| 2,5-DHAP | 2,5-dihydroxyacetophenone |
| Ab/Abs | antibody/antibodies |
| AEC | addition of 3-amino-9-ethylcarbazole |
| APCs | antigen-presenting cells |
| AI | avidity index |
| CMV | cucumber mosaic virus |
| CP | capsid or coat protein |
| CuMV | cucumber mosaic virus-derived virus-like particles |
| CuMVTT | immunologically optimized cucumber mosaic virus-derived VLPs with incorporated universal Th-cell epitope from tetanus toxin |
| DENV | dengue virus |
| DLS | dynamic light scattering |
| DV1 EDIII | third domain of dengue virus 1 envelope protein |
| eGFP | enhanced green fluorescent protein |
| ELISA | enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |
| FRNT | focus reduction virus neutralization test |
| IB | inclusion bodies |
| MS | mass spectrometry |
| NAGE | native agarose gel electrophoresis |
| nCMV | N-terminal fragment of the cucumber mosaic virus capsid protein containing the functional R domain |
| ON | overnight |
| PADRE | universal synthetic non-natural Pan DR Epitope |
| PAMPs | pathogen-associated molecular patterns |
| PASPs | Pathogen-associated structural patterns |
| PMSF | phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride |
| RT | room temperature |
| SATA | N-succinimidyl S-acetylthioacetate |
| s.c. | subcutaneous |
| SDS-PAGE | sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis |
| SMPH | succinimidyl 6-((β-maleimidopropionamido) hexanoate |
| TEM | transmission electron microscopy |
| Th | T-cell help |
| Th cell | T-helper cell |
| TLR | toll-like receptor |
| TMB | tetramethylbenzidine |
| TT | tetanus toxin |
| VLPs | virus-like particles |
| WT | wild type |