| AMR | Antimicrobial Resistance |
| BDRD | Biological Defense Research Directorate |
| CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| DENV | Dengue Virus |
| DoW | Department of War |
| GEIS | Global Emerging Infections Surveillance |
| GISAID | Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data |
| GISRS | Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System |
| MMS Americas | Malaria Molecular Surveillance network |
| NAMRU SOUTH | U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit SOUTH |
| NGS | Next-Generation Sequencing |
| ONT | Oxford Nanopore Technologies |
| OROV | Oropouche Virus |
| PCR | Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| SISPA | Sequence-Independent, Single Primer Amplification |
| SOUTHCOM | U.S. Southern Command |
| ST | Sequence Type |
| STI | Sexually Transmitted Infection |
| SWGA | Selective Whole-Genome Amplification |
| ToT | Training-of-Trainers |
| USAFSAM | U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine |
| VBD | Vector-Borne Disease |
| VRBPAC | Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee |
| WGS | Whole Genome Sequencing |