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 |