Abbreviations
- HIV
- human immunodeficiency virus
- AIDS
- acquired immune deficiency syndrome
- STI
- sexually transmitted infections
- HAART
- highly active antiretroviral therapy
- MSM
- men who have sex with men
- VDRL
- Venereal Disease Research Laboratory
- EIA
- T. Pallidum enzyme immunoassay
- TP-PA
- Treponema pallidum particle agglutination
- ELISA
- enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
- AHI
- acute HIV infection
- PCR
- polymerase chain reaction
- RNA
- ribonucleic acid
- FTA-ABS
- fluuorescent treponemal antibody absorption