| INDEL | Insertion/deletion |
| ITS | Internal transcribed spacer |
| IZSUM | Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Umbria e delle Marche “Togo Rosati” |
| MIC | Minimal inhibitory concentration |
| MSM | Men who have sex with men |
| NGS | Next-generation sequencing |
| PCR | Polymerase chain reaction |
| SNP | Single nucleotide polymorphism |
| SNV | Single nucleotide variant |
| SQLE | Squalene epoxidase gene |
| STI | Sexually transmissible infections |
| VCF | Variant Call Format |