| ACIP | Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices |
| CISA | Clinical Immunization Safety Assessment |
| ccIIV | cell culture-based inactivated influenza vaccine |
| IIV | inactivated influenza vaccines |
| RCTs | randomized controlled trials |
| RIV | recombinant influenza vaccine |
| RSV | respiratory syncytial virus |
| Tdap | tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis |
| Th2 | T-helper 2 |
| VAERS | Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System |
| CMO | extracorporeal membrane oxygenation |
| FHA | filamentous hemagglutinin |
| GBS | Group B Streptococcus |
| HBIG | hepatitis B immunoglobulin |
| HBV | hepatitis B virus |
| LRTD | lower respiratory tract disease (diseases of the lungs such as bronchitis or pneumonia) |
| MTCT | mother-to-child transmission (of hepatitis B virus) |
| NNT | neonatal tetanus |
| PT | pertussis toxin |
| PRN | pertactin |
| TT | tetanus toxoid |
| WHO | World Health Organization |