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Suggested Citation: "ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS." Institute of Medicine. 1992. Emerging Infections: Microbial Threats to Health in the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/2008.

Acronyms and Abbreviations

AABB–

American Association of Blood Banks

ACIP–

Immunization Practices Advisory Committee

AFIP–

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology

AIDS–

acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

ARC–

American Red Cross

ASM–

American Society for Microbiology

ATLL–

adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma

AZT–

azidothymidine

BCG–

bacille Calmette-Guerin

BRDPI–

Biomedical Research and Development Price Index

BSE–

bovine spongiform encephalopathy

CDC–

Centers for Disease Control

CEN–

Community Epidemiology and Health Management Network

CERTC–

Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Center

CEU–

Clinical Epidemiology Unit

CIN–

cervical intraepithelial neoplasia

CMV–

cytomegalovirus

CSF–

cerebrospinal fluid

DBCP–

1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane

DDT–

1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethane; chlorophenothane

DHF/DSS–

dengue hemorrhagic fever/dengue shock syndrome

DNA–

deoxyribonucleic acid

DoD–

Department of Defense

DOT–

directly observed therapy

EIS–

Epidemic Intelligence Service

EPA–

Environmental Protection Agency

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FCCSET–

Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering, and Technology

FDA–

Food and Drug Administration

FETP–

Field Epidemiology Training Program

FIFRA–

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act

FWS–

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

GMI–

Gorgas Memorial Institute

GML–

Gorgas Memorial Laboratory

HAM/TSP–

HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis

HBV–

hepatitis B virus

HFRS–

hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome

HIV–

human immunodeficiency virus

HPV–

human papillomavirus

HSV–

herpes simplex virus

HTLV–

human T-cell leukemia virus, human T-lymphotropic virus

IADB–

InterAmerican Development Bank

ICAR–

International Collaboration in AIDS Research

ICDDR, B–

International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh

ICIDR–

International Collaboration in Infectious Disease Research

ICMRT–

International Centers for Medical Research and Training

ICTDR–

International Centers for Tropical Disease Research

IHPP–

International Health Policy Program

INCIDR–

Intramural NIAID Center for International Disease Research

INCLEN–

International Clinical Epidemiology Network

IOM–

Institute of Medicine

MAP–

modified atmosphere packaging

MARU–

Middle America Research Unit

MDRTB–

multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

MIC–

minimum inhibitory concentration

MMR–

measles-mumps-rubella (vaccine)

MRSA–

methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

NAMRU–

U.S. Navy Medical Research Unit

NCID–

National Center for Infectious Diseases

NCVDG–

National Cooperative Vaccine Development Group

NEB–

National Epidemiology Boards

NETSS–

National Electronic Telecommunications System for Surveillance

NHSC–

National Health Service Corps

NIAID–

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

NIH–

National Institutes of Health

NNDSS–

National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System

NNISS–

National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System

PAHO–

Pan American Health Organization

PCR–

polymerase chain reaction

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PHS–

U.S. Public Health Service

RFP–

request for proposal

RNA–

ribonucleic acid

SIV–

simian immunodeficiency virus

STD–

sexually transmitted disease

TB–

tuberculosis

TDR–

WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases

TDRU–

Tropical Disease Research Unit

TMRC–

Tropical Medicine Research Center

USAID–

U.S. Agency for International Development

USAMRIID–

U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases

USDA–

U.S. Department of Agriculture

UTI–

urinary tract infection

VDP–

WHO Vaccine Development Programme

VRDB–

Vaccine Research and Development Branch

WHO–

World Health Organization

YARU–

Yale Arbovirus Research Unit

Emerging Infections: Microbial Threats to Health in the United States (1992)

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Emerging Infections: Microbial Threats to Health in the United States (1992)

Chapter: ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

Acronyms and Abbreviations