Medical Microbiology

Abbreviations

&ABC: antigen-bindingcell
ABS: antigen-bindingsite
ADA: adenosinedeaminase
ADCC: antibody-dependent
cellularcytotoxicity
ADE: antibody-dependent
enhancement(ofviral
infection)
AE: alveolarechinococcosis
AFC: antibody-formingcell
AFP: alpha-fetoprotein
AIDS: acquiredimmune
deficiencysyndrome
ANA: antinuclearantibodies
APC: antigen-presentingcell
APO: apoptosisantigen
aPV: acellularpertussisvaccine
ASLtiter:antistreptolysintiter
AZT: azidothymidine

&BAL: bronchoalveolarlavage
BALT: bronchus-associated
lymphoidtissue
BCG: bacillusCalmette-Guerin
BCGF: B-cellgrowthfactor
Bcl2: B-cellleukemia 2 antigen
BSE: bovinespongiformence-
phalopathy

&C: complement
CAH: chronicaggressive
hepatitis
CAM: celladhesionmolecules
CAPD: continuousambulant
peritonealdialysis

CCC: covalentlyclosedcircular

(DNA)

CD: clusterofdifferentiation/

clusterdeterminant

CDR: complementarity-deter-

miningregions

CE: cysticechinococcosis

CEA: carcinoembryonicantigen

CFA: colonizingfactorantigen

CFT: complementfixationtest

CFU: colonyformingunits

CJD: Creutzfeldt-Jakobdisease

CLIP: classII-inhibitingprotein

CMI: cell-mediatedimmunity

CMV: cytomegalyvirus

(cytomegalovirus)

CNS: centralnervoussystem/

coagulase-negative

staphylococci

ConA: concanavalinA

CPE: cytopathiceffect

CPH: chronicpersistent

hepatitis

CR: cistronregion

CSF: colony-stimulatingfactor

CTA: choleratoxinA

CTB: choleratoxinB

CTL: cytotoxicCD8+Tcell

CTX: choleratoxin(element)

&DAF: decayacceleratingfactor

DAG: diacylglycerol

DARC: Duffyantigenreceptor

forchemokines

DC: dendriticcells

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