Table of Abbreviations - TheMeasurementGroup.com

ADAP	AIDS Drug Assistance Program, part of RWCA
AIDS	Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
ART	Antiretroviral Therapy
BPHC	Bureau of Primary Health Care, HRSA
CD4	Blood cells destroyed by HIV during replication; a CD4 count has been used a surrogate marker for HIV progression but has been replaced by viral load measurement in recent years.
CDC	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS
CMV	Cytomegalovirus, and opportunistic infection
CPG	HIV Prevention Community Planning Group; determines priorities at the stat level for the implementation of HIV prevention activities
HIV	Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HAB	HIV/AIDS Bureau, HRSA
HAART	Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy
HHS	US Department of Health and Human Services
HRSA	Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS
IDU	Injection or Intravenous drug use (also IVDU)
MAC	Mycobacterium avium complex, an opportunistic infection
NRTI	Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor, a class of antiretroviral drug
NNRTI	Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor, a class of antiretroviral
OI	Opportunistic Infection
PCP	Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, an opportunistic infection
PI	Protease Inhibitor, a class of antiretroviral drug
RWCA	Ryan White Care Act, which provides Federal funding for HIV-related services
SPNS	Special Projects of National Significance Program, HRSA/HAB, a research demonstration program of the RWCA
STD	Sexually Transmitted Disease
TB	Tuberculosis