ARCHIVED - Canadian National Report on Immunization, 2006
Volume: 32S3 - November 2006
ANNEX 2 : List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
ACCA | Advisory Committee on Causality Assessment |
AEFI | Adverse event following immunization |
AFP | Acute flaccid paralysis |
AIVP | Automated Identification of Vaccine Products |
CAEFISS | Canadian Adverse Event Following Immunization Surveillance System |
CCDR | Canada Communicable Disease Report |
CDC | US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
CIHR | Canadian Institutes of Health Research |
CIRN | Canadian Immunization Registry Network |
CIC | Canadian Immunization Committee |
CNCI | Canadian Nursing Coalition on Immunization |
CPS | Canadian Paediatric Society |
CPSP | Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program |
CRI | Congenital rubella infection |
CRS | Congenital rubella syndrome |
DTaP | Diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis infant vaccine |
EHSSS | Enhanced Hepatitis Strain Surveillance System |
F/P/T | Federal/Provincial/Territorial |
FNIHB | First Nations and Inuit Health Branch |
GBS | Guillain-Barré syndrome |
HB | Hepatitis B vaccine |
HBV | Hepatitis B virus |
HHE | Hypotonic-hyporesponsive episode |
Hib | Haemophilus influenzae type b |
HMDB | Hospital Morbidity Database |
HPV | Human papillomavirus |
ICS | International Circumpolar Surveillance |
ILI | Influenza-like illness |
IMD | Invasive meningococcal disease |
IMPACT | Immunization Monitoring Program, ACTive |
Inf | Influenza vaccine |
IPD | Invasive pneumococcal disease |
IPV | Inactivated poliovirus vaccine |
IRID | Immunization and Respiratory Infections Division |
KAB | Knowledge, attitudes and beliefs |
LTCF | Long-term care facility |
Men-C | Meningococcal conjugate vaccine |
Men-P | Meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine |
MMR | Measles/mumps/rubella vaccine |
NACI | National Advisory Committee on Immunization |
NDRS | Notifiable Diseases Reporting System |
NICS | National Immunization Coverage Survey |
NIS | National Immunization Strategy |
OPV | Oral poliovirus vaccine |
ORS | Oculo-respiratory syndrome |
PAHO | Pan-American Health Organization |
PHAC | Public Health Agency of Canada |
Pneu-C-7 | 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine |
Pneu-P-23 | 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine |
RVDSS | Respiratory Virus Detection Surveillance System |
SARS | Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome |
Td | Tetanus, diphtheria adult vaccine |
Tdap | Tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis adult vaccine |
UNICEF | United National Children's Fund |
VAAES | Vaccine Associated Adverse Events Surveillance System |
Var | Varicella vaccine |
VIDS | Vaccine Identification Database System |
VPRIS | Vaccine-Preventable and Respiratory Infections Surveillance working group |
VSWG | Vaccine Supply Working Group |
WHO | World Health Organization |
WPV | Wild polio virus |
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