“The Knowledge Library”

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An Initiative by: Kausik Chakraborty.

“The Knowledge Library”

Knowledge for All, without Barriers……….
An Initiative by: Kausik Chakraborty.

The Knowledge Library

Common Vaccine Abbreviations

Live-Attenuated Vaccines

  • ACAM2000 – Vaccinia Vaccine (Smallpox)
  • Ad26.COV2.S – Johnson & Johnson/Janssen COVID-19 (COVID-19 Vaccine)
  • AZD1222 – Oxford Astra Zeneca COVID-19 Vaccine (COVID-19)
  • BCG – Bacille Calmette-Guérin Vaccine (Tuberculosis)
  • CVD 103-HgR – Classical V. Cholerae O1 Inaba 569B Strain (Cholera)
  • EVD – Ebola Virus Disease (Ebola)
  • LAIV – Influenza Vaccine (Flu vaccine nasal spray)
  • LAIV4 – Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine (Flu vaccine nasal spray)
  • MMR – Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Vaccine
  • MMRV – Measles, Mumps, Rubella, and Varicella (Chicken Pox) Vaccine
  • MR – Measles and Rubella Vaccine
  • RV1 – Monovalent Rotavirus Vaccine (Rotavirus)
  • RV5 – Pentavalent Rotavirus Vaccine (Rotavirus)
  • Ty21a – Live Oral Typhoid Vaccine (Typhoid)
  • VAR – Varicella Vaccine (Chicken Pox)
  • YF – Yellow Fever
  • ZVL – Zoster Vaccine Live (Shingles)

Inactivated Vaccines

  • aIIV3 – Inactivated Influenza Vaccine (Flu vaccine shot)
  • ccIIV3 – Cell-Culture Inactivated Influenza Vaccine (Cell-culture flu vaccine shot)
  • eIPV – Enhanced Inactivated Polio Vaccine (Polio)
  • HepA – Hepatitis A Vaccine
  • HDCV – Human Diploid Cell Vaccine (Rabies)
  • HD-IIV3 – Inactivated Influenza Vaccine (Flu vaccine shot)
  • IPV – Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine (Polio)
  • IIV – Inactivated Influenza Vaccine (Flu vaccine shot)
  • IIV3 – Trivalent Inactivated Influenza Vaccine (Flu vaccine shot)
  • IIV4 – Quadrivalent Inactivated Influenza Vaccine (Flu vaccine shot)
  • JE – Japanese Encephalitis (JE virus)
  • JE-VC – Vero cell culture-derived Japanese encephalitis vaccine (JE virus)
  • ViCPS – Vi Capsular Polysaccharide Vaccine (Typhoid)

Subunit, Recombinant, Polysaccharide, and Conjugate Vaccines

  • HepB – Hepatitis B Vaccine
  • Hib – Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib disease)
  • HPV2 – Human Papillomavirus, bivalent (HPV)
  • 2vHPV – Bivalent HPV vaccine
  • HPV4 – Human Papillomavirus vaccine, quadrivalent
  • 4vHPV – Quadrivalent HPV vaccine
  • 9vHPV – 9-valent HPV vaccine
  • MCV4 – Quadrivalent Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine (Meningococcal disease)
  • MenACWY-CRM – Quadrivalent Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine (Meningococcal disease; patients 2 months and older)
  • MenACWY-D – Quadrivalent Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine (Meningococcal disease; patients 9 months and older)
  • MenB – Serogroup B Meningococcal Vaccine (Meningococcal disease, type B)
  • MenB-FHbp – Serogroup B Meningococcal Factor H Binding Protein Vaccine (Meningococcal disease, type B)
  • MenB-4C – Multicomponent Serogroup B Meningococcal Vaccine (Meningococcal disease, type B)
  • MPSV4 – Quadrivalent Meningococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine (Meningococcal disease)
  • P – Pertussis Vaccine (Whooping Cough)
  • PCV13 – 13-valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (Pneumococcal disease)
  • PPSV23 – 23-valent Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine (Pneumococcal disease)
  • PRP-OMP – Polyribosylribitol Phosphate-Outer Membrane Protein Conjugate Vaccine (Hib disease)
  • PRP-T – Polyribosylribitol Phosphate-Tetanus Conjugate Vaccine (Hib disease)
  • RIV3 – Trivalent Recombinant Influenza Vaccine (Flu vaccine shot)
  • RIV4 – Quadrivalent Recombinant Influenza Vaccine (Flu vaccine shot)
  • RZV – Recombinant Zoster Vaccine (Shingles)

Toxoid Vaccine Abbreviations

  • AVA – Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed (Anthrax)
  • DT – Diphtheria and Tetanus Vaccine (for children)
  • DTaP – Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis (Whooping Cough) vaccine (for children)
  • Td – Tetanus and Diphtheria Vaccine (for adults)
  • Tdap – Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Acellular Pertussis (Whooping Cough) Vaccine (for adults)

mRNA Vaccines

  • BNT162b2 – Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine (COVID-19)
  • mRNA-1273 – Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine (COVID-19)

COVID-19 Vaccines in U.S. Clinical Trials

  • AZD1222 – AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine; included in the live-attenuated viruses section above due to being approved elsewhere
  • SARS-CoV-2 rS – Novavax’s Nanoparticle Vaccine​.

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