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Abbreviations for Vaccines

Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices

U.S. VACCINE ABBREVIATIONS

Abbreviations for Vaccines Included in the Immunization Schedules for Children, Adolescents, and Adults

Following is a table of standardized vaccine abbreviations, which was developed jointly by staff of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ACIP Workgroups, the editor of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), the editor of Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases (the "Pink Book"), ACIP members, and liaison organizations to the ACIP.

These abbreviations are intended to provide a uniform approach to vaccine references used in ACIP Recommendations and Notices to Readers that are published in the MMWR, the Pink Book, the American Academy of Pediatrics Red Book, and other publications.

Abbreviations for Vaccines

Vaccine	Abbreviation*	Trade Name
Diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis-containing vaccines
Diphtheria and tetanus toxoids adsorbed (children)	DT	several manufacturers†
Diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis vaccine adsorbed	DTaP	several mfrs
Tetanus and diphtheria toxoids adsorbed (adult)	Td	several mfrs
Tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid and acellular pertussis vaccine, adsorbed	Tdap	Adacel, Boostrix
Tetanus toxoid	TT	several mfrs
Diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis adsorbed and Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine	DTaP/Hib	TriHIBit
Diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis adsorbed, hepatitis B and inactivated poliovirus vaccine	DTaP-HepB-IPV	Pediarix
Diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis adsorbed and inactivated poliovirus vaccine	DTaP-IPV	Kinrix
Diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis adsorbed, inactivated poliovirus and Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine	DTaP-IPV/Hib	Pentacel
Haemophilus influenzae type b-containing vaccines
Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine	Hib	PedvaxHIB ActHIB
Haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate and hepatitis B vaccine	Hib-HepB	Comvax
Hepatitis vaccines
Hepatitis A vaccine	HepA	Havrix Vaqta
Hepatitis B vaccine	HepB	Engerix-B Recombivax HB
Hepatitis A inactivated and hepatitis B vaccine	HepA-HepB	Twinrix
Herpes zoster (shingles) vaccine	ZOS	Zostavax
Human papillomavirus vaccines
Human papillomavirus vaccine (quadrivalent)	HPV4	Gardasil
Human papillomavirus vaccine (bivalent)	HPV2	Cervarix (not yet licensed in U.S.)
Influenza vaccines
Trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine	TIV	several mfrs
Live attenuated influenza vaccine	LAIV	FluMist
Measles-containing vaccines
Measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine	MMR	M-M-R II
Measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella vaccine	MMRV	ProQuad
Meningococcal vaccines
Meningococcal conjugate vaccine (quadrivalent)	MCV4	Menactra
Meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine (quadrivalent)	MPSV4	Menomune
Pneumococcal vaccines
Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (7-valent)	PCV7	Prevnar
Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (13-valent)	PCV13	not yet licensed in U.S.
Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (23-valent)	PPSV23	Pneumovax 23
Poliovirus vaccine
Poliovirus vaccine (inactivated)	IPV	Ipol
Rotavirus vaccines
Rotavirus vaccine (monovalent)	RV1	Rotarix
Rotavirus vaccine (pentavalent)	RV5	RotaTeq
Varicella vaccine	VAR	Varivax

 

*dash (-) indicates: products that are supplied in their final form by the manufacturer and do not require mixing or reconstitution by user; slash ( / ) indicates: products that are mixed or reconstituted by user.

† several manufacturers; for complete listing, see http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/downloads/appendices/B/us-vaccines-508.pdf and http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/about/terms/USVaccines.htm

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