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A1HV-1:
Alcelaphine Herpesvirus-1
ABSA:
American Biological Safety Association
ABSL:
Animal Biosafety Level
ACAV:
American Committee on Arthropod-Borne Viruses
ACIP:
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices
ACG:
Arthropod Containment Guidelines
ACL:
Arthropod Containment Levels
ACME:
American Committee of Medical Entomology
AHS:
African Horse Sickness
AHSV:
African Horse Sickness Virus
AKAV:
Akabane Virus
APHIS:
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
APMV-1:
Avian Paramyxovirus Type 1
ASF:
African Swine Fever
ASFV:
African Swine Fever Virus
ASHRAE:
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers
ASTMH:
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
BCG:
Bacillus Calmette-Guérin
BDV:
Border Disease Virus
BMBL:
Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories
BoNT:
Botulinium neurotoxin
BSC:
Biological Safety Cabinet
BSE:
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
BSL:
Biosafety Level
BSL:
3-Ag BSL-3-Agriculture
BSO:
Biological Safety Officer
BTV:
Bluetongue Virus
BVDL:
Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus
CAV:
Constant Air Volume
CBPP:
Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia CCPP Contagious Caprine Pleuropneumonia
CETBE:
Central European Tick-Borne Encephalitis
CDC:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CHV-1:
Cercopithecine Herpesvirus-1
CJD:
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
CJIS:
Criminal Justice Information Services Division
CNS:
Central Nervous System
CSF:
Cerebrospinal Fluid
CSFV:
Classical Swine Fever Virus
DHHS:
Department of Health and Human Services
DoC:
Department of Commerce
DOD:
Department of Defense
DOL:
Department of Labor
DOT:
Department of Transportation
EBV:
Epstein-Barr Virus
EEE:
Eastern Equine Encephalomyelitis
EPA:
Environmental Protection Agency
EtOH:
Ethanol
FDA:
Food and Drug Administration
FFI:
Fatal Familial Insomnia
FMD:
Foot and Mouth Disease
FMDV:
Foot and Mouth Disease Virus
GI:
Gastrointestinal Tract
GSS:
Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker Syndrome
HEPA:
High Efficiency Particulate Air
HBV:
Hepatitis B Virus
HCMV:
Human Cytomegalovirus
HCV:
Hepatitis C Virus
HD:
Heartwater Disease
HDV:
Hepatitis D Virus
HFRS:
Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome
HHV:
Human Herpes Virus
HHV-6A:
Human Herpes Virus -6A
HHV-6B:
Human Herpes Virus -6B
HHV-7:
Human Herpes Virus -7
HHV-8:
Human Herpes Virus -8
HIV:
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HPAI:
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
HPAIV:
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus
HPS:
Hanta Pulmonary Syndrome
HSV-1:
Herpes Simplex Virus-1
HSV-2:
Herpes Simplex Virus-2
HTLV:
Human T-Lymphotropic Viruses
HVAC:
Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning
IACUC:
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
IATA:
International Air Transport Association
IBC:
Institutional Biosafety Committee
ICAO:
International Civil Aviation Organization
ID:
Infectious Dose
ID50:
Number of organisms necessary to infect 50% of a group of animals
IgG:
Immunoglobulin
ILAR:
Institute for Laboratory Animal Research
IND:
Investigational New Drug
IPM:
Integrated Pest Management
IPV:
Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine
ISA:
Infectious Salmon Anemia
ISAV:
Infectious Salmon Anemia Virus
LAI:
Laboratory-Associated Infections
LCM:
Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis
LCMV:
Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus
LD:
Lethal Dose
lfpm:
Linear Feet Per Minute
LGV:
Lymphogranuloma Venereum
LMW:
Low Molecular Weight
LSD:
Lumpy Skin Disease
LSDV:
Lumpy Skin Disease Virus
MCF:
Malignant Catarrhal Fever
MenV:
Menangle Virus
MMWR:
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
MPPS:
Most Penetrating Particle Size
NaOCl:
Sodium Hypochlorite
NaOH:
Sodium Hydroxide
NBL:
National Biocontainment Laboratory
NCI:
National Cancer Institute
ND:
Newcastle Disease
NDV:
Newcastle Disease Virus
NHP:
Nonhuman Primate
NIH:
National Institutes of Health
NIH Guidelines:
NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules
NIOSH:
National Institutes for Occupational Safety and Health
OBA:
NIH Office of Biotechnology Activities
OIE:
World Organization for Animal Health
OPV:
Oral Poliovirus Vaccine
OSHA:
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
PAPR:
Positive Air-Purifying Respirator
PBT:
Pentavalent Botulinum Toxoid Vaccine
PPD:
Purified Protein Derivative
PPM:
Parts Per Million
PPRV:
Pest des Petits Ruminants Virus
Prp:
Prion Protein
RAC:
Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee
RBL:
Regional Biocontainment Laboratory
RP:
Rinderpest
RPV:
Rinderpest Virus
RVF:
Rift Valley Fever
RVFV:
Rift Valley Fever Virus
SALS:
Subcommittee on Arbovirus Laboratory Safety
SARS:
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
SARS-CoV:
SARS-Associated Coronavirus
SCID:
Severe Combined Immune Deficient
SC type:
Small-Colony type
SE:
Staphylococcal Enterotoxins
SEA:
SE Serotype A
SEB SE:
Serotype B
SIV:
Simian Immunodeficiency Virus
SGP:
Sheep and Goat Pox
SGPV:
Sheep and Goat Pox Virus
SOP:
Standard Operating Procedure
SVCV:
Spring Viremia of Carp virus
SVD:
Swine Vesicular Disease
SVDV:
Swine Vesicular Disease Virus
TLV:
Threshold Limit Values
TME:
Transmissible Mink Encephalopathies
TSE:
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies
UV:
Ultraviolet
USAMRIID:
U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
USDA:
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USPS:
United States Postal Service
UPS:
Uninterrupted Power Supply
VAV:
Variable Air Volume
VEE:
Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis
VS:
Veterinary Services
VZV:
Varicella-Zoster Virus
WEE:
Western Equine Encephalomyelitis
WHO:
World Health Organization
WNV:
West Nile Virus
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