| 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 |