| WNV | West Nile virus |
| WNF | West Nile fever |
| WNND | West Nile neuroinvasive disease |
| WNM | West Nile meningitis |
| WNE | West Nile encephalitis |
| WNP | West Nile poliomyelitis |
| NAATs | Nucleic acid amplification tests |
| qRT-PCR | Quantitative reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction |
| CSF | Cerebrospinal fluid |
| LMIC | Low- and middle-income countries |
| DETECTR | DNA endonuclease-targeted CRISPR trans reporter |
| CRISPR | Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats |
| Cas | CRISPR-associated |
| RPA | Recombinase polymerase amplification |
| RT-RPA | Reverse transcription–recombinase polymerase amplification |
| PAM | Protospacer-adjacent motif |
| gRNA | Guide RNA |
| LFA | Lateral flow assay |
| LoD | Limit of detection |
| SARS-CoV-2 | Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 |
| HPV | Human papilloma viruses |
| IAV | Influenza A virus |
| IBV | Influenza B virus |
| SFTSV | Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus |
| JEV | Japanese encephalitis virus |
| SEOV | Seoul virus |
| DENV | Dengue virus |
| ZIKV | Zika virus |
| PFU | Plaque-forming unit |
| CFU | Colony-forming unit |