The influenza virus is a common seasonal sickness that normally occurs in America during the fall and winter months. There are multiple different types of the virus including influenza A and B, however in addition to these forms, the virus is capable of mutating. These mutations created difficulties for the makers of vaccines for the virus as the vaccine needs to adapt with the virus, this leads to the gathering of statistical data and creations of graphs like phylogenetic trees and antigenic maps. These creations allow the virus to be modeled and tracked making the creation of vaccines significantly easier and more effective.