| AUC | Area under the curve |
| AUCFPR | Area under the curve restricted to the false positive rates |
| CI | Confidence interval |
| CRISPR | Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats |
| DBEI | Dot blot enzyme immunoassay |
| DFAT | Direct fluorescent antibody test |
| DOR | Diagnostic likelihood ratio |
| DRIHT | Direct rapid immunohistochemical test |
| ELISA | Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |
| FAVNT | Fluorescent antibody virus neutralization test |
| FN | False negatives |
| FP | False positives |
| ICA | Immunochromatographic assay |
| INPLASY | International Platform of Registered Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Protocols |
| IHT | Immunohistochemical tests |
| IIFT | Indirect immunofluorescence test |
| IPIA | Immunoperoxidase inhibition assay |
| IPT | Immunoperoxidase tests |
| LAT | Latex agglutination test |
| LF | Lateral flow |
| LR− | Negative likelihood ratio |
| LR+ | Positive likelihood ratio |
| MeSH | Medical subject headings |
| MIT | Mouse inoculation test |
| NCBI | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
| NGS | Next generation sequencing |
| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses |
| RTCIT | Rabies tissue culture infection test |
| RFFIT | Rapid fluorescent focus inhibition test |
| RIA | Rapid immunodiagnostic assay |
| RIT | Rapid immunochromatographic tests |
| RNA | Ribonucleic Acid |
| RNAT | Rapid neutralizing antibody test |
| RT-LAMP | Loop-mediated isothermal amplification |
| RT-PCR | Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction |
| RT-qPCR | Reverse transcription real-time polymerase chain reaction |
| RT-RPA | Reverse transcription recombinase polymerase amplification |
| Se | Sensibility |
| Sp | Specificity |
| sROC | Summary receiver operating characteristics |
| TN | True negatives |
| TP | True positives |
| WHO | World Health Organization |