Guide to Acronyms

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CDC	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CSF	cerebrospinal fluid
DSTDP	Division of STD Prevention
GISP	Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project
HEDIS	Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set
HHS	U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
HMOs	health maintenance organizations
HIV	human immunodeficiency virus
HP2020	Healthy People 2020
HPV	human papillomavirus
HSV	herpes simplex virus
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
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