POC |
Point-of-Care |
ASSURED |
Affordable, Sensitive, Specific, User-friendly, Rapid and Robust, Equipment-free, and Deliverable to end-users |
WHO |
World Health Organization |
PCR |
Polymerase Chain Reaction |
RT-PCR |
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction |
LAMP |
Loop-mediated isothermal amplification |
NASBA |
Nucleic acid sequence-based amplification |
TMA |
Transcription-mediated amplification |
NAT |
Nucleic acid testing |
NGS |
Next-generation sequencing |
mNGS |
Metagenomic Next-generation sequencing |
SNPs |
Single nucleotide polymorphisms |
CSF |
Cerebrospinal fluid |
IBMA |
Isolate-based mixture assessment |
HPLC |
High-Performance Liquid Chromatography |
QCM |
Quartz crystal microbalance |
SAW |
Surface acoustic wave |
ELISA |
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |
SPR |
Surface plasmon resonance |
EIS |
Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy |
WGM |
Whispering Gallery Mode |
TIR |
Total Internal Reflection |
LFIA |
Lateral Flow Immunoassay |
RPA |
Isothermal recombinase polymerase amplification |
EHEC |
Enterohemorrhagic E. coli
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HRP |
Horseradish peroxidase |
AST |
Antibiotic susceptibility testing |
MIC |
Minimum inhibitory concentration |
ESBL |
Extended-spectrum β-lactamase |
CRE |
Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae |
VRE |
Vancomycin-resistant enterococci |