Acronyms & abbreviations

AVA: Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed

BCG: Bacille Calmette-Guérin (Tuberculosis) Vaccine

ccIIV3: Cell-Culture Inactivated Influenza Vaccine, Trivalent (Flucelvax®)

DPT/DTP: Diphtheria and tetanus toxoids, pediatric formulation

DTaP: Diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis vaccine, pediatric formulation

DTP or (DTwP): Diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and whole-cell pertussis vaccine, pediatric formulation

DTaP-IPV: Diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis adsorbed and inactivated poliovirus vaccine

DTaP-IPV/Hib: Diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis adsorbed, inactivated poliovirus and Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine

DTaP-HepB-IPV: Diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis adsorbed, hepatitis B and inactivated poliovirus vaccine

eIPV: Enhanced inactivated polio vaccine

HAV: Hepatitis A Virus

HbOC: Haemophilus b Oligosaccharide Conjugate (Hib) Vaccine

HBV: Hepatitis B Virus

HepA: Hepatitis A Vaccine

HepB: Hepatitis B Vaccine

Hib: Haemophilus influenzae type b

Hib-HepB: Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate and hepatitis B vaccine

Hib-MenCY-TT: Hib-Meningococcal (Bivalent) Conjugate Vaccine (MenHibrix®)

HPV: Human Papillomavirus

HPV2: Human Papillomavirus vaccine, bivalent (Cervarix®)

HPV4: Human Papillomavirus vaccine, quadrivalent (Gardasil®)

HZV: Herpes Zoster (Shingles) Vaccine

IPV: Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine

IIV: Inactivated Influenza Vaccine

IIV3: Inactivated Influenza Vaccine, Trivalent

IIV4: Inactivated Influenza Vaccine, Quadrivalent

JE: Japanese Encephalitis

JE-MB: Inactivated, mouse brain-derived Japanese encephalitis vaccine (JE-Vax®)

JE-VC: Inactivated, Vero cell culture-derived Japanese encephalitis vaccine (Ixiaro®)

LAIV: Live, Attenuated Influenza Vaccine

LAIV4: Live, Attenuated Influenza Vaccine (Quadrivalent)

MCV: Measles antigen-containing vaccines

MCV4: Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine (Quadravalent)

MenACWY-CRM: Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine, Quadrivalent (Menveo®)

MenACWY-D: Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine, Quadrivalent (Menactra®)

MMR: Measles, Mumps & Rubella Vaccine

MMRV: Measles, Mumps, Rubella & Varicella Vaccine

MPSV4: Meningococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine (Quadravalent)

MR: Measles-rubella Vaccine

OPV: Oral Polio Vaccine

PCV7 (or PCV): Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (7-valent)

PCV13: Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (13-valent)

PPV23 (or PPV): Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine (23-valent)

PPSV23: Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine (23-valent)

PRP: Polyribosylribitol Phosphate Polysaccharide (Hib) Vaccine

PRP-D: Polyribosylribitol Phosphate-Diphtheria Conjugate (Hib)

PRP-OMP: Polyribosylribitol Phosphate-Outer Membrane Protein Conjugate (Hib) Vaccine

PRP-T: Polyribosylribitol Phosphate-Tetanus Conjugate (Hib) Vaccine

PRV: Pentavalent Rotavirus Vaccine (i.e., RotaTeq®)

RIV3: Recombinant Influenza Vaccine, Trivalent (Flublok®)

ROTA: Rotavirus Vaccine

RV1: Rotavirus Vaccine (Monovalent)

RV5: Rotavirus Vaccine (Pentavalent)

Tdap: Tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid and acellular pertussis vaccine, adsorbed

Page created on 16 March 2015

Page last reviewed on 29 March 2017

References: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), scientific databases and journals.