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Institute of Medicine (US) Forum on Microbial Threats. Infectious Disease Movement in a Borderless World: Workshop Summary. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2010.

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BAcronyms

AFP

Acute Flaccid Paralysis

AFRO

World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa

AIDS

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

AMRO

World Health Organization Regional Office for the Americas

ANPRM

Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

APEC

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

ARO

Alert Response Operations

ASEAN

Association of Southeast Asian Nations

BATMN

Boston Area Travel Medicine Network

BCTF

Bushmeat Crisis Task Force

BSE

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy

BTV

Bluetongue Virus

CBD

Convention on Biological Diversity

CDC

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CHIKV

Chikungunya virus

CSIRO

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization

DENV

Dengue Virus

EIS

Events Information Site

EMRO

World Health Organization Regional Office for Eastern Mediterranean

EMS

Event Management System

EU

European Union

EURO

World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FDA

Food and Drug Administration

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

GLEWS

Global Early Warning and Response System for Major Animal Diseases

GOARN

Global Outbreak and Response Network

GPHIN

Global Public Health Information Network

HIV

Human Immunodeficiency Virus

HPAI

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza

IDSR

Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response

IHR

International Health Regulations

IOM

Institute of Medicine

LEMIS

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Department’s Law Enforcement Management

MDR

Multidrug Resistance

MZCP

Mediterranean Zoonoses Control Programme

NAFTA

North American Free Trade Agreement

NFP

National Focal Point

NGO

Nongovernmental organization

NHPs

nonhuman primates

NIC

National Intelligence Council

NRC

National Research Council

OASIS

Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

OFFLU

OIE/FAO Animal Influenza Laboratory Network

OIC

Organization of Islamic Conferences

OIE

World Organization for Animal Health (Office International des Epizooties)

PAHO

Pan American Health Organization

PANAFTOSA

Pan American Center for Foot-and-Mouth Disease

PEP

Post-exposure Prophylaxis

PERV

Porcine Endogenous Retrovirus

PHEICs

Public Health Emergencies of International Concern

SARS

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

SEARO

World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia

SPS

Sanitary and Phytosanitary

TRIPS

Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights

UN

United Nations

UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization

UNICEF

United Nations Children’s Fund

UNWTO

United Nations World Tourism Organization

USDA

Unites States Department of Agriculture

USDA/APHIS

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

VFR

Visiting Friends and Relatives

WEF

World Economic Forum

WHA

World Health Assembly

WHO

World Health Organization

WNV

West Nile Virus

WPRO

World Health Organization Regional Office for Western Pacific

WTO

World Trade Organization

XDR

Extensive Drug Resistance

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Infectious Disease Movement in a Borderless World: Workshop Summary.
Institute of Medicine (US) Forum on Microbial Threats.
Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2010.

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