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Appendix A: List of acronyms
- ANSI
- American National Standards Institute
- C
- residual concentration of disinfectant
- CT
- product of residual concentration of disinfectant (C) and disinfectant contact time (T)
- DALY
- disability adjusted life year
- DBP
- disinfection by-product
- DNA
- deoxyribonucleic acid
- EPA
- Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.)
- HAV
- hepatitis A virus
- HEV
- hepatitis E virus
- ISO
- International Organization for Standardization
- LT2ESWTR
- Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (U.S.)
- LYL
- life years lost
- NSF
- NSF International
- PCR
- polymerase chain reaction
- QMRA
- quantitative microbial risk assessment
- q-PCR
- quantitative polymerase chain reaction
- RNA
- ribonucleic acid
- SARS
- severe acute respiratory syndrome
- T
- disinfectant contact time
- UV
- ultraviolet
- WHO
- World Health Organization
- YLD
- years lived with disability