| ANMAT | Administración Nacional de Medicamentos, Alimentos y Tecnología Médica |
| ANOVA | analysis of variance |
| ATCC | American Type Culture Collection |
| AUC | area under the curve |
| BDS | Guangzhou BDS Biological Technology Co., Ltd. |
| CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| CHIKV | Chikungunya virus |
| CI | confidence interval |
| CLSI | Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute |
| CMV | Cytomegalovirus |
| Ct | cycle threshold |
| CV | coefficient of variation |
| DENV | Dengue virus |
| EBV | Epstein–Barr virus |
| eNCM | DENV-negative biological matrix |
| FAM | 6-carboxyfluorescein |
| Flu A | Influenza A H1N109 |
| Flu B | Influenza B |
| HBV | Hepatitis B virus |
| HCV | Hepatitis C virus |
| HIV-1 | Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 |
| HSV-1 | Herpes simplex virus type 1 |
| HSV-2 | Herpes simplex virus type 2 |
| IC | internal control |
| IS | interfering substance |
| IVD | in vitro diagnostic medical device |
| LoD | limit of detection |
| NAAT | nucleic acid amplification technology |
| OLS | ordinary least squares |
| PCR | polymerase chain reaction |
| PFU | plaque-forming unit |
| qPCR | quantitative PCR |
| ROC | receiver operating characteristic |
| RT-PCR | reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction |
| SD | standard deviation |
| SLEV | St. Louis encephalitis virus |
| UDG | uracil-DNA glycosylase |
| VIC | proprietary fluorescent dye used for internal-control detection |
| VZV | Varicella-zoster virus |
| WNV | West Nile virus |
| YFV | Yellow fever virus |
| ZIKV | Zika virus |