Vaccine Acronyms & Abbreviations :
AVA : Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed
BCG : Bacille Calmette-Guérin (Tuberculosis) Vaccine
ccIIV3 : Cell-Culture Inactivated Influenza Vaccine, Trivalent (Flucelvax®)
DPT : Replaced by the term DTP (see DTP for description)
DT : Diphtheria and tetanus toxoids, pediatric formulation
DTaP : Diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis vaccine, pediatric formulation (replaced DTP)
DTP or (DTwP) : Diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and whole-cell pertussis vaccine, pediatric formulation (no longer available)
eIPV : Enhanced inactivated polio vaccine
HAV : Hepatitis A Virus
HbOC : Haemophilus b Oligosaccharide Conjugate (Hib) Vaccine (no longer available)
HBV : Hepatitis B Virus
HepA : Hepatitis A Vaccine
HepB : Hepatitis B Vaccine
Hib : Haemophilus influenzae type b
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 (formerly called ZOS)
IPV : Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine
IIV : Inactivated Influenza Vaccine (formerly called TIV)
IIV3 : Inactivated Influenza Vaccine, Trivalent
IIV4 : Inactivated Influenza Vaccine, Quadrivalent
JE : Japanese Encephalitis
JE-MB : Inactivated, mouse brain-derived Japanese encephalitis vaccine (JE-Vax®) (no longer available)
JE-VC : Inactivated, Vero cell culture-derived Japanese encephalitis vaccine (Ixiaro®)
LAIV : Live, Attenuated Influenza Vaccine (Nasal Spray)
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 (no longer available)
PCV7 (or PCV) : Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (7-valent) (no longer available)
PCV13 : Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (13-valent) (replaced PCV7)
PPV23 (or PPV) : Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine (23-valent) (replaced by the term PPSV23)
PPSV23 : Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine (23-valent) (formerly called PPV or PPV23)
PRP : Polyribosylribitol Phosphate Polysaccharide (Hib) Vaccine (no longer available)
PRP-D : Polyribosylribitol Phosphate-Diphtheria Conjugate (Hib) Vaccine (no longer available)
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®) (replaced by the term ROTA, then by RV5)
RIV3 : Recombinant Influenza Vaccine, Trivalent (Flublok®)
ROTA : Rotavirus Vaccine (replaced by the terms RV1 and RV5)
RRV-TV : Live, tetravalent rotavirus vaccine (RotaShield™) (no longer available)
RV1 : Rotavirus Vaccine, monovalent (Rotarix®) (formerly called ROTA)
RV5 : Rotavirus Vaccine, pentavalent (RotaTeq®) (formerly called ROTA)
Td : Tetanus & diphtheria Vaccine, adult/adolescent formulation
Tdap : Tetanus, diphtheria & acellular pertussis vaccine, adult/adolescent formulation
TIV : Trivalent (Inactivated) Influenza Vaccine (replaced by the term IIV)
TT : Tetanus Toxoid (no longer available)
Ty21a : Live Oral Typhoid Vaccine
VAR : Varicella Vaccine
ViCPS : Vi Capsular Polysaccharide (Inactivated Typhoid) Vaccine
VZV : Varicella Zoster Virus
YF : Yellow Fever
ZOS : Zoster (Shingles) Vaccine (replaced by the term HZV)