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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.
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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

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.
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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

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.
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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

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.
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