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. 2021 Jan 5;22(1):456. doi: 10.3390/ijms22010456
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
HRP Horseradish peroxidase
AST Antibiotic susceptibility testing
MIC Minimum inhibitory concentration
ESBL Extended-spectrum β-lactamase
CRE Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae
VRE Vancomycin-resistant enterococci