Appendix C
Acronyms
AFHSC | Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center |
APHIS | Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service |
APHL | Association of Public Health Laboratories |
BTV |
bluetongue virus |
CDC |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
CHIKV | chikungunya virus |
DDSS |
Dengue Decision Support System |
DDT | dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane |
DENV | dengue virus |
DF | dengue fever |
DHF | dengue hemorrhagic fever |
DSS | dengue shock syndrome |
DTP | dengue transmission potential |
DV | dengue virus |
ECDC |
European Center for Disease Control |
EIS | Epidemic Intelligence Service |
ENSO | El Niño–Southern Oscillation |
HAT |
human African trypanosomiasis |
HFRS | hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome |
IOM | Institute of Medicine |
ITM | insecticide-treated material |
ITN | insecticide-treated bed net |
IVCC | Innovative Vector Control Consortium |
JEV |
Japanese encephalitis virus |
NIAID |
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases |
NIH | National Institutes of Health |
NMCP | National Malaria Control Programme |
OIE |
Office International des Epizooties |
PAHO |
Pan American Health Organization |
PCR | polymerase chain reaction |
PD | Pierce’s disease of grapevines |
RIDL |
release of insects carrying dominant lethal |
RNA | ribonucleic acid |
RNAi | RNA interference |
rRT-PCR | real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction |
RVF | Rift Valley fever |
RVFV | Rift Valley fever virus |
SLE |
St. Louis encephalitis |
SLEV | St. Louis encephalitis virus |
SNV | Sin Nombre virus |
SOI | Southern Oscillation Index |
SST | sea surface temperature |
subsp. | subspecies |
TBE |
tick-borne encephalitis |
VBD |
vector-borne disease |
VEE | Venezuelan equine encephalitis |
VEEV | Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus |
VP | viral structural protein |
WHO |
World Health Organization |
WNV | West Nile virus |
YF |
yellow fever |
YFV | yellow fever virus |