| BVDV | bovine viral diarrhea virus |
| CHIKV | Chikungunya virus |
| CRISPR | clusters of regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats |
| CSFV | classical swine fever virus |
| DENV | Dengue virus |
| dsRBD | double-stranded RNA-binding domain |
| FMDV | foot and mouth disease viruses |
| gRNA | genomic RNA |
| HA2 | helicase-associated domain 2 |
| HCC | hepatocellular carcinoma |
| HCV | hepatitis C virus |
| HEV | hepatitis E virus |
| HIV-1 | human immunodeficiency virus type 1 |
| HTLV-1 | human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 |
| JEV | Japanese encephalitis virus |
| mDCs | myeloid dendritic cells |
| MTAD | minimal transactivation domain |
| NF-κB | nuclear factor kappa B |
| N protein | nucleocapsid protein |
| NC | nucleocapsid |
| NLS/NES | nuclear localization/export signal |
| NDH II | Nuclear DNA Helicase II |
| NS1 | non-structural protein 1 |
| OB-fold | oligonucleotide/oligosaccharide-binding fold |
| ORF | open reading frame |
| PABP | poly(A) binding protein |
| PRRSV | porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus |
| RHA | RNA helicase A |
| RNAP II | RNA polymerase II |
| RRE | Rev response RNA element |
| RTC | replication and transcription complex |
| siRNA | small interfering RNA |
| SF2 | superfamily 2 |
| sgmRNA | subgenomic mRNA |
| -sscDNA | minus-strand strong-stop cDNA |
| ssRNA | single-stranded RNA |
| TAR | trans-activation response |
| Tev | Tat–Env–Rev fusion protein |
| UTR | untranslated region |
| WNV | West Nile virus |
| YFV | yellow fever virus |
| ZIKV | Zika virus |