ARCHIVED - List of Abbreviations

Ab

Antibody

AFB

Acid-fast bacilli

AFP

Acute flaccid paralysis

Ag

Antigen

Anti-HBc

Hepatitis B core antibody

AIDS

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

ARDS

Acute/adult respiratory distress syndrome

BAL

Bronchoalveolar lavage

BCG

Bacille Calmette-Guéérin

CAP

College of American Pathologists

CDC

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CJD

Classic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

CJD-SS

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance System

CMPT

Clinical Microbiology Proficiency Testing

CPE

Cytopathic effect

CPHA

Canadian Public Health Agency

CPHLN

Canadian Public Health Laboratory Network

CPSP

Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program

CRI

Congenital rubella infection

CRS

Congenital rubella syndrome

CSF

Cerebrospinal fluid

DFA

Direct fluorescent antibody

DNA

Deoxyribonucleic acid

EEG

Electroencephalogram

EIA

Enzyme immunoassay, includes enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

EM

Electron microscopy

ERAP

Emergency Response Assistance Plan

FFI

Familial fatal insomnia

GSS

Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker disease

HAV

Hepatitis A virus

HBsAg

Hepatitis B surface antigen

HBV

Hepatitis B virus

HCV

Hepatitis C virus

Hib

Haemophilus influenzae type b

HIV

Human immunodeficiency virus

iCJD

Iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

ICT

Immunochromatography

IF

Immunofluorescence

IFA

Indirect fluorescent antibody

IgG

Immunoglobulin G

IgM

Immunoglobulin M

ILI

Infl uenza-like illness

IMD

Invasive meningococcal disease

MMR

Measles, mumps, rubella

NAT

Nucleic acid test, including but not limited to nucleic acid amplification tests

NLHRS

National Laboratory for HIV Reference Services

NML

National Microbiology Laboratory

OPV

Oral polio vaccine

PCR

Polymerase chain reaction

PFGE

Pulse field gel electrophoresis

PHAC

Public Health Agency of Canada

PHEIC

Public Health Emergency of International Concern ⁽¹⁾

PHL

Public health laboratory

PRN

Plaque reduction neutralization

PrP

Prion protein

RNA

Ribonucleic acid

RT-PCR

Reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction

SAF

Scrapie associated fibrils

SGOT

Serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase

SGPT

Serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase

sCJD

Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

TTP

Thrombocytopenia purpura

vCJD

Variant Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease

VDRL

Venereal disease research laboratory (slide test)

VHF

Viral hemorrhagic fever

VTEC

Verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli

VZV

Varicella-zoster virus

WHO

World Health Organization

WNAI

West Nile virus asymptomatic infection

WN

Non-NS West Nile virus non-neurological syndrome

WNNS

West Nile virus neurological syndrome

WNV

West Nile virus

1.PHEIC is defined as an extraordinary event that constitutes a public health risk to other States through the international spread of disease, and may require a coordinated international response.