| ACDP
|
Advisory
Committee on Dangerous Pathogens |
| ARC
|
Agricultural
Research Council (later the Agriculture and Food Research Council (AFRC)
and then the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
(BBSRC)) |
| BSE
|
Bovine
Spongiform Encephalopathy |
| CDSC
|
Communicable
Disease Surveillance Centre |
| CJD
|
Creutzfeldt-Jakob
Disease |
| CJDSU
|
CJD
Surveillance Unit |
| CMO
|
Chief
Medical Officer |
| CSM
|
Committee
on Safety of Medicines |
| CT
|
Computerised
Axial Tomography |
| CVL
|
Central
Veterinary Laboratory |
| DANI
|
Department
of Agriculture for Northern Ireland |
| DCMO
|
Deputy
Chief Medical Officer |
| DH
|
Department
of Health |
| DHSS
|
Department
of Health and Social Security |
| EEG
|
Electroencephalogram
|
| GP
|
General
Practitioner |
| GSS
|
Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker
syndrome, also called Gerstmann-Sträussler Syndrome |
| hGH
|
Human
Growth Hormone |
| HLA
|
Human
Leukocyte Antigens |
| LSHTM
|
London
School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine |
| MAFF
|
Ministry
of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food |
| MRC
|
Medical
Research Council |
| MRI
|
Magnetic
Resonance Imaging |
| NPU
|
Neuropathogenesis
Unit |
| OPCS
|
Office
of Population Censuses and Surveys |
| PHLS
|
Public
Health Laboratory Service |
| PrP
|
Prion
protein |
| PRNP
|
The
prion protein gene |
| SEAC
|
Spongiform
Encephalopathy Advisory Committee |
| SOAEFD
|
Scottish
Office Agriculture, Environment and Fisheries Department |
| SSPE
|
Subacute
sclerosing panencephalitis |
| TME
|
Transmissible
Mink Encephalopathy |
| TSE
|
Transmissible
Spongiform Encephalopathy |
| vCJD
|
Variant
CJD |
