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Vector-Borne Diseases: Understanding the Environmental, Human Health, and Ecological Connections, Workshop Summary (Forum on Microbial Threats) (2008)
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Vector-Borne Diseases: Understanding the Environmental, Human Health, and Ecological Connections - Workshop Summary

DF dengue fever

DHF dengue hemorrhagic fever

DHS Department of Homeland Security

DMID Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

DoD Department of Defense

DoJ Department of Justice

DSS dengue shock syndrome; decision support system

DTP dengue transmission potential

DV dengue virus

EIP extrinsic incubation period

EIR entomological inoculation rate

EIS Epidemic Intelligence Service

ELISA enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

EMPRES Emergency Prevention System for the Transboundary Animal Diseases

ENSO El Niño/Southern Oscillation

FAO Food and Agriculture Organization

FDA Food and Drug Administration

FTP Fellowship Training Program

GAO Government Accountability Office

GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

GCM global climate model

GHG greenhouse gas

GIS geographic information system

HadCM3 Hadley Centre Coupled Model version 3

HCV hepatitis C virus

HFRS hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome

HHS Department of Health and Human Services

HI house index

HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus

HPAI highly pathogenic avian influenza

HPS hantavirus pulmonary syndrome

IATA International Air Transport Association

ICIDR International Collaborations in Infectious Disease Research

IOM Institute of Medicine

IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

IPM Integrated Pest Management

IRID International Research in Infectious Diseases

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