| AChE |
Acetylcholinesterase |
| AEL |
Acceptable exposure limit |
| AIDS |
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome |
| APA |
American Psychological Association or American Psychiatric
Association |
| ANL |
Argonne National Laboratory |
| ASTM |
American Society for Testing and Materials |
| ATP |
adenosine 5´-triphosphate |
| ATSDR |
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry |
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| BAL |
British antiLewisite |
| BChE |
Butyrylcholinesterase |
| BDO |
Battle Dress Overgarment |
| BIDS |
Biological Integrated Detection System |
| BW |
Biological warfare or biological weapon |
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| CAHBS |
Civilian Adult Hood Blower System |
| CAM |
Chemical agent monitor |
| CAPS |
Civilian Adult Protective System |
| CBDCOM |
Chemical Biological Defense Command |
| CBIRF |
Chemical Biological Incident Response Force |
| CBMS |
Chemical Biological Mass Spectrometer |
| CBNP |
Chemical and Biological Nonproliferation Program |
| CBPSS |
Chemical Biological Protective Shelter System |
| C/B-RRT |
DoD Chemical/Biological Rapid Response Team |
| CBWCA |
Chemical and Biological Weapons Control Act |
| CCHF |
Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever |
| CCP |
Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training Program |
| CDC |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| cDNA |
Complementary (or copy) deoxyribonucleic acid |
| ChE |
Cholinesterase |
| CISD |
Critical incident stress debriefing |
| CLS |
Commission on Life Sciences |
| CMHS |
Center for Mental Health Services |
| CN— |
Cyanide anion |
| CNS |
Central nervous system |
| CSEPP |
Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program |
| CSTE |
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists |
| CW |
Chemical warfare or chemical weapon |
| CWA |
Chemical warfare agent |
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| 4-DMAP |
4-Dimethylaminophenol |
| DARPA |
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency |
| DHHS |
Department of Health and Human Services |
| DMAT |
Disaster Medical Assistance Team |
| DNA |
Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| DNTB |
5,5´-dithio-bis (2-nitrobenzoic acid) |
| DoD |
Department of Defense |
| DoE |
Department of Energy |
| DRN |
Disaster Response Network |
| dsRNA |
Double-stranded ribonucleic acid |
| DSWA |
Defense Special Weapons Agency |
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| EDTA |
Ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid (dicobalt) |
| EEE |
Eastern equine encephalomyelitis |
| EF |
Edema factor |
| EIDI |
Emerging Infectious Disease Initiative |
| EIS |
Epidemic Intelligence Service |
| ELISA |
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |
| EMCR |
Electronic medical care record |
| EMS |
Emergency Medical Service |
| EMT |
Emergency medical technician |
| EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency |
| ERDEC |
Edgewood Research, Development and Engineering Center, U.S.
Army |
| |
| FABS |
Force-amplified biological sensor |
| Fab |
Antibody fragment |
| FBI |
Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| Fc |
Crystallizable fragment (of antibody) |
| FDA |
Food and Drug Administration |
| FEMA |
Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| FOWG |
Fiber-optic evanescent wave guide |
| FTIR |
Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry |
| |
| GA |
Tabun |
| GB |
Sarin |
| GC/FTIR |
Gas Chromatography Fourier Transform Infrared
Spectrometry |
| GC/MS |
Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry |
| GC-MS-MS |
Gas Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry |
| GD |
Soman |
| GF |
Cyclosarin |
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| HAZMAT |
Hazardous materials |
| HD |
Sulfur mustard |
| HIV |
Human immunodeficiency virus |
| HMT |
Hexamethylene tetramine |
| HPAC |
Hazard prediction and assessment capability |
| HPLC |
High-performance liquid chromatography |
| HSEES |
Hazardous substances emergency events surveillance |
| |
| IDLH |
Immediately dangerous to life and health |
| IMS |
Ion mobility spectrometry |
| IND |
Investigational new drug |
| IOM |
Institute of Medicine |
| IPDS |
Improved Chemical Agent Point Detection System |
