The Causes and Impacts of Neglected Tropical and Zoonotic Diseases: Opportunities for Integrated Intervention Strategies (2011)
Chapter: Appendix C: Acronyms
C
Acronyms
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
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
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
