The Domestic and International Impacts of the 2009-H1N1 Influenza A Pandemic: Global Challenges, Global Solutions: Workshop Summary (2010)
Chapter: Appendix C Acronyms
Appendix C
Acronyms
ACIP Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices
ARDS acute respiratory distress syndrome
CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CFR case fatality rate
CIDRAP Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy
CMI cell-mediated immunity
DOD Department of Defense
ECDC European Centre of Disease Prevention and Control
ED emergency department
EFTA European Free Trade Association
EID emerging infectious disease
ESR Environmental Science and Research
FDA Food and Drug Administration
GBS Guillain-Barré Syndrome
GDP gross domestic product
GOARN Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network
GP general practitioner
GPHIN Global Public Health Information Network
HA hemagglutinin
HHS U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
HIV human immunodeficiency virus
HPAI highly pathogenic avian influenza
IAV influenza A virus
IHR International Health Regulations
ILI influenza-like illness
IOM Institute of Medicine
ISTM International Society of Travel Medicine
M matrix protein
MDCK Madin-Darby Canine Kidney
MHC major histocompatibility complex
NA neuraminidase
NICD National Institute of Communicable Diseases
NIH National Institutes of Health
NP nuclear protein
NS nonstructural protein
NYCDOH New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
OIE World Organization for Animal Health
PAHO Pan American Health Organization
PCAST President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
PCR polymerase chain reaction
RNA ribonucleic acid
RSV respiratory syncytial virus
RT-PCR reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction
SARS severe acute respiratory syndrome
sCFR symptomatic case fatality ratio
SENASA Servicio Nacional de Sanidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria
SIV swine influenza virus
S-OIV swine-origin influenza virus
UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund
USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture
