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PAPERBACK list:$62.25 Web:$56.02 add to cart Rights & Permissions Free PDF Access Free Resources Sign in to download PDF book and chapters PDF EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Display this book on your site! Related Titles Global Infectious Disease Surveillance and Detection: Assessing the Challenges -- Finding Solutions, Workshop Summary Ethical and Legal Considerations in Mitigating Pandemic Disease: Workshop Summary Other Related Titles Global Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events: Understanding the Contributions to Infectious Disease Emergence: Workshop Summary (2008) Board on Global Health (BGH) Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Page 250   E-mail  Facebook  Digg  Stumble  Twitter More The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. Appendix B Acronyms AIDS acquired immune deficiency syndrome AVHRR Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer CCF Climate Change Futures CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CGIAR Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research CRED Center for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters CRSP Collaborative Research Support Program DALY disability adjusted life-year DOD-GEIS Department of Defense-Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System EID emerging infectious disease EIP extrinsic incubation period EMDAT Emergency Events Database ENSO El Niño/Southern Oscillation EU European Union FAO Food and Agriculture Organization FDA Food and Drug Administration GHG greenhouse gas GWP gross world product Page 250 Front Matter (R1-R22) Summary and Assessment (1-53) 1 Climate Change Challenges (54-103) 2 Climate, Ecology, and Infectious Disease (104-178) 3 Historical, Scientific, and Technological Approaches to Studying the Climate-Disease Connection (179-218) 4 Policy Implications of the Health Effects of Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events (219-244) Appendix A: Agenda (245-249) Appendix B: Acronyms (250-252) Appendix C: Glossary (253-257) Appendix D: Forum Member Biographies (258-280)

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Global Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events: Understanding the Contributions to Infectious Disease Emergence - Workshop Summary Appendix B Acronyms AIDS acquired immune deficiency syndrome AVHRR Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer CCF Climate Change Futures CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CGIAR Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research CRED Center for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters CRSP Collaborative Research Support Program DALY disability adjusted life-year DOD-GEIS Department of Defense-Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System EID emerging infectious disease EIP extrinsic incubation period EMDAT Emergency Events Database ENSO El Niño/Southern Oscillation EU European Union FAO Food and Agriculture Organization FDA Food and Drug Administration GHG greenhouse gas GWP gross world product

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Global Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events: Understanding the Contributions to Infectious Disease Emergence - Workshop Summary HAB harmful algal bloom HHS U.S. Department of Health and Human Services HIMAL highland malaria project HIV human immunodeficiency virus HPV human papilloma virus HTLV human T-cell lymphotropic virus IOM Institute of Medicine IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPM Integrated Pest Management KEMRI Kenya Medical Research Institute LSQ large square MODIS Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer NAS National Academy of Sciences NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA-GSFC NASA Goddard Space Flight Center NDVI Normalized Difference Vegetation Index NIA National Intelligence Assessment NIC National Intelligence Council NIE National Intelligence Estimate NIH National Institutes of Health NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NPP net primary productivity NRC National Research Council NSF National Science Foundation OFDA Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance OIRED Office of International Research, Education, and Development OLR outgoing longwave radiation PDO Pacific Decadal Oscillation PSQ primary square RSV respiratory syncytial virus RT-PCR reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction RVF Rift Valley fever SANREM Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management SARS severe acute respiratory syndrome

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Global Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events: Understanding the Contributions to Infectious Disease Emergence - Workshop Summary SRES Special Report on Emissions Scenarios SST sea surface temperature TBE tick-borne encephalitis TOPS Terrestrial Observation and Prediction System ULV ultra low volume UN United Nations UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees USAID U.S. Agency for International Development USAMRU U.S. Army Medical Research Unit VHS viral hemorrhagic septicemia WHO World Health Organization WNV West Nile virus