Infectious Disease Movement in a Borderless World: Workshop Summary (2010)
Chapter: Appendix B: Acronyms
Appendix B
Acronyms
AFP Acute Flaccid Paralysis
AFRO World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa
AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
AMRO World Health Organization Regional Office for the Americas
ANPRM Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
APEC Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
ARO Alert Response Operations
ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations
BATMN Boston Area Travel Medicine Network
BCTF Bushmeat Crisis Task Force
BSE Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
BTV Bluetongue Virus
CBD Convention on Biological Diversity
CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CHIKV Chikungunya virus
CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
DENV Dengue Virus
EIS Events Information Site
EMRO World Health Organization Regional Office for Eastern Mediterranean
EMS Event Management System
EU European Union
EURO World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FDA Food and Drug Administration
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GLEWS Global Early Warning and Response System for Major Animal Diseases
GOARN Global Outbreak and Response Network
GPHIN Global Public Health Information Network
HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HPAI Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
IDSR Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response
IHR International Health Regulations
IOM Institute of Medicine
LEMIS U.S. Fish and Wildlife Department’s Law Enforcement Management
MDR Multidrug Resistance
MZCP Mediterranean Zoonoses Control Programme
NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement
NFP National Focal Point
NGO Nongovernmental organization
NHPs nonhuman primates
NIC National Intelligence Council
NRC National Research Council
OASIS Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OFFLU OIE/FAO Animal Influenza Laboratory Network
OIC Organization of Islamic Conferences
OIE World Organization for Animal Health (Office International des Epizooties)
PAHO Pan American Health Organization
PANAFTOSA Pan American Center for Foot-and-Mouth Disease
PEP Post-exposure Prophylaxis
PERV Porcine Endogenous Retrovirus
PHEICs Public Health Emergencies of International Concern
SARS Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
SEARO World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia
SPS Sanitary and Phytosanitary
TRIPS Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
UN United Nations
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund
UNWTO United Nations World Tourism Organization
USDA Unites States Department of Agriculture
USDA/APHIS U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
VFR Visiting Friends and Relatives
WEF World Economic Forum
WHA World Health Assembly
WHO World Health Organization
WNV West Nile Virus
WPRO World Health Organization Regional Office for Western Pacific
WTO World Trade Organization
XDR Extensive Drug Resistance
