The Childhood Immunization Schedule and Safety: Stakeholder Concerns, Scientific Evidence, and Future Studies (2013)

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Appendix C

Acronyms

AAFPAmerican Academy of Family Physicians
AAPAmerican Academy of Pediatrics
ACIPU.S. Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices

BCG

bacillus Calmette-Guérin

CDC

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CISAClinical Immunization Safety Assessment Network
CPRDClinical Practice Research Datalink (United Kingdom)
CRSDanish Civil Registration System

DT

diphtheria and tetanus toxoids absorbed

DTaPdiphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis vaccine
DTPdiphtheria and tetanus toxoids and whole-cell pertussis vaccine

EHR

electronic health record

EMRelectronic medical record

FDA

Food and Drug Administration

GPRD

General Practice Research Database (United Kingdom)

GRADEGrading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation
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HCUP

Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project

HepBhepatitis B vaccine
HESHospital Episode Statistics (United Kingdom)
HHSU.S. Department of Health and Human Services
HibHaemophilus influenzae type B conjugate vaccine
HIPCHuman Immunology Project Consortium (NIH)
HPAHealth Protection Agency (United Kingdom)

IgM

immunoglobulin M

IISimmunization information system
IMPACTImmunization Monitoring Program, Active (Canada)
INDInvestigational New Drug
IOMInstitute of Medicine
IPVinactivated poliovirus vaccine
IRBInstitutional Review Board
ISOImmunization Safety Office (CDC)
ITPimmune thrombocytopenic purpura

KID

Kids’ Inpatient Database

MCO

managed care organization

MeSHmedical subject headings
MMRmeasles, mumps, and rubella vaccine
MMRVmeasles, mumps, rubella, and varicella (chickenpox) vaccine
MMWRMorbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports

NCS

National Children’s Study

NHISNational Health Interview Survey
NHSNational Health Service (United Kingdom)
NIAIDNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
NIHNational Institutes of Health
NISNational Immunization Survey
NVACNational Vaccine Advisory Committee
NVPONational Vaccine Program Office

OPV

oral poliovirus vaccine

PCV7

7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine

PCV1313-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
PDDpervasive developmental disorder
PRISMPost-Licensure Rapid Immunization Safety Monitoring

RCT

randomized controlled trial

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TIV

trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine

VAERS

Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System

VAESCOVaccine Adverse Event Surveillance and Communication Network
VICPNational Vaccine Injury Compensation Program
VSDVaccine Safety Datalink

WHO

World Health Organization

WISC-IIIWechsler Intelligence Scale for Children III
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