Guide to Acronyms
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| Add Health | National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health |
| CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| CSF | cerebrospinal fluid |
| DSTDP | Division of STD Prevention |
| GISP | Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project |
| GPRA | Government Performance and Results Act |
| HEDIS | Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set |
| HHS | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
| HMOs | health maintenance organizations |
| HIV | human immunodeficiency virus |
| HP2010 | Healthy People 2010 |
| HPV | human papillomavirus |
| HSV | herpes simplex virus |
| IPP | Infertility Prevention Project |
| MICs | minimum inhibitory concentrations |
| MPC | mucopurulent cervicitis |
| MSA | metropolitan statistical area |
| MSM | men who have sex with men |
| MSW | men who have sex with women only |
| NAATs | nucleic acid amplification tests |
| NDTI | National Disease and Therapeutic Index |
| NETSS | National Electronic Telecommunications System for Surveillance |
| NGU | nongonococcal urethritis |
| NHANES | National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey |
| NHDS | National Hospital Discharge Survey |
| NJTP | National Job Training Program |
| OMB | Office of Management and Budget |
| P&S | primary and secondary |
| PID | pelvic inflammatory disease |
| QRNG | quinolone-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae |
| RPR | rapid plasma reagin |
| SSuN | STD Surveillance Network |
| STD | sexually transmitted disease |
| VDRL | Venereal Disease Research Laboratory |
- Page last reviewed: November 22, 2010 (archived document)
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