| AIDS |
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome |
| BAS |
Basic science study |
| °C |
Celsius |
| CaCV |
Calicivirus |
| CCU |
Cardiac/coronary care unit |
| CDC |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| CI |
Confidence interval |
| CICU |
Cardiac/coronary intensive care unit |
| CSTE |
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists |
| DES |
Descriptive study |
| DHQP |
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion |
| DIAG |
Diagnostic study |
| DNA |
Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| ECL |
Electrochemiluminescence |
| EFORS |
Electronic Foodborne Outbreak Reporting System |
| EIA |
Enzyme immunoassay |
| ELISA |
Enzyme-linked immunoassay |
| EM |
Electron microscopy |
| EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency |
| FBDSS |
Foodborne Disease Outbreak Surveillance System |
| FCV |
Feline calicivirus |
| FDA |
Food and Drug Administration |
| FN |
False negative |
| FP |
False positive |
| GRADE |
Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation |
| HBGA |
Histo-blood group antigen |
| HICPAC |
Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee |
| HIV |
Human immunodeficiency virus |
| Km |
Kilometer |
| LUX |
Light-upon-extension |
| Ml |
Milliliter |
| MMWR |
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report |
| MNV |
Murine norovirus |
| N/A |
Not applicable |
| NASBA |
Nucleic acid sequence-based amplification |
| NCIRD |
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases |
| NIH |
National Institutes of Health |
| NLV |
Norwalk-like virus |
| No |
Number |
| NORS |
National Outbreak Reporting System |
| NPV |
Negative predictive value |
| OBS |
Observational study |
| OR |
Odds ratio |
| ORF |
Open reading frame |
| P |
P value |
| PCR |
Polymerase chain reaction |
| PPE |
Personal protective equipment |
| PPM |
Part per million |
| PPV |
Positive predictive value |
| RCT |
Randomized controlled trial |
| RHD |
Rapid humidifying device |
| RIA |
Radioimmunoassay |
| RF |
Reduction factor |
| RR |
Relative risk |
| RT |
Room temperature |
| RT-LAMP |
Reverse transcription loop-mediated amplification assay |
| RT-PCR |
Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction |
| SD |
Standard deviation |
| SPIEM |
Solid-phase immune electron microscopy |
| SR |
Systematic review |
| SRFV |
Small round featureless virus |
| SRSV |
Small round structured virus |
| TCID |
Tissue culture infective dose |
| TE |
Transcriptional enhancement |
| TEM |
Transmission electron microscopy |
| TN |
True negative |
| TP |
True positive |
| UV |
Ultraviolet |
| Vs |
Versus |
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