Abbreviations
Guideline for the Prevention and Control of Norovirus Gastroenteritis Outbreaks in Healthcare Settings (2011)
Abbreviation | Meaning |
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AIDS | Acquired immune deficiency syndrome |
BAS | Basic science study |
°C | Celsius |
CaCV | Calicivirus |
CCU | Cardiac/coronary care unit |
CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
CI | Confidence interval |
CICU | Cardiac/coronary intensive care unit |
CSTE | Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists |
DES | Descriptive study |
DHQP | Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion |
DIAG | Diagnostic study |
DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
ECL | Electrochemiluminescence |
EFORS | Electronic Foodborne Outbreak Reporting System |
EIA | Enzyme immunoassay |
ELISA | Enzyme-linked immunoassay |
EM | Electron microscopy |
EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
FBDSS | Foodborne Disease Outbreak Surveillance System |
FCV | Feline calicivirus |
FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
FN | False negative |
FP | False positive |
GRADE | Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation |
HBGA | Histo-blood group antigen |
HICPAC | Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee |
HIV | Human immunodeficiency virus |
Km | Kilometer |
LUX | Light-upon-extension |
Ml | Milliliter |
MMWR | Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report |
MNV | Murine norovirus |
N/A | Not applicable |
NASBA | Nucleic acid sequence-based amplification |
NCIRD | National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases |
NIH | National Institutes of Health |
NLV | Norwalk-like virus |
No | Number |
NORS | National Outbreak Reporting System |
NPV | Negative predictive value |
OBS | Observational study |
OR | Odds ratio |
ORF | Open reading frame |
P | P value |
PCR | Polymerase chain reaction |
PPE | Personal protective equipment |
PPM | Part per million |
PPV | Positive predictive value |
RCT | Randomized controlled trial |
RHD | Rapid humidifying device |
RIA | Radioimmunoassay |
RF | Reduction factor |
RR | Relative risk |
RT | Room temperature |
RT-LAMP | Reverse transcription loop-mediated amplification assay |
RT-PCR | Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction |
SD | Standard deviation |
SPIEM | Solid-phase immune electron microscopy |
SR | Systematic review |
SRFV | Small round featureless virus |
SRSV | Small round structured virus |
TCID | Tissue culture infective dose |
TE | Transcriptional enhancement |
TEM | Transmission electron microscopy |
TN | True negative |
TP | True positive |
UV | Ultraviolet |
Vs | Versus |