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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Acronyms." Institute of Medicine. 2011. The Causes and Impacts of Neglected Tropical and Zoonotic Diseases: Opportunities for Integrated Intervention Strategies. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13087.
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AIDS acquired immune deficiency syndrome

APOC African Program for Onchocerciasis Control

BCG Bacille Calmette-Guerin vaccine

CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CMV congenital cytomegalovirus

CNTD Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases at Liverpool University

DALY disability-adjusted life-year

DDT dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane

DEC diethylcarbamazine

DENV dengue virus

DHF dengue hemorrhagic fever

DNDi Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative

DRC Democratic Republic of Congo

DSS dengue shock syndrome

ELISA enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

FAO United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization

FDA Food and Drug Administration

FGS female genital schistosomiasis

GAELF Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Acronyms." Institute of Medicine. 2011. The Causes and Impacts of Neglected Tropical and Zoonotic Diseases: Opportunities for Integrated Intervention Strategies. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13087.
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GAVI Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations

GDP gross domestic product

GHI U.S. Global Health Initiative

GIS geographic information system

GPELF Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis

GSK GlaxoSmithKline

HAT human African trypanosomiasis

HDI Human Development Index

HHS U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

HIV human immunodeficiency virus

ICT immunochromatographic card test

IDC innovative developing country

IgG immunoglobulin G

IgM immunoglobulin M

IOM Institute of Medicine

IQ intelligence quotient

LAC Latin America and the Caribbean

LF lymphatic filariasis

MDA mass drug administration

MDG Millennium Development Goal

MDR multidrug-resistant

MDR-TB multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

NCC neurocystercercosis

NECT nifurtimox-eflornithine combination therapy

NGO nongovernmental organization

NID neglected infectious disease

NIH National Institutes of Health

NTD Neglected Tropical Disease

NZD Neglected Zoonotic Disease

OIE World Organization for Animal Health

PAHO Pan-American Health Organization

PCR polymerase chain reaction

PDP product-development partnership

R&D research and development

RNA ribonucleic acid

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Acronyms." Institute of Medicine. 2011. The Causes and Impacts of Neglected Tropical and Zoonotic Diseases: Opportunities for Integrated Intervention Strategies. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13087.
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RTI Research Triangle Institue, RTI International

SAFE surgery, antibiotics, face cleanliness, and environmental improvement

SCI Schistomiasis Control Initiative

SEARO World Health Organization Southeast Asia Regional Office

STH soil-transmitted helminth

TB tuberculosis

UNDP United Nations Development Programme

UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund

USAID U.S. Agency for International Development

VL visceral leishmaniasis

VPH veterinary public health

WASHED water supply, sanitation, hygiene, and education initiatives

WHO World Health Organization

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Acronyms." Institute of Medicine. 2011. The Causes and Impacts of Neglected Tropical and Zoonotic Diseases: Opportunities for Integrated Intervention Strategies. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13087.
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Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) afflict more than 1.4 billion people, many of whom live on less than $1.25 a day. While there are effective ways to manage NTDs, policy-makers and funders have only recently begun to recognize the economic and public health importance of controlling NTDs. The IOM's Forum on Microbial Threats held a workshop September 21-22, 2010, to discuss the science of and policy surrounding NTDs.

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