6-MCH	6-mercapto-1-hexanol
AP65	adhesion protein 65
APTEC	aptamer-tethered enzyme capture
ARMD	age-related macular degeneration
AuNPs	gold nanoparticles
AUR	amplex ultra red
BSA	bovine serum albumin
CL	cutaneous leishmaniasis
CTAB	cationic surfactant hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide
dCTP	deoxycytidine triphosphate
DEAE	diethylaminoethyl
DSM	DEAE-cellulose surface modified
dUTP	deoxyuridine triphosphate
ELAA	enzyme linked aptamer assay
ELASA	enzyme linked apta-sorbent assay
ELISA	enzyme linked immunosorbent assay
EMSA	electrophoretic mobility shift assay
FAM	fluorescein amidites
FDA	food and drug administration
FET	field effect transistor
FLASH	fluorescent assay sensor handheld
FRET	fluorescence resonance energy transfer
GNPS-SPCE	gold nanoparticles-modified screen-printed carbon electrode
GO	graphene oxide
HBsAg	hepatitis B surface antigen
IDμE	inter-digitated gold microelectrode
ITC	isothermal titration calorimetry
LDH	lactate dehydrogenase
LOD	limits of detection
ML	mucous leishmaniasis
MMP	magnetic microparticles
NTB	nitrotetrazolium blue chloride
PAH	poly Allylamine Hydrochloride
PCR	polymerase chain reaction
PDDA	poly (diallyldimethylammonium chloride)
PEG	polyethylene glycol
PfGDH	P. falciparum glutamate dehydrogenase
PfLDH	P. falciparum lactate dehydrogenase
PRISMA	preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses
PVDF	polyvinylidene difluoride
PvLDH	P. vivax lactate dehydrogenase
QD	quantum dots
RDT	rapid diagnostic test
rHSP	recombinant hydrophilic surface protein
rLiH3	recombinant L. infantum H3
rROP18	recombinant rhoptry protein 18
SELEX	systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment
SPR	surface plasmon resonance
ss	single stranded
TEM	transmission electron microscopy
TESA	trypomastigote excreted-secreted antigens
TnI	troponin I
VL	visceral leishmaniasis