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  • A.S.L. - above sea level
  • AA - Aedes albopictus cell culture
  • ACAV - American Committee on Arthropod-borne Viruses
  • ad - adult
  • AF - ascitic fluid
  • ag - antigen
  • AGD - agar gel diffusion
  • AGDP - agar gel diffusion and precipitation
  • AHRC - Arctic Health Research Center
  • AL - Alabama
  • al. c. - allantoic cavity
  • am. s. - amniotic sac
  • An - animal
  • APEG - Area de Pesquisas Ecologicas do Guama
  • AR - Argentina
  • Ar - arthropod
  • ara-C - Cytosine arabinoside
  • AS - Australia
  • AST - Average survival time
  • AZ - Arizona
  • BAPS - bovine albumin in phosphate-buffered saline
  • Be - Belem, Brazil
  • BUDR - 5-bromo-2-deoxyuridine
  • BUMED - Bureau of Medicine
  • C - Centigrade
  • CA - California
  • CAC - chorioallantoic cavity
  • CAF - chorioallantoic fluid
  • CAM - chorioallantoic membrane
  • Cay - Cayenne, French Guiana
  • CDC - Centers for Disease Control (previously Communicable Disease Center), USA
  • CE - chick embryo
  • CEC - chick embryo cell cultures
  • CF - complement-fixation
  • (CL) - cell line
  • CNS - central nervous system
  • CO - Colorado
  • CPE - cytopathic effect
  • CSF - cerebrospinal fluid
  • CSIRO - The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
  • CT - Connecticut
  • CZ - Czechoslovakia
  • Dak - Dakar, Senegal
  • DE - Duck embryo
  • dex - order of magnitude to base 10
  • ds - double-stranded
  • DVBVD - Division of Vector-Borne Viral Diseases
  • E. - east
  • EAVRI - East African Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda
  • Eg - Egypt
  • EID50 - egg infective dose, 50% endpoint
  • ELISA - enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
  • EM - electron mycroscopy
  • EMC - encephalomyocarditis (virus)
  • ERC - Epidemiology Research Center, Tampa, Florida
  • FL - Florida
  • FSESP - Fundacao Servico Especial de Saude Publica
  • GA - Georgia
  • GE - goose embryo
  • GP - guinea pig
  • H - human being
  • HA - hemagglutinin/hemagglutination
  • HB - hamster brain
  • HFRS - hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome
  • HI - hemagglutination-inhibition
  • HIAF - hyperimmune ascitic fluid
  • Ho - homologous
  • hr - hour
  • Ht - heterologous
  • I - Iran
  • IA - Iowa
  • IAN - Instituto Agronomico do Norte
  • Ib - Ibadan, Nigeria
  • ic - intracerebral
  • ICLD50 - intracerebral lethal dose, 50% endpoint
  • IEC - Instituto Evandro Chagas
  • IF - immunofluorescence
  • IFA - immunofluorescent assay
  • IG - India
  • IL - Illinois
  • im - intramuscular
  • IMS - immune mouse serum
  • IN - Indiana
  • in - intranasal
  • ip - intraperitoneal
  • IPEAN - Instituto de Pesquisas e Experimentacao Agropecuarias do Norte
  • IUDR - 5-iodo-2-deoxyuridine
  • iv - intravenous
  • JCSMR - John Curtin School for Medical Research
  • JEVRU - Japanese Encephalitis Vector Research Unit
  • juv - juvenile
  • kg - kilogram(s)
  • km - kilometer(s)
  • L.I. - Long Island
  • LD50 - lethal dose, 50% endpoint
  • LEIV - Laboratory for Ecology, Institute of Virology
  • LNI - log neutralization index
  • (LV) - lower vertebrates
  • (M) - man
  • MA - Massachusetts
  • Mal - Malaysia
  • MARU - Middle America Research Unit, Panama
  • MB - mouse brain
  • MD - Maryland
  • MGL - Medical General Laboratory, Japan
  • MI - metabolic inhibition
  • MIAF - mouse immune ascitic fluid
  • min - minute(s)
  • MN - Minnesota
  • MO - Missouri
  • mo - month(s)
  • MP - mosquito pool
  • MT - Montana
  • MW - molecular weight(s)
  • N. - north
  • N. S. W. - New South Wales
  • N.Y. - New York
  • NAMRU - Naval Medical Research Unit
  • nb - newborn
  • ND - not done
  • NE - northeast
  • nh - newly hatched
  • NIAID - National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
  • NIH - National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
  • NJ - New Jersey
  • nm - nanometers
  • NNW - north northwest
  • NT - neutralization test
  • NV - Nevada
  • NW - northwest
  • OH - Ohio
  • P - passage
  • Pan - Panama
  • (PC) - primary culture
  • PEG - polethylene glycol
  • PFU - plaque-forming unit
  • pi - post infection
  • PRNT - plaque-reduction neutralization test
  • QIMR - Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia
  • (R) - reported
  • R.H. - relative humidity
  • R.P. - Republic of Panama
  • RBC - red blood cells
  • RFVL - Rockefeller Foundation Virus Laboratory, New York, New York
  • RML - Rocky Mountain Laboratory, Hamilton, Montana
  • RNP - ribonucleoprotein
  • RT - room temperature
  • S - Svedberg units; expresses sedimentation coefficient
  • (S) - significant
  • S. - south
  • SA - South Africa
  • SALS - Subcommittee on Arbovirus Laboratory Safety
  • sc - subcutaneous
  • SDC - sodium deoxycholate
  • SE - southeast
  • SEAS - Subcommittee on Evaluation of Arthropod-Borne Status
  • sg - salivary glands
  • SH - suckling hamster(s)
  • SHB - suckling hamster brain
  • SIRACA - Subcommittee on Interrelationships Among Catalogued Arboviruses
  • SM - suckling mouse
  • SMB - suckling mouse brain
  • SMNT - suckling mouse neutralizatin test
  • SSR - Soviet Socialist Republic
  • Sud - Sudan
  • SW - southwest
  • T - tick
  • TC - tissue culture
  • TCD50 - tissue culture dose, 50% endpoint
  • TCID50 - tissue culture infective dose, 50% endpoint
  • TOT - transovarial transmission
  • TRVL - Trinidad Regional Virus Laboratory, Port of Spain, Trinidad
  • U.S.I.S. - United States Information Service
  • UAR - United Arab Republic
  • UC ICMR - University of California International Center for Medical Research, San Francisco, California
  • UG - Uganda
  • USA - United States of America
  • USSR - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
  • UVL - ultraviolet light
  • V - Vero
  • VAD - virus adjusting diluent
  • VRC - Virus Research Centre, Poona, India
  • W. - west
  • WI - Wisconsin
  • wk - week(s)
  • wn - weanling
  • YARU - Yale Arbovirus Research Unit, New Haven, Connecticut
  • yg - young
  • ys - yolk sac
 

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