Poliomyelitis

Global Polio Eradication Initiative

v1.6.17

Abbreviations and Acronyms

Click Alphabet: A-D, E-M, N-Q, R-Z

RA	Risk Assessment	SIA	Supplementary Immunization Activities
SL	Sabin like poliovirus	SL1	Sabin like poliovirus type 1
SL2	Sabin like poliovirus type 2	SL3	Sabin like poliovirus type 3
tOPV	Trivalent OPV (contain attenuated Sabin poliovirus type 1, 2 and 3) (No more used since April 2016)	UNICEF	United Nations Children's Fund
VAPP	Vaccine-associated paralytic polio	VDPV	Vaccine-derived poliovirus
VDPV1	Vaccine-derived poliovirus type 1	VDPV2	Vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2
VDPV3	Vaccine-derived poliovirus type 3	WHO	World Health Organization
WPV	Wild poliovirus	WPV1	Wild poliovirus type 1
WPV2	Wild poliovirus type 2	WPV3	Wild Poliovirus type 3

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