Page 5: HIV and AIDS in Canada: Surveillance Report to December 31, 2014 - List of acronyms

List of acronyms

AB: Alberta
AIDS: Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
ART: Antiretroviral therapy
AZT: Zidovudine (Retrovir)
BC: British Columbia
CIC: Citizenship and Immigration Canada
CIC/OOC: Citizenship and Immigration Canada/Out of Country
CTN: Canadian HIV Trials Network
CPARG: Canadian Pediatric AIDS Research Group
CPHSP: Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program
DEXA: Data Extraction and Analysis System
DNA: Deoxyribonucleic acid
HAART: Highly active antiretroviral therapy
HET-Endemic: Heterosexual contact - origin from an HIV-endemic country
HET-Risk: Heterosexual contact with a person at risk
HIV: Human immunodeficiency virus
ICD: International Classification of Diseases
IDU: Injection drug use
IME: Immigration medical examination
LEP: Laboratory Enhancement Program (Ontario)
MB: Manitoba
MSM: Men who have sex with men
MSM-IDU: Men who have sex with men and use injection drugs
NB: New Brunswick
NIR: No identified risk
NIR-Het: Heterosexual contact with no identified risk
NL: Newfoundland and Labrador
NS: Nova Scotia
NT: Northwest Territories
NU: Nunavut
ON: Ontario
PE: Prince Edward Island
PHAC: Public Health Agency of Canada
QC: Quebec
RNA: Ribonucleic acid
SC: Statistics Canada
SK: Saskatchewan
YT: Yukon