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​Acronyms

Acronym

Definition

AMR

Antimicrobial Resistance

APH

Animal-Plant Health

APHIS

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

ASPR

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response

BARDA

Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority

BCT

Biodefense Coordination Team

BSC

Biodefense Steering Committee

CDC

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CRISPR

Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats

BWC

Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention

COVID-19

Coronavirus Disease 2019

Crim-Epi

Criminal Epidemiologic

CVL

Central Veterinary Laboratory

DHS

Department of Homeland Security

DOD

Department of Defense

DOE

Department of Energy

DOJ

Department of Justice

DOS

Department of State

DRC

Democratic Republic of the Congo

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization

FBI

Federal Bureau of Investigation

FDA

Food and Drug Administration

FRN

Federal Register Notice

FY

Fiscal Year

HHS

Department of Health and Human Services

HHS P3CO Framework

HHS Framework for Guiding Funding Decisions about Proposed Research Involving Enhanced Pandemic Potential Pathogens

HPID

Highly Pathogenic Infectious Disease

IPC

Infection Prevention and Control

mAb

Monoclonal Antibody

MCM

Medical Countermeasure

MRSN

Multidrug-resistant organism Repository and Surveillance Network

NBIC

National Biosurveillance Integration Center

NBS

National Biodefense Strategy

NIAID

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

NIH

National Institutes of Health

NSC

National Security Council

NSPM-14

National Security Presidential Memorandum 14

PALM

Pamoja Tulinde Maisha (“Together Save Lives”)

PHEP

Public Health Emergency Preparedness Program

REGN-EB3

Regeneron Ebola Therapeutic

SLTT

State, Local, Tribal, Territorial

UNSCR 1540

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540

USAID

United States Agency for International Development

USDA

United States Department of Agriculture

USG

United States Government

UTR

Underground Transport Restoration

WHO

World Health Organization

WMDD

Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate​



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