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. 2014 Dec 4;40(Suppl 3):7–23. doi: 10.14745/ccdr.v40is3a02

Table 7. Vaccine abbreviations and groupings used for annual report1.

Targeted infections Vaccines marketed in Canada trade name (MAH2) Vaccine group abbreviation % only vaccine given 2012 AEFI 2012 SAE (% AEFI) Combined 2011−2012 AEFI reporting rate per 100,000 doses distributed
Vaccines used in publicly funded immunization programs
Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis Adacel® (SP) Boostrix™ (GSK) Tdap 67 334 3(0.9) 20.0
Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Polio Quadracel® (SP), Infanrix™-IPV (GSK) DTaP-IPV 53 176 6(3.4) 101.0
Adacel®-Polio (SP), Boostrix®-Polio (GSK) Tdap-IPV 57 60 1(1.7) 15.2
Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Polio, H. influenzae type b Pediacel® (SP), Infanrix™-IPV/Hib (GSK), DTaP-IPV-Hib 42 498 38(7.6) 37.6
Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Polio, H. influenzae type b, Hepatitis B Infanrix hexa™ (GSK) DTaP-HB-IPV-Hib 16 214 12(5.6) 148.2
Diphtheria, Tetanus, Polio Td Polio Adsorbed (SP) Td-IPV 47 15 1(6.7) 22.1
Diphtheria, Tetanus Td Adsorbed (SP) Td 54 80 2(2.5) 10.3
Invasive pneumococcal disease Prevnar® (Pfiz), Synflorix™ (GSK), Prevnar®13 (Pfiz) Pneu-C 6 682 78(11.4) 56.8
Pneumo® 23 (SP), Pneumovax® 23 (MF) Pneu-P-23 50 228 18(7.9) 38.0
Invasive meningococcal disease Meningitec® (Pfiz), Menjugate® (NP), Neis Vac-C® (GSK) Men-C-C 6 468 61(13.0) 85.2
Menactra® (SP),
Menveo™ (NVD), Nimenrix™ (GSK)
Men-C-ACYW-135 48 84 2(2.4) 23.7
Menomune® - A/C/Y/W-135 (SP) Men-P-ACYW-135 0 2 0 NC3
Hepatitis B Engerix®-B (GSK), Recombivax HB® (MF) HB 38 213 11(5.2) 22.0
Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B Twinrix® & Twinrix® Junior (both GSK) HAHB 56 90 3(3.3) 10.1
Hepatitis A Avaxim® & Avaxim®-Pediatric (both SP), Havrix®1440 & Havrix®720Junior (both GSK), Vaqta® (MF) HA 24 70 2(2.9) 14.1
Hepatitis A, Typhoid ViVAXIM™ (SP) HA-Typh-I 46 11 0 20.8
Measles, Mumps, Rubella M-M-R® II (MF), Priorix® (GSK) MMR 20 393 29(7.4) 68.2
Measles, Mumps, Rubella + Varicella Priorix-Tetra™ (GSK) MMRV 17 163 42(25.8) 53.7
Varicella Varilrix® (GSK), Varivax® III (MF) Var 22 358 16(4.5) 74.0
Influenza Fluviral® (GSK), Vaxigrip® & Intanza™ (both SP), Agriflu® (NVD), Fluad® (NP), DInfluvac® (API) Flumist® (AZC) Inf 82 913 36(3.9) 8.5
Human Papillomavirus Gardasil® (MF), Cervarix™ (GSK) HPV 65 185 9(4.9) 29.8
Rotavirus Rotarix™ (GSK), RotaTeq® (MF) Rota 11 228 21(9.2) 30.5
Special use vaccines (publicly funded in selected situations)
Tuberculosis BCG (SP) BCG 100 5 0 NC3
Rabies Imovax® Rabies(SP), RabAvert® (NP) Rab 85 39 0 135.1
Non-publicly funded vaccines
Herpes Zoster Zostavax® (MF) Zos 91 80 2(2.5) 27.7
H. influenza type b ACT-HIB® (SP), Hiberix® (GSK), Liquid PedvaxHib® (MF) Hib 6 16 3(18.8) 63.8
Polio Imovax® Polio (SP) IPV 3 29 0 28.2
Cholera Dukoral® (CV) Chol-Ecol-O 77 26 1(3.8) 10.5
Japanese Encephalitis IXIARO® (NP) JE 57 7 1(14.3) NC3
Tickborne Encephalitis FSME-IMMUN™ (Bax) TBE 100 1 0 NC3
Typhoid Typherix™ (GSK), Typhim Vi® (SP), Vivotif® (CV) Typh-I/O 42 43 1(2.3) 18.4
Yellow Fever YF-Vax® (SP) YF 24 25 0 33.5

1 Note: only those vaccines marketed in Canada for which at least one AEFI report was received by April 30, 2013, for vaccines administered in 2012.
2 Market Authorization Holders, including: API—Abbott Laboratories Ltd.; AZC—AstraZeneca Canada Inc.; Bax—Baxter Corporation; CV—Crucell Vaccines Canada; GSK—GlaxoSmithKline Inc.; MF—Merck Canada Inc.; NP—Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc.; NVD— Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Inc.; Pfiz—Pfizer Canada Inc.; SP—Sanofi Pasteur Ltd.
3 NC—not calculated because of small sample (<10 reports over two years)