| ABPI |
Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
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| ACNFP |
UK Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes
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| AIDS |
Acquired immune-deficiency syndrome
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| AMM |
UK Association of Medical Microbiologists
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| APUA |
Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics
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| ARM |
WHO Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring programme
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| BBSRC |
UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
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| BMA |
British Medical Association
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| BPMF |
British Poultry Meat Federation
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| BSAC |
British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
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| CCDC |
Consultant in Communicable Disease Control
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| CDC |
US Centers for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention
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| CDSC |
UK Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre
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| CVL |
UK Central Veterinary Laboratory
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| DH | UK Department of Health
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| DOT |
Directly-observed therapy
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| EMC |
WHO Division of Emerging and other Communicable Diseases Surveillance and Control
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| EU | European Union
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| FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization
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| FDA |
US Food and Drug Administration
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| FEDESA |
Fédération Européenne de la Santé Animale
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| FSIS |
US Food Safety Inspection Service
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| GMO |
Genetically modified organism
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| GP | General practitioner (family doctor)
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| HACCP |
Hazard Analysis at Critical Control Points
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| HIV |
Human immune-deficiency virus
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| HMO |
Health management organisation
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| ICARE |
Intensive Care Antibiotic Resistance Epidemiology
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| ICNA |
UK Infection Control Nurses Association
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| IT | Information technology
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| MAFF |
UK Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
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| MDR-TB |
Multi-drug resistant tuberculosis
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| MRC |
UK Medical Research Council
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| MRSA |
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
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| NCCLS |
US National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards
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| NHS |
UK National Health Service
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| NIAID |
US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
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| NIBSC |
UK National Institute for Biological Standards and Control
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| NIH |
US National Institutes of Health
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| NOAH |
UK National Office of Animal Health Ltd
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| NNIS |
US National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance
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| OST |
UK Office of Science and Technology
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| OSTP |
US Office of Science and Technology Policy
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| OTC |
Over the counter
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| PhRMA |
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
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| PHLS |
UK Public Health Laboratory Service
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| POM |
Prescription-only medicine
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| POST |
Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology
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| PPA |
UK Prescription Pricing Authority
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| ppm |
Parts per million
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| PRP |
Penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae
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| RCGP |
Royal College of General Practitioners
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| SKB |
SmithKline Beecham
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| TB | Tuberculosis
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| UKASTA |
UK Agricultural Supply Trade Association
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| VISA |
Vancomycin intermediate-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
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| VLA |
UK Veterinary Laboratories Agency
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| VMD |
UK Veterinary Medicines Directorate
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| VRE |
Vancomycin-resistant enterococcus
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| VRSA |
Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
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| WHO |
World Health Organization
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