| SARS | Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome |
|---|---|
| AART | American Association for Rehabilitation Therapy; American Association for Respiratory Therapy |
| AFRD | acute febrile respiratory disease |
| AFRI | acute febrile respiratory illness |
| AHRF | acute hypoxemic respiratory failure; American Hearing Research Foundation |
| birnaviridae infections | Virus diseases caused by the birnaviridae. (12 Dec 1998) |
|---|---|
| blastocystis infections | Infections with protozoa of the genus blastocystis. The species b. Hominis is responsible for most infections. Surveys have generally found small numbers of this species in human stools submitted for parasitologic studies, with higher positivity rates and organism numbers being reported in aids patients and patients with other immunosuppressive diseases. Symptoms include abdominal pain, diarrhoea, constipation, vomiting, and fatigue. (12 Dec 1998) |
| bordetella infections | Infections with bacteria of the genus bordetella. (12 Dec 1998) |
| borrelia infections | Infections with bacteria of the genus borrelia. (12 Dec 1998) |
| bowel infections | An infection, viral or bacterial, of the intestines. (27 Sep 1997) |
| bunyaviridae infections | Virus diseases caused by the bunyaviridae. (12 Dec 1998) |
| burkholderia infections | Infections with bacteria of the genus burkholderia. (12 Dec 1998) |
| caliciviridae infections | Virus diseases caused by caliciviridae. They include hepatitis e, vesicular exanthema of swine, acute respiratory infections in felines, rabbit haemorrhagic disease, and some cases of gastroenteritis in humans. (12 Dec 1998) |
| campylobacter infections | Infections with bacteria of the genus campylobacter. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cardiovirus infections | Infections caused by viruses of the genus cardiovirus, family picornaviridae. (12 Dec 1998) |
| papovaviridae infections | Virus diseases caused by the papovaviridae. This includes both papilloma virus infections and polyomavirus infections. (12 Dec 1998) |
| paramyxoviridae infections | Infections with viruses of the family paramyxoviridae. This includes morbillivirus infections, paramyxovirus infections, pneumovirus infections, and rubulavirus infections. (12 Dec 1998) |
| paramyxovirus infections | Infections with viruses of the genus paramyxovirus, family paramyxoviridae. Host cell infection occurs by adsorption, via haemagglutinin, to the cell surface. (12 Dec 1998) |
| mastigophora infections | Infections with protozoa of the subphylum mastigophora. (12 Dec 1998) |
| vibrio infections | Infections with bacteria of the genus vibrio. (12 Dec 1998) |