrain.discourse.group/u/jlhudd)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2024, 4:28pm UTC](https://nextstrain.discourse.group/t/flu-b-victoria-reference-segments/1603/2 "2024-04-10T16:28:27Z")

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Hi @Josef! Just to clarify, are you looking for reference sequences for each of the 8 segments of B/Victoria to use for alignment and phylogenetics or are you looking for existing phylogenetic analyses of these segments or something else?

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**Author:** ![Josef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ec9cab/32.png) [@Josef](https://nextstrain.discourse.group/u/Josef)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2024, 10:26pm UTC](https://nextstrain.discourse.group/t/flu-b-victoria-reference-segments/1603/3 "2024-04-10T22:26:01Z")

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Dear jhudd,

Thank you for your reply.

Yes, I would the reference sequences of all 8 B/Victoriaq segments for my own mapping of clinical samples.

I found several Brisbane strains but not all 8 segments from B/Victoria I am actually missing segments 6 and 8.

I found the other segments here: [https://www.bv-brc.org](https://www.bv-brc.org)

I could not find all 8 segments at NCBI either.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thank you,

Josef