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. 2026 Mar 11;16(6):830. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics16060830
AHRI Armauer Hansen Research Institute
ARI Acute Respiratory Infections
AUC Arear Under Curve
CDC Center for Disease Control
CI Confidence Interval
COVID-19  Coronavirus Disease 2019
CRP C-Reactive Protein
CT Cycle Threshold
FIA Fluorescence immunoassay
ILI Influenza-like Illness
IQR Inter Quartile Range
LFA Lateral Flow Assay
LRTI Lower Respiratory Tract Infection
ML MobiLab 
MxA Myxovirus Resistance Protein A
NP Nucleoprotein
NPS Nasopharyngeal Swab
NPV Negative Predictive Value
POCT Point-of-care Test
PPV Positive Predictive Value
RDT Rapid Diagnostic Test
RNA Ribo Nucleic Acid
RSV Respiratory Syncytial Virus
Flu A Influenza virus A
Flu B Influenza virus B
RSV A Respiratory syncytial virus A
RSV B respiratory syncytial virus B
ROC Receiver Operating Characteristics
rRT-qPCR Real-Time Reverse Transcription Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction
SARS-CoV-2 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus 2
VTM Viral Transport Medium