Vaccine Names and 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®)
2vHPV
Bivalent HPV vaccine (Cervarix®)
HPV4
Human Papillomavirus vaccine, quadrivalent (Gardasil®)
4vHPV
Quadrivalent HPV vaccine (Gardasil®)
9vHPV
9-valent HPV vaccine (Gardasil®)
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®)
MenB
Serogroup B meningococcal vaccine
MenB-FHbp
Serogroup B meningococcal vaccine (Trumenba®)
MenB-4C
Serogroup B meningococcal vaccine (Bexsero®)
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)
RZV
Recombinant Zoster Vaccine
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
ZVL
Zoster Vaccine Live