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. 2024 Mar 23;13(4):273. doi: 10.3390/pathogens13040273
AESIs Adverse Events of Special Interest
AFP Acute Flaccid Paralysis
bOPV Bivalent Oral Polio Vaccine
BPOM Badan POM (Indonesian Regulatory Authority)
cVDPV Circulating Vaccine-derived Poliovirus
cVDPV2 Circulating Vaccine-derived Poliovirus type 2
DG Director-General (of WHO)
DRC Democratic Republic of the Congo
EUA Emergency Use Authorization
EUAL Emergency Use Assessment and Listing
EUL Emergency Use Listing
GACVS Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety
GAP Global Action Plan
GPEI Global Polio Eradication Initiative
GPLN Global Polio Laboratory Network
IPV Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine
mOPV2 Monovalent Oral Polio Vaccine type 2
MRC Medical Research Council
NIBSC National Institute for Biological Standards and Controls
nOPV Novel Oral Polio Vaccine
nOPV2 Novel Oral Polio Vaccine type 2
nOPV WG Novel Oral Polio Vaccine Working Group
OPV Oral Polio Vaccine
OPV2 Oral Polio Vaccine type 2
PQ Prequalification
PQT Prequalification Team
SAGE Strategic Advisory Group of Experts to the WHO
SIAs Supplementary Immunization Activities
tOPV Trivalent Oral Polio Vaccine
UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund
US CDC US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
VAPP Vaccine-associated Paralytic Poliomyelitis
VDPV Vaccine-derived Poliovirus
WHO World Health Organization
WPV2 Wild Poliovirus type 2