Glossary / Acronyms:
Vaccine Acronyms & Abbreviations
This vaccine abbreviations page lists most abbreviations used for vaccines by those looking for "old" abbreviations used on immunization records. For example, Td=Adult Tetanus & Diphtheria Vaccine.
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AVA
Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed
BCG
Bacille Calmette-Guérin (Tuberculosis) Vaccine
DPT
Replaced by use of DTP. See DTP for description.
DT
Diphtheria and tetanus toxoids, pediatric formulation, pediatric formulation
DTaP
Diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis vaccine, pediatric formulation
DTP
Diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and whole-cell pertussis vaccine, pediatric formulation
eIPV
Enhanced inactivated polio vaccine
HAV
Hepatitis A Virus
HbOC
Haemophilus b Oligosaccharide Conjugate (Hib) Vaccine*
HBV
Hepatitis B Virus
Hib
Haemophilus influenzae type b
HPV
Human Papillomavirus
IPV
Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine
JE
Japanese Encephalitis
LAIV
Live, Attenuated Influenza Vaccine (Nasal Spray)
MCV
Measles-containing vaccines
MCV4
Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine (Quadravalent)
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) (replaced the old acronym PCV)
PPV23 (or PPV)
Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine (23-valent) (PPV23 and PPV are old acronyms as of 2008; the new acronym is PPSV-23)
PPSV23
Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine (23-valent) (replaced the old acronyms PPV and PPV23)
PRP
Polyribosylribitol Phosphate Polysaccharide (Hib) Vaccine*
PRP-D
Polyribosylribitol Phosphate-Diphtheria Conjugate (Hib) Vaccine*
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®) supplanted by ROTA, then by RV1 and RV5
ROTA
Rotavirus Vaccine
Td
Adult/Adolescent Tetanus & Diphtheria Vaccine
Tdap
Adult/Adolescent Tetanus, Diphtheria & Acellular Pertussis Vaccine
TIV
Trivalent (Inactivated) Influenza Vaccine
TT
Tetanus Toxoid
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
*No longer used in the United States
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This page last modified on December 17, 2008
Content last reviewed on December 17, 2008
Content Source: National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases