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The Australian Immunisation Handbook 10th Edition 2013

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APPENDIX 6: COMMONLY USED ABBREVIATIONS<br />

ABLV <strong>Australian</strong> bat lyssavirus<br />

ACIR <strong>Australian</strong> Childhood <strong>Immunisation</strong> Register<br />

ACT <strong>Australian</strong> Capital Territory<br />

ADRS Adverse Drug Reactions System<br />

AEFI adverse event following immunisation<br />

AIDS acquired immunodeficiency syndrome<br />

anti-HBe antibody to hepatitis B e antigen<br />

anti-HBc antibody to hepatitis B core antigen<br />

anti-HBs antibody to hepatitis B surface antigen<br />

AOM acute otitis media<br />

ASCIA Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy<br />

ATAGI <strong>Australian</strong> Technical Advisory Group on <strong>Immunisation</strong><br />

BCG bacille Calmette-Guérin<br />

CCID50 cell culture infectious dose 50%<br />

CDNA Communicable Diseases Network Australia<br />

CI confidence interval<br />

CIN cervical intraepithelial neoplasia<br />

CRS congenital rubella syndrome<br />

CSF cerebrospinal fluid<br />

DNA deoxyribonucleic acid<br />

DT diphtheria-tetanus vaccine for use in children (for further<br />

explanation of this term, see Appendix 5 Glossary of technical terms)<br />

dT diphtheria-tetanus vaccine for use in adults (for further<br />

explanation of this term, see Appendix 5 Glossary of technical terms)<br />

DTPa diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis vaccine (for further<br />

explanation of this term, see Appendix 5 Glossary of technical terms)<br />

dTpa diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis vaccine, reduced antigen<br />

content formulation (for further explanation of this term, see<br />

Appendix 5 Glossary of technical terms)<br />

DTPw diphtheria-tetanus-whole-cell pertussis vaccine (for further<br />

explanation of this term, see Appendix 5 Glossary of technical terms)<br />

EIA enzyme immunoassay<br />

ELISA enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay<br />

FHA filamentous haemagglutinin<br />

FIM fimbriae (pertussis)<br />

GBS Guillain-Barré syndrome<br />

GP general practitioner<br />

GVHD graft-versus-host disease<br />

HAV hepatitis A virus<br />

HBcAg hepatitis B core antigen<br />

HBeAg hepatitis B e antigen<br />

APPENDIX 6 495<br />

APPENDIX 6

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