Controlled Vocabulary

An additional controlled vocabulary was needed to exert control over the keywords that were used to describe submissions. As the terminology used to describe submissions was largely medical in nature, VaxStats’ leveraged the MeSH vocabulary provided by the National Library of Medicine to control potential keywords. By utilizing MeSH authorized terms, VaxStats is able to better facilitate discovery of content, as well as lay the foundation for integration into the semantic web.

MeSH does not control for every term that users have used to describe their datasets, and so an extension to the MeSH vocabulary was needed. These terms describe additional vaccines, such as IPV (Inactiviated Polio Vaccine), as well as entities who may be involved with data collection, such as the Department of Health, WHO, and the CDC.

VaxStats term	entry terms	authority ID
Diphtheria	Corynebacterium diphtheriae Infection Corynebacterium diphtheriae Infections Infection, Corynebacterium diphtheriae	D004165
DT (VACCINE)	Diphtheria Tetanus Vaccine Vaccine, Diphtheria-Tetanus DT Vaccine Vaccine, DT	D004165
DTaP (VACCINE)	Diphtheria Tetanus acellular Pertussis Vaccines Pertussis Vaccines, Diphtheria-Tetanus-acellular Vaccines, Diphtheria-Tetanus-acellular Pertussis DTaP Vaccines Vaccines, DTaP DTaP Vaccine Vaccine, DTaP Tripedia ACEL-IMUNE ACEL IMUNE ACELIMUNE Infanrix	D022681
DTP (VACCINE)	Diphtheria Tetanus Pertussis Vaccine Vaccine, Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis DTwP Vaccine Vaccine, DTwP DPT Vaccine Vaccine, DPT DTP Vaccine Vaccine, DTP Di-Te-Per Vaccine Di Te Per Vaccine Vaccine, Di-Te-Per Diphtheria-Pertussis-Tetanus Vaccine Diphtheria Pertussis Tetanus Vaccine Vaccine, Diphtheria-Pertussis-Tetanus	D015721
Hep A	Hepatitis A viruses	D030041
Hep B	"B virus, Hepatitis Hepatitis B viruses viruses, Hepatitis B Hepatitis Virus, Homologous Serum Dane Particle Particle, Dane	D006515
HiB	Hemophilus influenzae type b Hib	D019741
HPV (VACCINE)	Vaccines, Papillomavirus Human Papillomavirus Vaccines Papillomavirus Vaccines, Human Vaccines, Human Papillomavirus Human Papilloma Virus Vaccines HPV Vaccines	D053918
Immunization	Immunizations Sensitization, Immunologic Sensitization, Immunological Immunological Sensitization Immunological Sensitizations Sensitizations, Immunological Immunologic Stimulation Immunostimulation Immunological Stimulation Immunological Stimulations Stimulation, Immunological Stimulations, Immunological Immunologic Sensitization Stimulation, Immunologic Variolation Variolations	D007114
IPV (VACCINE)	Inactivated Polio Vaccine
Measles virus	Edmonston virus	D008459
Meningococcal	Meningococcal Meningitis Meningitis, Meningococcic Meningitis, Meningococcal, Serogroup Y Serogroup Y, Meningococcal Meningitis Meningococcal Meningitis, Serogroup Y Meningitis, Meningococcal, Serogroup C Serogroup C Meningococcal Meningitis Meningococcal Meningitis, Serogroup C Meningitis, Meningococcal, Serogroup W-135 Serogroup W135, Meningococcal Meningitis Meningitis, Meningococcal, Serogroup W135 Meningococcal Meningitis, Serogroup W135 Meningococcal Meningitis, Serogroup W-135 Meningococcal Meningitis, Serogroup W 135 Serogroup W-135, Meningococcal Meningitis Serogroup W 135, Meningococcal Meningitis Meningitis, Meningococcal, Serogroup A Serogroup A Meningococcal Meningitis Meningococcal Meningitis, Serogroup A Meningitis, Meningococcal, Serogroup B Serogroup B Meningococcal Meningitis Meningococcal Meningitis, Serogroup B	D008585
MMR (VACCINE)	Measles Mumps Rubella Vaccine Vaccine, Measles-Mumps-Rubella Measles, Mumps, Rubella Vaccine MMR Vaccine Vaccine, MMR Mumps-Measles-Rubella Vaccine Mumps Measles Rubella Vaccine Vaccine, Mumps-Measles-Rubella Triviraten Berna Berna, Triviraten Priorix Trimovax Pluserix Virivac	D022542
Mumps virus	Mumps viruses Myxovirus parotitidis Epidemic Parotitis Virus Epidemic Parotitis Viruses	D009109
NIS	National Immunization Survey
PCV	Pneumococal conjugate vaccine
Pertussis	Hemophilus pertussis Haemophilus pertussis	D001886
Polio	Polioviruses Human poliovirus 3 Poliovirus Type 3 Leon Virus Human poliovirus 1 Brunhilde Virus Poliovirus Type 1 Human poliovirus 2 Poliovirus Type 2 Lansing Virus	D017955
PV	Vaccines, Pneumococcal Pneumovax Pnu-Imune Vaccine Pnu Imune Vaccine PnuImune Vaccine Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine Polysaccharide Vaccine, Pneumococcal Vaccine, Pneumococcal Polysaccharide	D022242
Rubella Virus	Measles Virus, German German Measles Virus	D012412
Tdap	Tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis vaccine
Tetanus	Clostridium tetani Infection Clostridium tetani Infections Infection, Clostridium tetani Infections, Clostridium tetani	D013742
Vaccination	Vaccinations Immunization, Active Active Immunization Active Immunizations Immunizations, Active	D014611
Varicella	Varicella Zoster Virus Infection , Congenital Varicella Syndrome	D000073618
Varicella (VACCINE)	Chickenpox Vaccine , Vaccine, Chickenpox Varicella Vaccine Vaccine, Varicella Oka Varicella Vaccine Vaccine, Oka Varicella Varicella Vaccine, Oka Varivax"	D019433