Fungal Diseases: An Emerging Threat to Human, Animal, and Plant Health: Workshop Summary (2011)
Chapter: Appendix C: Acronyms
| AARK |
Amphibian Ark |
| ACAP |
Amphibian Conservation Action Plan |
| AFTOL |
Assembling the Fungal Tree of Life program |
| AM |
Arbuscular mycorrhizae |
| APHIS |
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service |
| B.C. |
British Columbia |
| BCCDC |
British Columbian Centre for Disease Control |
| Bd |
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis |
| BGRI |
Borlaug Global Rust Initiative |
| BWNS |
bat white-nose syndrome |
| CANV |
Chrysosporium anamorph of Nanniziopsis vriesii |
| CBD |
Convention on Biological Diversity |
| CDC |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| CFU |
colony-forming unit |
| CGB |
canavanine-glycine-bromothymol blue |
| CGD |
chronic granulomatous disease |
| CGIAR |
Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research |
| CIMMYT |
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center |
| CITIES |
Convention for International Trade of Endangered Species |
| DNA |
deoxyribonucleic acid |
| DoD |
Department of Defense |
| DoD-GEIS |
Department of Defense-Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System |
| DOI |
Department of the Interior |
| DTRA |
Defense Threat Reduction Agency |
| EID |
emerging infectious disease |
| ELISA |
enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |
| ENSO |
El Niño-Southern Oscillation |
| EUS |
epizootic ulcerative syndrome |
| FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| FDA |
Food and Drug Administration |
| FWS |
Fish and Wildlife Service |
| GAA |
Global Amphibian Assessment |
| GAO |
Government Accountability Office |
| GHI |
Global Health Initiative |
| GOARN |
Global Outbreak and Response Network |
| GPHIN |
Global Public Health Intelligence Network |
| GPM |
Gaussian plume model |
| GRACE |
Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment |
| GRC-YR |
Global Reference Center for yellow rust |
| GRRC |
Global Rust Reference Center |
| HIV/AIDS |
human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome |
| ICARDA |
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas |
| ICRISAT |
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics |
| IHR |
International Health Regulations |
| IOM |
Institute of Medicine |
| IRIS |
immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome |
| IRRI |
International Rice Research Institute |
| ITS |
internal transcribed spacer |
| IUCN |
International Union for the Conservation of Nature |
| MIC |
minimum inhibitory concentration |
| MLST |
multilocus sequencing typing |
| NAS |
National Academy of Sciences |
| NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NGO |
non-governmental organization |
| NIAID |
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases |
| NIH |
National Institutes of Health |
| NLM |
National Library of Medicine |
| NOAA |
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NSF |
National Science Foundation |
| NWHC |
National Wildlife Health Center |
| OIE |
World Organisation for Animal Health |
| OSTP |
Office of Science and Technology Policy |
| PAMP |
pathogen-associated molecular pattern |
| PCR |
polymerase chain reaction |
| PNW |
Pacific Northwest |
| ProMED |
Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases |
| RACE |
Risk Assessment of Chytridiomycosis to European Amphibian Diversity |
| RVF |
Rift Valley fever |
| SCBI |
Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute |
| SCLB |
Southern corn leaf blight |
| SOD |
sudden oak death |
| SSC |
Species Survival Commission |
| TB |
tuberculosis |
| TGen |
Translational Genomics Research Institute |
| U.K. |
United Kingdom |
| U.N. |
United Nations |
| USAID |
U.S. Agency for International Development |
| USDA |
U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| USGS |
U.S. Geological Survey |
| WHO |
World Health Organization |
| WNS |
white-nose syndrome |
| WTO |
World Trade Organization |
