ASF | Australian Spotted Fever |
ACIIDS | Australian Chronic Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases Society |
AGS | Alpha-gal Syndrome |
Ahpra | Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency |
Allen and Clarke | Allen and Clarke Policy and Regulatory Specialists Limited |
ARRL | Australian Rickettsial Reference Laboratory |
AUD | Australian Dollar |
CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (USA) |
CE-IVD | Conformité Européenne In Vitro Diagnostic |
CP | Clinical Pathway |
CSIRO | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
DSCATT | Debilitating Symptom Complexes Attributed to Ticks |
EIA | Enzyme Immunoassay |
ELISA | Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay |
EM | Erythema Migrans |
FISF | Flinders Island Spotted Fever |
GPs | General Practitioners |
GRADE | Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluations |
HCCC | Health Care Complaints Commission |
HGA | Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis |
HME | Human Monocytic Ehrlichiosis |
ID | Infectious Diseases |
IDS | Infectious Diseases Specialists |
IDSA | Infectious Diseases Society of America |
IFA | Indirect Fluorescent Antibody |
IgG | Immunoglobulin G |
IgM | Immunoglobulin M |
ILADS | International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society |
LARA | Lyme Australia Recognition and Awareness |
LDAA | Lyme Disease Association of Australia |
MMA | Mammalian Meat Allergy |
MBS | Medicare Benefit Scheme |
ME/CFS | Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome |
MUS | Medically Unexplained Symptoms |
NATA | National Association of Testing Authorities |
NDIS | National Disability Insurance Scheme |
NHMRC | National Health and Medical Research Council |
NRL | National (Serology) Reference Laboratory |
OAM | Medal of the Order of Australia |
PTLD | Post-Treatment Lyme Disease |
QTT | Queensland Tick Typhus |
RACGP | Royal Australian College of General Practitioners |
RCPA | Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia |
TBD | Tick-borne Diseases |
TCR | Targeted Call for Research |
TGA | Therapeutic Goods Administration |
The department | The Department of Health and Aged Care |
TiARA | Tick-induced Allergies Research and Awareness |
TICNA | Tick-borne Illness Community Network Australia |
USD | United States Dollar |