CDC	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CMV	Cytomegalovirus
COBRA	Computational Optimized Broadly Reactive Antigen
CRISPR	Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats
ddPCR	Droplet Digital PCR
EIOS	Epidemic Intelligence from Open Sources
ELISA	Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
EOCs	Emergency Operations Centers
FDA	US Food and Drug Administration
GDD	Global Disease Detection
GISAID	Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data
GISRS	Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System
GPHIN	Global Public Health Intelligence Network
gRNAs	Guide RNAs
HEIs	Higher Education Institutions
HSV	Herpes Simplex Virus
IHR	International Health Regulations
JAK	Janus kinase
LFA	Lateral Flow Assay
LMICs	Low- and Middle-Income Countries
LNP-mRNA	Lipid Nanoparticle mRNA
mAbs	Monoclonal Antibodies
MERS	Middle East Respiratory Syndrome
MoHP	Ministry of Health and Population
MPXV	Monkeypox Virus
NGS	Next-Generation Sequencing
NPIs	Non-pharmaceutical Interventions
PHEIC	Public Health Emergency of International Concern
POC	Point-of-Care
ProMED	Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases
PV	Poliovirus
RNA	Ribonucleic Acid
RT-LAMP	Reverse Transcription Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification
RT–qPCR	Quantitative Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction
SARS-CoV	Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus
WBS	Wastewater-Based Surveillance