| HPV | Human papillomavirus |
| USD | United States Dollar |
| pRB | Retinoblastoma protein |
| IFN | Interferon |
| cGAS-STING | Cyclic GMP-AMP synthase–stimulator of interferon genes |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| WoSCC | Web of Science Core Collection |
| COVID-19 | Coronavirus disease 2019 |
| NIH | National Institutes of Health |
| NCI | National Cancer Institute |
| IRF-3 | Interferon Regulatory Factor 3 |
| IRF-1 | Interferon Regulatory Factor 1 |
| Tyk2 | Tyrosine kinase 2 |
| STAT-1 | Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 1 |
| Th2 | Helper T cell 2 |
| TLR7 | Toll-like receptor 7 |
| Th1 | Helper T cell 1 |
| JAK | Janus kinases |
| NF-κB | Nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells |
| PCR | Polymerase chain reaction |
| CRISPR | Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats |
| VLPs | Virus-like particles |