Biosecurity Challenges of the Global Expansion of High-Containment Biological Laboratories: Summary of a Workshop (2012)
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Suggested Citation:
"Abbreviations and Acronyms." National Academy of Sciences and National Research Council. 2012. Biosecurity Challenges of the Global Expansion of High-Containment Biological Laboratories: Summary of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/13315.
| A-PBA | Asia-Pacific Biosafety Organization | |
| AAHL | Australian Animal Health Laboratory | |
| ABSA | American Biological Safety Association | |
| ABSL | Animal biosafety level | |
| ACH | Air changes per hour | |
| AFB | Acid-fast bacillus | |
| AfBSA | African Biological Safety Organization | |
| AI | Avian influenza | |
| AIDS | Acquired immune deficiency syndrome | |
| ANBio | Brazilian Biosafety Association | |
| AusAID | Australian Government Overseas Aid Program | |
| BATA | Biological Agents and Toxins Act (Singapore) | |
| BD | Border disease | |
| BEN | Biocontainment Engineering Network (IFBA) | |
| BEP | Biosecurity Engagement Program (United States) | |
| BLWG | Biological Laboratory Working Group (Canada/Kyrgyz Republic) | |
| BMBL | Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories | |
| BSA | Biosafety association | |
| BSC | Biological safety cabinet | |
| BSL | Biosafety level | |
| BTRP | Biological Threat Reduction Program | |
| BVD | Bovine viral diarrhoea | |
| BWC | Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention | |
| CAREC | Caribbean Epidemiology Centre | |
| CCHF | Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever | |
| CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (United States) | |
| CEN | European Committee for Standardization | |
| CIRMF | International Centre of Medical Research of Franceville | |
| CMLF | Caribbean Med Labs Foundation | |
| COMSTECH | Ministerial Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation (Pakistan) | |
| CPA | Mexico-US Commission for the Prevention of Foot and Mouth Disease and Other Exotic Animal Diseases | |
| CPHRL | Central Public Health Reference Laboratory (Republic of Georgia) | |
| CTR | Cooperative Threat Reduction | |
| CWA | CEN Workshop Agreement | |
| DARPA | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | |
| DTRA | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | |
| EDPLN | Emerging and Dangerous Pathogens Laboratory Network | |
| ELISA | Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay | |
| EHEC | Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli | |
| EU | European Union |
Suggested Citation:
"Abbreviations and Acronyms." National Academy of Sciences and National Research Council. 2012. Biosecurity Challenges of the Global Expansion of High-Containment Biological Laboratories: Summary of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/13315.
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | |
| FBI | Federal Bureau of Investigation (United States) | |
| FMD | Foot and mouth disease | |
| FTA | Flinders Technology Associates | |
| GAO | Government Accountability Office (United States) | |
| GOARN | Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network | |
| GLI | Global Laboratory Initiative | |
| GMO | Genetically modified organism | |
| GMP | Good manufacturing practice | |
| HEPA | High-efficiency particulate air | |
| HFRS | Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome | |
| HIV | Human immunodeficiency virus | |
| HPAI | Highly pathogenic avian influenza | |
| HSADL | High Security Animal Disease Laboratory | |
| HUS | Haemolytic uraemic syndrome | |
| HVAC | Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning | |
| IAP | InterAcademy Panel on International Issues | |
| IAP BWG | InterAcademy Panel on International Issues Biosecurity Working Group | |
| IATA | International Air Transport Association | |
| IBC | Institutional Biosafety Committee | |
| IFBA | International Federation of Biosafety Associations | |
| IHR | International Health Regulations | |
| INTERPOL | International Criminal Police Organization | |
| ICAO | International Civil Aviation Organization | |
| ICLS | International Council of Life Sciences | |
| IEC | International Electrotechnical Commission | |
| IFA | Immunofluorescence assays | |
| IgM | Immunoglobulin M | |
| IPM | Institut Pasteur du Maroc | |
| IPPC | International Plant Protection Convention | |
| ISO | International Organization for Standardization | |
| IVI | International Vaccine Institute | |
| JICA | Japan International Cooperation Agency | |
| KCDC | Korean Center for Disease Control and Prevention | |
| LAI | Laboratory-acquired infection or laboratory-associated infection | |
| LANL | Los Alamos National Lab | |
| LBM | Laboratory Biosafety Manual | |
| LPAI | Low pathogenic avian influenza | |
| LRN | Laboratory Response Network | |
| MAC | Medical Advisory Committee (Australia, AAHL) | |
| MARA | Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (Turkey) | |
| MDR-TB | Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis | |
| MORU | Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit |
Suggested Citation:
"Abbreviations and Acronyms." National Academy of Sciences and National Research Council. 2012. Biosecurity Challenges of the Global Expansion of High-Containment Biological Laboratories: Summary of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/13315.
| NGO | Non-governmental organization | |
| NIAID | National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases (United States) | |
| NIH | National Institutes of Health (United States) | |
| NIHRD | National Institute of Health Research and Development (Indonesia) | |
| NIID | National Institute of Infectious Diseases (Japan) | |
| NRC | National Research Council (United States) | |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development | |
| OIE | World Organisation for Animal Health | |
| OIE CC | World Organisation for Animal Health Collaborating Center | |
| OIE RL | World Organisation for Animal Health Reference Laboratory | |
| OUCRU-HCM | Oxford University Clinical Research Unit—Ho Chi Minh City | |
| PCR | Polymerase chain reaction | |
| POC | Point-of-care | |
| PPE | Personal protective equipment | |
| RKI | Robert Koch Institute | |
| RT-PCR | Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction | |
| SAPO | Specified Animal Pathogens Order (U.K.) | |
| SARS | Severe acute respiratory syndrome | |
| SEAICRN | Southeast Asian Clinical Infectious Diseases Network | |
| SIV | Simian immunodeficiency virus | |
| SNL | Sandia National Laboratories | |
| SOP | Standard operating procedure | |
| TB | Tuberculosis | |
| TÜBA | Turkish Academy of Sciences | |
| UNAS | Uganda National Academy of Science | |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization | |
| VSVRI | Veterinary Serum and Vaccine Research Institute | |
| WHO | World Health Organization | |
| XDR | Extremely drug resistant |
Suggested Citation:
"Abbreviations and Acronyms." National Academy of Sciences and National Research Council. 2012. Biosecurity Challenges of the Global Expansion of High-Containment Biological Laboratories: Summary of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/13315.
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Suggested Citation:
"Abbreviations and Acronyms." National Academy of Sciences and National Research Council. 2012. Biosecurity Challenges of the Global Expansion of High-Containment Biological Laboratories: Summary of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/13315.
Suggested Citation:
"Abbreviations and Acronyms." National Academy of Sciences and National Research Council. 2012. Biosecurity Challenges of the Global Expansion of High-Containment Biological Laboratories: Summary of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/13315.
Suggested Citation:
"Abbreviations and Acronyms." National Academy of Sciences and National Research Council. 2012. Biosecurity Challenges of the Global Expansion of High-Containment Biological Laboratories: Summary of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/13315.
Suggested Citation:
"Abbreviations and Acronyms." National Academy of Sciences and National Research Council. 2012. Biosecurity Challenges of the Global Expansion of High-Containment Biological Laboratories: Summary of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/13315.
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