AIDS |
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome |
BAS |
Basic science study |
°C |
Celsius |
CaCV |
Calicivirus |
CCU |
Cardiac/coronary care unit |
CDC |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
CI |
Confidence interval |
CICU |
Cardiac/coronary intensive care unit |
CSTE |
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists |
DES |
Descriptive study |
DHQP |
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion |
DIAG |
Diagnostic study |
DNA |
Deoxyribonucleic acid |
ECL |
Electrochemiluminescence |
EFORS |
Electronic Foodborne Outbreak Reporting System |
EIA |
Enzyme immunoassay |
ELISA |
Enzyme-linked immunoassay |
EM |
Electron microscopy |
EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency |
FBDSS |
Foodborne Disease Outbreak Surveillance System |
FCV |
Feline calicivirus |
FDA |
Food and Drug Administration |
FN |
False negative |
FP |
False positive |
GRADE |
Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation |
HBGA |
Histo-blood group antigen |
HICPAC |
Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee |
HIV |
Human immunodeficiency virus |
Km |
Kilometer |
LUX |
Light-upon-extension |
Ml |
Milliliter |
MMWR |
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report |
MNV |
Murine norovirus |
N/A |
Not applicable |
NASBA |
Nucleic acid sequence-based amplification |
NCIRD |
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases |
NIH |
National Institutes of Health |
NLV |
Norwalk-like virus |
No |
Number |
NORS |
National Outbreak Reporting System |
NPV |
Negative predictive value |
OBS |
Observational study |
OR |
Odds ratio |
ORF |
Open reading frame |
P |
P value |
PCR |
Polymerase chain reaction |
PPE |
Personal protective equipment |
PPM |
Part per million |
PPV |
Positive predictive value |
RCT |
Randomized controlled trial |
RHD |
Rapid humidifying device |
RIA |
Radioimmunoassay |
RF |
Reduction factor |
RR |
Relative risk |
RT |
Room temperature |
RT-LAMP |
Reverse transcription loop-mediated amplification assay |
RT-PCR |
Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction |
SD |
Standard deviation |
SPIEM |
Solid-phase immune electron microscopy |
SR |
Systematic review |
SRFV |
Small round featureless virus |
SRSV |
Small round structured virus |
TCID |
Tissue culture infective dose |
TE |
Transcriptional enhancement |
TEM |
Transmission electron microscopy |
TN |
True negative |
TP |
True positive |
UV |
Ultraviolet |
Vs |
Versus |