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Immunology Abbreviations

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