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
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
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