| ACIP | Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices |
| Att | Attenuated |
| Ca | Cold-adapted |
| CBD | Cap-binding domain |
| CEIRS | Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research and Surveillance |
| CIV | Canine influenza virus(es) |
| CKTC | Chicken kidney tissue culture |
| cRNA | Complementary RNA |
| eIF4E | Eukaryotic initiation factor 4E |
| EIV | Equine influenza virus(es) |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
| HA | Hemagglutinin |
| HPAIV | Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus(es) |
| IAV | Influenza A virus(es) |
| IBV | Influenza B virus(es) |
| ICV | Influenza C virus(es) |
| IDV | Influenza D virus(es) |
| IFN | Interferon |
| IIV | Inactivated influenza vaccine(s) |
| kDa | Kilodalton |
| LAIV | Live attenuated influenza vaccine(s) |
| LAV | Live attenuated vaccine(s) |
| Len/17 | A/Leningrad/134/17/57 H2N2 LAIV |
| Len/47 | A/Leningrad/134/47/57 H2N2 LAIV |
| M1 | Matrix protein 1 |
| M2 | Matrix protein 2 |
| MDV | Master donor virus |
| NA | Neuraminidase |
| NAbs | Neutralizing antibodies |
| NCR | Non-coding region |
| NEP | Nuclear export protein |
| NIAID | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases |
| NIH | National Institutes of Health |
| NLS | Nuclear localization signal |
| NP | Nucleoprotein |
| NS1 | Non-structural protein 1 |
| NYICE | New York Influenza Center of Excellence |
| ORF | Open reading frame |
| PA | Polymerase acid protein |
| PB1 | Polymerase basic protein 1 |
| PB2 | Polymerase basic protein 2 |
| PFU | Plaque forming units |
| pH1N1 | Pandemic A/California/04/09 H1N1 influenza virus |
| PR8 | A/Puerto Rico/8/34 H1N1 influenza virus |
| RBD | Receptor binding domain |
| RdRp | Viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase |
| SA | Sialic acid |
| Ts | Temperature-sensitive |
| vRNA | Viral RNA |
| vRNP | Viral ribonucleoprotein |
| US | United States |
| USSR | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| WSN | A/WSN/33 H1N1 influenza virus |
| WT | Wild-type |
| X31 | Reassortant influenza virus containing the HA and NA genes of A/Hong Kong/1/68 H3N2 in the background of influenza PR8 virus |