- AIDS
acquired immune deficiency syndrome
- GRADE
Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation
- HIV
human immunodeficiency virus
- HPV
human papillomavirus
- HSV
herpes simplex virus
- HSV-2
herpes simplex virus type 2
- NAAT
nucleic acid amplification test
- PCR
polymerase chain reaction
- PICO
population, intervention, comparator, outcome
- PrEP
pre-exposure prophylaxis
- RPR
rapid plasma reagin
- STI
sexually transmitted infection
- TPHA
Treponema pallidum haemagglutination assay
- TPPA
Treponema pallidum particle agglutination assay
- UNAIDS
United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
- UNFPA
United Nations Population Fund
- UNICEF
United Nations Children’s Fund
- VDRL
Venereal Diseases Research Laboratory
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Guidelines for the management of symptomatic sexually transmitted infections [Internet]. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2021 Jun. ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS.