| AGC | Atypical Glandular Cells |
| ASC-H | Atypical Squamous Cells cannot exclude High-grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions |
| ASC-US | Atypical Squamous Cells of Undetermined Significance |
| CIN | Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia |
| GAPDH | Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase |
| hDNA | Human DNA |
| HPV | Human Papillomavirus |
| hrHPV | High-Risk Human Papillomavirus |
| HSIL | High-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions |
| IARC | International Agency for Research on Cancer |
| LSIL | Low-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions |
| NILM | Negative for Intraepithelial Lesion or Malignancy |
| PAP | Papanicolaou |
| PCR | Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| qPCR | Quantitative PCR |
| WHO | World Health Organisation |