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Microbiology 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)
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
STD — sexually transmitted disease
ELISA — enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
TNF — Tumor Necrosis Factor
EFM — Electrostatic Force Microscopy
ASM — American Society for Microbiology
LPS — Legionella pneumophila lipopolysaccharide
CGD — Chronic Granulomatous Disease
ADA — Adenosine Deaminase
AAM — American Academy of Microbiology
PG — Prostaglandin
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
P — after
AR — Autosomal Recessive
SARS — Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
SIV — Simian Immunodeficiency Virus
RFX — Regulatory Factor X
WASP — Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Protein
CVID — Common Variable Immunodeficiency Disorders
ABLES — Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology And Surveillance
V — Variable
FAIS — Federation of African Immunological Societies
MO — Monocyte
PHA — Phytohemagglutinin
FC — Fragment Crystallization
BLM — Bloom Syndrome
X-CGD — X-linked chronic granulomatous disease
DHF — Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever
CON A — cells, on concanavalin A
AAAAI — American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology
BTK — Bruton Agammaglobulinemia Tyrosine Kinase
WAS — Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome
SRS-A — Slow Reacting Substance of Anaphylaxis