Abbreviations

ABS Australian Bureau of Statistics

ACIR Australian Childhood Immunisation Register

ADT Adult diphtheria-tetanus

AFP Acute flaccid paralysis

AIHW Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Anti-HBc Hepatitis B core antibody

ASVS Australian Standard Vaccination Schedule

CDT Combined diphtheria-tetanus

CRS Congenital rubella syndrome

CSF Cerebrospinal fluid

cVDPV Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus

DT Diphtheria-tetanus

DTP Diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis

DTPa Diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (acellular)

dTpa Adult diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (acellular)

DTPw Diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (whole cell)

FAG Finance assistance grant

HAV Hepatitis A virus

HBV Hepatitis B virus

Hep B Hepatitis B (vaccine abbreviation)

HBsAg Hepatitis B surface antigen

Hib Haemophilus influenzae (type b)

HFG Hospital funding grant

HZ Herpes zoster

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ICD International Classification of Diseases

IgM Immunoglobulin M

IPD Invasive pneumococcal disease

IPV Inactivated poliomyelitis vaccine

LOS Length of stay

MCC Measles Control Campaign

MenCCV Meningococcal C conjugate vaccine

MMR Mumps-measles-rubella

NCIRS National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases

NHMRC National Health and Medical Research Council

NIS National Immunisation Strategy

NNDSS National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System

OPV Oral poliomyelitis vaccine

PCV7 7-valent conjugate pneumococcal vaccine

PHOFA Public health outcome funding agreement

PPV Positive predictive value

PRP-OMP Haemophilus influenzae type b polysaccharide conjugated to the outer membrane protein of Neisseria meningitidis vaccine

RSV Respiratory syncytial virus

SSPE Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis

VAPP Vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis

VPD Vaccine preventable disease

VZV Varicella-zoster virus

WHO World Health Organization

7vPCV 7-valent conjugate pneumococcal vaccine

23vPPV 23-valent polysaccharide pneumococcal vaccine