| IU/L |
International units per liter |
| |
| JCAD |
Joint Chemical Agent Detector |
| JCAHO |
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare
Organizations |
| JCBAWM |
Joint Chemical Biological Agent Water Monitor |
| JLIST |
Joint Service Lightweight Integrated Suit Technology |
| JPOBD |
Joint Program Office for Biological Defense |
| JPOCD |
Joint Program Office for Chemical Defense |
| JSLSCAD |
Joint Service Lightweight Standoff Chemical Agent
Detector |
| JUN |
Junin virus |
| |
| LANL |
Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| LCR |
Ligase chain reaction |
| LD50 |
Dose lethal to 50 percent of the population exposed |
| LF |
Lethal factor |
| LIDAR |
Light detection and ranging |
| LLNL |
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
| |
| MALDI-MS |
Matrix-assisted laser desorption mass spectrometry |
| MANAA |
Medical aerosolized nerve agent antidote |
| MARCORSYSCOM |
Marine Corps Systems Command |
| MiniCAD |
Miniature chemical agent detector |
| MMST |
Metropolitan Medical Strike Team |
| |
| NAME |
Nitroarginine methylester |
| NARAC |
National Atmospheric Release and Advisory Center |
| NBC |
Nuclear, biological, chemical |
| NDA |
New Drug Application |
| NDMS |
National Disaster Medical System |
| NFkB |
Nuclear factor-kappa B transcription factor |
| NFPA |
National Fire Protection Association |
| NIAID |
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases |
| NIH |
National Institutes of Health |
| NIOSH |
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health |
| NIPAC |
National Infrastructure Protection Center |
| NMRI |
Naval Medical Research Institute |
| NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NRC |
National Research Council or Nuclear Regulatory
Commission |
| NRL |
Naval Research Laboratory |
| NSWC |
Naval Surface Warfare Center |
| |
| OEP |
Office of Emergency Preparedness |
| OP |
Organophosphate |
| ORNL |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| OSHA |
Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| |
| 2-PAM |
Pralidoxime chloride |
| PA |
Protective antigen |
| PAHP |
para-aminoheptanophenone |
| PAOP |
para-aminooctanoylphenone |
| PAPP |
para-aminopropiophenone |
| PAPR |
Powered air purifying respirator |
| PBB |
Polybrominated biphenyls |
| PCB |
Polychlorinated biphenyls |
| PCC |
Poison control center |
| PCR |
Polymerase chain reaction |
| PDD |
Presidential Decision Directive |
| PHS |
Public Health Service |
| PID |
Photo ionization detector |
| PIRS |
Photoacoustic infrared spectroscopy |
| PPE |
Personal protective equipment |
| ProMED |
Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases |
| PTSD |
Post traumatic stress disorder |
| |
| RBC |
Red blood cell |
| RDEC |
Research, development, and engineering center |
| RNA |
Ribonucleic acid |
| RT |
Reverse transcriptase |
| RVF |
Rift Valley fever |
| |
| SAW |
Surface acoustic wave |
| SBIR |
Small business innovative research |
| SciPUFF |
Second-order Closure Integrated Puff |
| SCBA |
Self-contained breathing apparatus |
| SCPS |
Simplified Collective Protection System |
| SDA |
Strand displacement amplification |
| SEB |
Staphylococcal enterotoxin B |
| SFAI |
Swept frequency acoustic interferometry |
| SOF |
Special Operations Forces |
| SOPs |
Standard operating procedures |
| STEPO |
Self-contained Toxic Environment Protective Outfit |
| |
| TAS |
Transcription-based amplification system |
| TDG |
Thiodiglycol |
| TOF-MS |
Time-of-flight mass spectrometry |
| TSP |
Topical Skin Protectant |
| TSWG |
Technical Support Working Group |
| |
| UAV |
Unmanned aerial vehicle |
| UPT |
Up-converting phosphor technology |
| USAMRICD |
US Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense |
| USAMRIID |
US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious
Diseases |
| UV |
Ultraviolet |
| |
| VA |
Veterans Affairs (Department of) |
| VEE |
Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis |
| VIG |
Vaccinia-immune globulin |
| VX |
Persistent nerve agent (o-ethyl
S-[2-(diisopro-pylamino)ethyl]-methylphosphorofluoridate) |
| |
| WEE |
Western equine encephalomyelitis |
| WHO |
World Health Organization |
| WMD |
Weapons of mass destruction |
| WWW |
World Wide Web |
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| YF |
Yellow fever |
