| CHIKV | Chikungunya virus |
| NGS | Next-generation sequencing |
| TGS | Third-generation sequencing |
| ONT | Oxford Nanopore Technologies |
| WGS | Whole-genome sequencing |
| ECSA | East/Central/South African |
| SNV | Single-nucleotide variant |
| UTR | Untranslated region |
| RT-PCR | Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction |
| Ct | Cycle threshold |
| CDS | Coding sequence |