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AI/AN American Indians/Alaska Natives
CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CI confidence interval
CIA chemiluminescence immunoassay
CIN2+ cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grades 2 and 3
CS congenital syphilis
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
HD health department
HEDIS Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set
HMOs health maintenance organizations
HIV human immunodeficiency virus
HP2020 Healthy People 2020
HPV human papillomavirus
HSIL high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions
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
MSM-only gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex exclusively with men
MSMW men who have sex with both men and women
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
NETSS National Electronic Telecommunications System for Surveillance
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
STI sexually transmitted infection
TP-PA T. pallidum particle agglutination
VDRL Venereal Disease Research Laboratory
WBC white blood cell

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