Glossary
additive effect:
When the combined effect of a combination of agents is equal to the sum of the effects of each of the agents given alone.
antagonistic effect:
When the combined effect of a combination of agents is less than that predicted on the basis of simple addition of the effects of the doses or responses of those agents.
ARD:
acute respiratory disease.
BIRLS:
Beneficiary Identification and Records Locator Subsystem, an automated database containing information (including vital status) on all veteran beneficiaries of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
CDC:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
CWI:
cold weather injury
DEET:
N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide
DoD:
U.S. Department of Defense.
EPA:
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
FDA:
Food and Drug Administration.
GIS:
geographical identification system.
HIV:
human immunodeficiency virus.
ICD:
International Classification of Diseases, now in its ninth revision, is a scheme for coding medical conditions.
IND:
investigational new drug.
interaction:
When the presence of one agent affects an exposed individual's reactivity to other agents.
IPDS:
Individual Patient Data System, an automated system of the U.S. Army containing records for each inpatient discharge.
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report:
a publication of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention containing, among other things, national data on reportable diseases.
Medical treatment facility:
a place where health care is delivered.
MedWatch:
FDA medical products reporting system.
MOS:
military occupational specialty.
PB:
pyridostigmine bromide.
PBPD:
physiologically based pharmacodynamic.
RDSS:
Reportable Disease Surveillance System.
SSN:
Social Security number.
synergistic effect:
When the combined effects of a combination of agents are greater than would be anticipated from the simple addition of the effects of the doses or responses of those agents.
USAHDS:
U.S. Army HIV Data System, which acquires and maintains the data for the Army's HIV testing program.
USAMRIID:
U.S. Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases.
USAMRMC:
U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command.
USPDP:
Uniformed Services Prescription Database Project, an Army database containing nationwide information on prescribed drugs.
VA:
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
VAERS:
Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, operated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration.