| GAS | Group A Streptococcus |
| GAC | Group A Carbohydrate |
| SLO | Streptolysin O |
| LMICs | Low- and Middle-income Countries |
| RHD | Rheumatic Hearth Disease |
| GlcNAc | N-acetylglucosamine |
| PS | Polysaccharide |
| SDS-PAGE | Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis |
| MW | Molecular Weight |
| HPLC-SEC | High Performance Liquid Chromatography–Size Exclusion Chromatography |
| i.p. | Intraperitoneally |
| DSC | Differential Scanning Calorimetry |
| FACS | Flow cytometry |
| DoE | Design of Experiment |
| RT | Room Temperature |
| Rha | Rhamnose |
| HPAEC-PAD | Anion Exchange Chromatography coupled with Pulsed Amperometric Detection |
| TFF | Tangential Flow Filtration |
| ELISA | Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |