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Appendix B
Acronyms

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

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Acronyms." Institute of Medicine. 2010. Infectious Disease Movement in a Borderless World: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12758.
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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

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Acronyms." Institute of Medicine. 2010. Infectious Disease Movement in a Borderless World: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12758.
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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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Modern transportation allows people, animals, and plants--and the pathogens they carry--to travel more easily than ever before. The ease and speed of travel, tourism, and international trade connect once-remote areas with one another, eliminating many of the geographic and cultural barriers that once limited the spread of disease. Because of our global interconnectedness through transportation, tourism and trade, infectious diseases emerge more frequently; spread greater distances; pass more easily between humans and animals; and evolve into new and more virulent strains.

The IOM's Forum on Microbial Threats hosted the workshop "Globalization, Movement of Pathogens (and Their Hosts) and the Revised International Health Regulations" December 16-17, 2008 in order to explore issues related to infectious disease spread in a "borderless" world. Participants discussed the global emergence, establishment, and surveillance of infectious diseases; the complex relationship between travel, trade, tourism, and the spread of infectious diseases; national and international policies for mitigating disease movement locally and globally; and obstacles and opportunities for detecting and containing these potentially wide-reaching and devastating diseases. This document summarizes the workshop.

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