| APTEC | Aptamer-Tethered Enzyme Capture |
| ASSURED | Affordable, Sensitive, Specific, User-friendly, Rapid and Robust, Equipment-free, and Deliverable |
| ATP | Adenosine Triphosphate |
| AuNP | Gold Nanoparticle |
| CMOS | Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor |
| CDs | Carbon Dots |
| DAMP | Damage-Associated Molecular Pattern |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| DXP | 1-deoxy-D-xylulose-5-phosphate |
| DXR | 1-deoxy-D-xylulose-5-phosphate reductoisomerase |
| DXS | 1-deoxy-D-xylulose-5-phosphate synthase |
| EC | Enzyme Commission |
| EgFET | Extended Gate Field-Effect Transistor |
| EIS | Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy |
| ELISA | Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay |
| ELONA | Enzyme-Linked Oligonucleotide Assay |
| EMSA | Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay |
| FAM | Fluorescein Amidite |
| FET | Field-Effect Transistor |
| FNR | Ferredoxin-NADP Reductase |
| FRET | Förster Resonance Energy Transfer |
| G3P | Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate |
| GDH | Glutamate dehydrogenase |
| GTP | Guanosine Triphosphate |
| HDL | High-density lipoprotein |
| HMGB1 | High mobility group box 1 protein |
| hGDH | Human Glutamate Dehydrogenase |
| hLDH | Human Lactate Dehydrogenase |
| HRP2 | Histidine-Rich Protein 2 |
| IEs | Infected Erythrocytes |
| IPP | Isopentenyl Pyrophosphate |
| ISFET | Ion-Sensitive Field-Effect Transistor |
| I-SELEX | Inertial Microfluidic SELEX |
| ITC | Isothermal Titration Calorimetry |
| kDa | Kilodalton |
| Km | Michaelis constant |
| LAMP | Loop-mediated isothermal amplification |
| LDH | Lactate dehydrogenase |
| LDL | Low-density lipoprotein |
| LM | Light microscopy |
| LLOD | Lower Limit of Detection |
| LOD | Limit of Detection |
| LSPR | Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance |
| MCH | Mercaptohexanol |
| MEP | Methylerythritol Phosphate |
| MRR | Magnetic Resonance Relaxometry |
| NAD+ | Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide |
| NADH | Reduced Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide |
| NADP+ | Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Phosphate |
| NADPH | Reduced Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Phosphate |
| NG3 | Name of an aptamer specific against PfGDH |
| NTB | Nitro Tetrazolium Blue chloride |
| PCR | Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| PDB | Protein Data Bank |
| Pf | Plasmodium falciparum |
| PfGDH | Plasmodium falciparum Glutamate Dehydrogenase |
| PfHMGB1 | Plasmodium falciparum High mobility group box 1 protein |
| PfHRP2 | Plasmodium falciparum Histidine-Rich Protein 2 |
| PfLDH | Plasmodium falciparum Lactate Dehydrogenase |
| pLDH | Plasmodium Lactate Dehydrogenase |
| POC | Point of Care |
| pRBC | Parasitized Red Blood Cell |
| PvLDH | Plasmodium vivax Lactate Dehydrogenase |
| QCM | Quartz Crystal Microbalance |
| RBC | Red Blood Cell |
| RCA | Rolling Circle Amplification |
| RDTs | Rapid Diagnostic Tests |
| REEAD | Rolling Circle-Enhanced Enzyme Activity Detection |
| RNA | Ribonucleic Acid |
| RT-PCR | Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| SELEX | Systematic Evolution of Ligands by Exponential Enrichment |
| SERS | Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering |
| SPR | Surface Plasmon Resonance |
| SPP | Surface Plasmon Polariton |
| ssDNA | Single-Stranded DNA |
| TAAG | Triacylglyceride |
| TLR4 | Toll-Like Receptor 4 |
| TNF-α | Tumor Necrosis Factor alpha |
| WHO | World Health Organization |