Guide to Acronyms
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| ACA | Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act |
| AI/AN | American Indians/Alaska Natives |
| CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| CI | confidence interval |
| CIA | chemiluminescence immunoassay |
| CSF | cerebrospinal fluid |
| CSTE | Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists |
| EIA | enzyme immunoassay |
| EP | ectopic pregnancy |
| FTA-ABS | fluorescent treponemal antibody absorbed |
| GISP | Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project |
| HEDIS | Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set |
| HMOs | health maintenance organizations |
| HIV | human immunodeficiency virus |
| HP2020 | Healthy People 2020 |
| HPV | human papillomavirus |
| HSV | herpes simplex virus |
| IHC | immunohistochemistry |
| MHA-TP | microhemagglutination assay for antibody to Treponema pallidum |
| MICs | minimum inhibitory concentrations |
| MPC | mucopurulent cervicitis |
| MSAs | metropolitan statistical areas |
| MSM | gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men |
| MSW | men who have sex with women only |
| NAATs | nucleic acid amplification tests |
| NCHHSTP | National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention |
| NCHS | National Center for Health Statistics |
| NHOPI | Native Hawaiians/Other Pacific Islanders |
| NDTI | National Disease and Therapeutic Index |
| NGU | nongonococcal urethritis |
| NHANES | National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey |
| NJTP | National Job Training Program |
| NNDSS | National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System |
| OMB | Office of Management and Budget |
| P&S | primary and secondary |
| PCR | polymerase chain reaction |
| PID | pelvic inflammatory disease |
| RPR | rapid plasma reagin |
| SSuN | STD Surveillance Network |
| STD | sexually transmitted disease |
| TP-PA | T. pallidum particle agglutination |
| VDRL | Venereal Disease Research Laboratory |
| WBC | white blood cell |
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