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Immunology Abbreviations

Look through 125 acronyms and abbreviations related to Immunology:

AIDS — Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (see also SIDS and HIV)
L CHAIN — Light Chain
PAGID — Pan American Group for Immunodeficiency
RAST — Radioallergosorbent Test (immunoassay)
FAIDS — Feline Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
C' — Complement
LAGID — Latin American Group for Primary Immunodeficiencies
RAG2 — Recombination-Activating Gene 2
RAG1 — Recombination activating gene 1
ER — Endoplasmic Reticulum
C — with (usually written with a bar on top of the "c")
BSA — Bovine Serum Albumin
AG — Antigen
AAI — American Association of Immunologists
ADA — Adenosine Deaminase
RIST — Radioimmunosorbent Test
CGD — Chronic Granulomatous Disease
LPS — Legionella pneumophila lipopolysaccharide
SCID — Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Disorder
TNF — Tumor Necrosis Factor
ACIP — Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices
IVIG — intravenous immune globulin
PG — Prostaglandin
ELISA — enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
AARDA — American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association's
RES — Reticuloendothelial System
AAVI — American Association of Veterinary Immunologists
MHC — Major Histocompatibility Complex
AAOA — American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy
AVACI — Academy of Veterinary Allergy and Clinical Immunology
FIV — Feline Immunodeficiency Virus
EAACI — European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology
PMN — polymorphonuclear (leukocytes)
CIC — Circulating Immune Complex
RFX — Regulatory Factor X
AB — Antibody
AR — Autosomal Recessive
RIA — Radio Immuno-Assay
CDR — Common Deleted Region
SIV — Simian Immunodeficiency Virus
WASP — Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Protein
ABAI — American Board of Allergy & Immunology
TCR — T-cell receptort
P — after
CDR — Complementary determining regions
V — Variable
CVID — Common Variable Immunodeficiency Disorders
CH — contact hypersensitivity
BLM — Bloom Syndrome
FAIS — Federation of African Immunological Societies