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Appendix B: Acronyms
Pages 250-252

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... Appendix B Acronyms AIDS acquired immune deficiency syndrome AVHRR Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer CCF Climate Change Futures CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CGIAR Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research CRED Center for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters CRSP Collaborative Research Support Program DALY disability adjusted life-year DOD-GEIS Department of Defense-Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System EID emerging infectious disease EIP extrinsic incubation period EMDAT Emergency Events Database ENSO El Niño/Southern Oscillation EU European Union FAO Food and Agriculture Organization FDA Food and Drug Administration GHG greenhouse gas GWP gross world product 250
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... Foreign Disaster Assistance OIRED Office of International Research, Education, and Development OLR outgoing longwave radiation PDO Pacific Decadal Oscillation PSQ primary square RSV respiratory syncytial virus RT-PCR reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction RVF Rift Valley fever SANREM Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management SARS severe acute respiratory syndrome
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... Army Medical Research Unit VHS viral hemorrhagic septicemia WHO World Health Organization WNV West Nile virus
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