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ACRONYM LIST
Ab
ACTG
ACT-UP
Ad
AE
AESI
AIDSInfo
ALT
AmFAR
ANOVA
ART/ARV
ASO
AST
AVEG
AVAC
AVEG
AVRS
β-HCG
BMI
CAB/CAG
CAVD
CBO
CBPR
CDC
CER
CFR
CHAVI
CHAVI-ID
China CDC
CHVI
CIOMS
CI
CP
CRF
CRPMC
CRS
CSW
CTA
CTL
CTM
CTP
CTU
antibody
AIDS Clinical Trials Group (NIAID)
AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power
adenovirus (usually followed by a number indicating the type of Ad)
adverse event
adverse events of special interest
US Federal website for AIDS information, including clinical trials (DHHS)
(http://www.aidsinfo.nih.gov)
alanine aminotransferase
American Foundation for AIDS Research
analysis of variance
antiretroviral medication/antiretroviral therapy
AIDS service organization
aspartate aminotransferase
AIDS Vaccine Evaluation Group
formerly AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition, now known by acronym only
AIDS Vaccine Evaluation Group (predecessor network to HVTN)
AIDS Vaccine Research Subcommittee (NIAID)
beta human chorionic gonadotropin (pregnancy test)
body mass index
community advisory board/group
Collaboration for AIDS Vaccine Discovery (Gates Foundation)
community based organization
community based participatory research
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
community educators and recruiters (HVTN)
US Code of Federal Regulations
Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology (NIAID, phasing out)
Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology – Immunogen Discovery (NIAID)
Chinese Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Canadian HIV Vaccine Initiative
Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences
confidence intervals
Community Partners (a cross-network CAB convened by HANC)
case report form
Clinical Research Products Management Center (NIAID)
clinical research site
commercial sex worker
clinical trials agreement
cytotoxic T-lymphocyte
clinical trials manager (HVTN)
clinical trials physician (HVTN)
clinical trials unit
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DAERS
DAIDS
DHHS
DSMB
EAE
EC
EIA
ELISA
ELISPOT
EUROVACC
FDA
FHCRC
FHI 360
FPR
GCAB
GCP
GEE
GLP
GMHC
GMP
GPP
HANC
HBsAG
HCV
HPV
HIPAA
HIVNET
HLA
HPTN
HRW
HSV
HVTN
IAVI
IB
IBC
ICASO
ICH
ICS
IDU
IFN-γ
IL
IM
IMPAACT
IND
INSIGHT
IRB
DAIDS Adverse Event Reporting System
Division of AIDS (NIAID)
US Department of Health and Human Services (or HHS)
Data and Safety Monitoring Board (NIAID)
adverse event requiring expedited reporting to DAIDS
Ethics Committee
enzyme immunoassay
enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
enzyme-linked immunospot assay
European Vaccine Effort Against HIV/AIDS
US Food and Drug Administration
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/“Fred Hutch”/“The Hutch”
formerly Family Health International, now known by acronym only
false positive rate
Global Community Advisory Board (HVTN)
Good Clinical Practice
generalized estimating equation
Good Laboratory Practice
Gay Men’s Health Crisis
Good Manufacturing Practice
Good Participatory Practice
Office of HIV/AIDS Network Coordination (NIAID, located at FHCRC)
Hepatitis B surface antigen
Hepatitis C virus
human papilloma virus
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
HIV Network for Prevention Trials (NIAID, closed October 1999)
human leukocyte antigen
HIV Prevention Trials Network (NIAID)
high-risk women
herpes simplex virus
HIV Vaccine Trials Network (NIAID)
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
investigator’s brochure
Institutional Biosafety Committee
International Council of AIDS Service Organizations
International Conference on Harmonisation
intracellular cytokine staining
intravenous drug user
interferon gamma
interleukin
intramuscular
International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials Network
(NIAID)
investigational new drug (FDA)
International Network for Strategic Initiatives in Global HIV Trials (NIAID)
Institutional Review Board
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IRMA
LTFU
mAb
MACS
MAR
MCAR
MCC
MHC
MO
MOP
MMR
MRC
MSM
MTN
nAb
NCI
NCVDG
NGO
NHP
NIAID
NICD
NICHD
NIH
OAR
OBA
OC
OCGR
OHRP
OARAC
OPCRO
P5
PAB
PBMC
PBS
PCR
PDC
PI
PLWH/A
PM
PSRC
PSRT
PTE
PTL
RAB
RCT
RSC
SAAVI
International Rectal Microbicides Advocates
loss to follow-up, also long-term follow-up
monoclonal antibody
Multicenter AIDS Cohort Studies
missing at random
missing completely at random
Medicines Control Council (South Africa)
major histocompatibility complex
Medical Officer (DAIDS)
Manual of Operations (HVTN)
measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine
Medical Research Council (South Africa)
men who have sex with men
Microbicide Trials Network (NIAID)
neutralizing antibody
National Cancer Institute (NIH)
National Cooperative Vaccine Development Group (DAIDS)
non-governmental organization
non-human primate
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH)
National Institute for Communicable Diseases (Johannesburg, South Africa)
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NIH)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Office of AIDS Research (NIH)
Office of Biotechnology Activities (NIH)
Office of Communications (NIAID)
Office of Communications and Government Relations (NIAID)
Office of Human Research Protection (DHHS)
Office of AIDS Research Advisory Committee (NIH)
Office for Policy in Clinical Research Operations (NIAID)
Pox Protein Public Private Partnership
Pharmaceutical Affairs Branch (NIAID)
peripheral blood mononuclear cells
phosphate-buffered saline
polymerase chain reaction assay
protocol development coordinator (HVTN)
principal investigator
person living with HIV/AIDS
project manager
Prevention Science Review Committee (DAIDS)
Protocol Safety Review Team (HVTN)
potential T-cell epitope
protocol team leader (HVTN)
Regulatory Affairs Branch (DAIDS)
randomized controlled trial
Regulatory Support Center (DAIDS)
South African AIDS Vaccine Initiative
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SAE
SAG
SC
SCHARP
SDMC
SEG
SFC
SFU
SGC
SHIV
SIV
SMB
SOP
SPT
STD
STI
SWG
TAG
TB
tRNA
trans*
UNAIDS
USAID
USMHRP
UW-VSL
VISP/R
VPRP
VRC
WBC
WHO
WIHS
WITS
WRAIR
serious adverse event
Science Administration Group (HVTN)
subcutaneously
Statistical Center for HIV/AIDS Research and Prevention
Statistical and Data Management Center
Special Emphasis Group (Laboratory)
spot-forming cell
spot-forming unit
Scientific Governance Committee (HVTN)
simian-Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Simian Immunodeficiency Virus
Safety Monitoring Board (HVTN)
standard operating procedure
Safety and Pharmacovigilance Team (DAIDS)
sexually transmitted disease
sexually transmitted infection
Strategic Working Group (NIAID)
Treatment Action Group
tuberculosis
Transfer Ribonucleic Acid
refers to the full spectrum of gender identities, not limited to those who
identify as “transgender”
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
United States Agency for International Development
US Military HIV Research Program
University of Washington Virology Specialty Laboratory
vaccine induced seropositivity/seroreactivity
Vaccine and Prevention Research Program (DAIDS)
Dale & Betty Bumpers Vaccine Research Center (NIAID)
white blood cell
World Health Organization
Women's Interagency HIV Study (DAIDS)
Women and Infants Transmission Study (DAIDS)
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
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