| CDC |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| CSF |
cerebrospinal fluid |
| DSTDP |
Division of STD Prevention |
| GISP |
Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project |
| HEDIS |
Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set |
| HHS |
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
| HMOs |
health maintenance organizations |
| HIV |
human immunodeficiency virus |
| HP2020 |
Healthy People 2020 |
| HPV |
human papillomavirus |
| HSV |
herpes simplex virus |
| IPP |
Infertility Prevention Project |
| MICs |
minimum inhibitory concentrations |
| MPC |
mucopurulent cervicitis |
| MSA |
metropolitan statistical area |
| MSM |
men who have sex with men |
| MSW |
men who have sex with women only |
| NAATs |
nucleic acid amplification tests |
| NDTI |
National Disease and Therapeutic Index |
| NGU |
nongonococcal urethritis |
| NHANES |
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey |
| NHDS |
National Hospital Discharge Survey |
| NJTP |
National Job Training Program |
| OMB |
Office of Management and Budget |
| P&S |
primary and secondary |
| PID |
pelvic inflammatory disease |
| QRNG |
quinolone-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae |
| RPR |
rapid plasma reagin |
| SSuN |
STD Surveillance Network |
| STD |
sexually transmitted disease |
| VDRL |
Venereal Disease Research Laboratory |