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AAAAI |
American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology |
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AADMC |
Allergy and Asthma Disease Management Center |
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AAFA |
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America Washington |
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AAI |
American Association of Immunologists |
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AAIR |
Asthma and Allergy Information and Research |
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AANMA |
Allergy & Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics |
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AAOA |
American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy |
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aarda |
American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association's |
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AAVI |
American Association of Veterinary Immunologists |
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AB |
Antibody |
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ABAI |
American Board of Allergy & Immunology |
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ACAAI |
American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology |
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ACIP |
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices |
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ADA |
Adenosine Deaminase |
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ADCC |
Antibody-Dependant Cellular Cytoxicity |
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Ag |
Antigen |
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AIDS |
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (see also SIDS and HIV) |
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AR |
Autosomal Recessive |
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ARTEMIS |
Artemis protein |
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ASCIA |
Australasian Socienty of Clinical Immunology and Allergy |
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ASHI |
American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics |
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AVACI |
Academy of Veterinary Allergy and Clinical Immunology |
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BLM |
Bloom Syndrome |
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BSA |
Bovine Serum Albumin |
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BTK |
Bruton Agammaglobulinemia Tyrosine Kinase |
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c |
with (usually written with a bar on top of the "c") |
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C' |
Complement |
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CCP |
complement control protein |
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CD |
Cluster Designation antigen |
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CDR |
Complementary determining regions |
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CDR |
Common Deleted Region |
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CE |
clonal evolution |
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CGD |
Chronic Granulomatous Disease |
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CH |
contact hypersensitivity |
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CHAVI |
Center for HIV-AIDS Vaccine Immunology |
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CHS1 |
Chediak-Higashi Syndrome 1 |
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CIC |
Circulating Immune Complex |
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CIMD |
Center for Immunology and Microbial Disease |
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CMI |
T-cell mediated immunity |
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Con A |
cells, on concanavalin A |
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CSA |
colony-stimulating activity |
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CSACI |
Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology |
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CTL |
pre-cytotoxic lymphocytes |
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CVI |
Common Variable Immunodeficiency |
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CVID |
Common Variable Immunodeficiency Disorders |
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DGCR |
Digeorge Syndrome Chromosome Region |
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DIAID |
Division of Immunology, Allergy and Infectious Diseases |
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DNMT3B |
DNA-methyltransferase 3 beta |
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EAACI |
European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology |
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ECF |
Eosinophil Chemotactic Factor |
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EFIS |
European Federation of Immunological Societies |
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ELISA |
enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |
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ER |
Endoplasmic Reticulum |
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ESID |
European Society for Immunodeficiencies |
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FACS |
Fluorescent-Activated Cell Sorter |
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FAIDS |
Feline Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
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FAIS |
Federation of African Immunological Societies |
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FC |
Fragment Crystallization |
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FIMSA |
Federation of Immunological Societies of Asia-Oceania |
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FIV |
Feline Immunodeficiency Virus |
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IPOPI |
International Patient Organisations for Patients with Primary Immunodeficiencies |
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IR |
Immune Response |
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ISIR |
International Society for Immunology of Reproduction |
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IUIS |
International Union of Immunological Societies |
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IVIG |
intravenous immune globulin |
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JAK3 |
Janus kinase 3 |
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L Chain |
Light Chain |
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LAD |
Leukocyte Adhesion Deficiency |
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LAGID |
Latin American Group for Primary Immunodeficiencies |
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LPS |
Legionella pneumophila lipopolysaccharide |
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lt |
lymphotoxin |
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LT |
Leukotriene |
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MAF |
Macrophage Activating Facor |
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MAP |
Multiple Antigenic Peptide |
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Mf |
Macrophage |
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MHC |
Major Histocompatibility Complex |
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MHC2TA |
MHC class II transactivator |
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MIF |
Macrophage Inhibition Factor |
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MO |
Monocyte |
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MSBCIA |
Macedonian Society for Basic Clinical Immunology and Allergology |
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NCF1 |
Neutrophil cytosolic factor 1 |
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NCF2 |
Neutrophil cytosolic factor 2 |
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NKl |
Natural Killer |
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NP |
Nucleoside Phosphorylase |
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p |
after |
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PAGID |
Pan American Group for Immunodeficiency |
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PALS |
periarteriolar lymphoid sheath |
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PAVC |
Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Vaccine Consortium |
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PBL |
Peripheral Blood Lymphocyte |
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pcv |
postcapillary venule |
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PG |
Prostaglandin |
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PHA |
Phytohemagglutinin |
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PIA |
Primary Immunodeficiency Association |
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PID |
primary immune deficiencies |
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PIO |
Primary Immunodeficiency Organisation |
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PMN |
polymorphonuclear (leukocytes) |
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pNP |
nucleosides--purine nucleoside phosphorylase |
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PWM |
Pokeweed Mitogen |
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RAG1 |
Recombination activating gene 1 |
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RAG2 |
Recombination-Activating Gene 2 |
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RAST |
Radioallergosorbent Test (immunoassay) |
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RES |
Reticuloendothelial System |
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RFX |
Regulatory Factor X |
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RFX5 |
Regulatory Factor X, 5 |
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RFXAP |
Regulatory factor X-associated protein |
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RIA |
Radio Immuno-Assay |
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RIST |
Radioimmunosorbent Test |
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SAP |
serum amyloid protein-P |
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SCID |
Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Disorder |
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SH2D1A |
SH2 domain protein 1A, Duncan's disease |
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SIV |
Simian Immunodeficiency Virus |
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slam |
Signaling Lymphocytic Activation Molecule |
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SRBC |
51Cr]sheep red blood cells |
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SRS-A |
Slow Reacting Substance of Anaphylaxis |
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stat |
Signal transducers and activators of a transcription |
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TCR |
T-cell receptort |
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TH |
Tyrosine Hydroxylase |
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TNF |
Tumor Necrosis Factor |
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V |
Variable |
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VIDO |
Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization |
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VISI |
Vaccine Identification Standards Initiative |
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WAS |
Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome |
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WASP |
Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Protein |
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X-CGD |
X-linked chronic granulomatous disease |
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XHIM |
X-linked hyper IgM Syndrome |
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