| AgNP-Citr | Citrate stabilized silver nanoparticles |
| AgNP-LL | Silver nanoparticles synthesized according to Leopold and Lendl |
| ASO | Antisense oligonucleotides |
| FRET | Fluorescence resonance energy transfer |
| HxNy | Abbreviation of influenza subtype, namely, hemagglutinin subtype x (1 or 5) and neuraminidase subtype y (1) |
| HA | Hemagglutinin |
| HAU | Hemagglutination unit |
| HIV | Human immunodeficiency virus |
| pfu | Plaque forming unit |
| PCR | Polymerase chain reaction |
| LFIA | Lateral flow immunochromatographic assays |
| LOD | Limit of detection |
| SERS | Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy |
| VP | Viral particle |