| T cells | T lymphocytes |
| B cells | B lymphocytes |
| NK cells | Natural killer cells |
| SARS-CoV-2 | Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 |
| EBOV | Ebola virus |
| HIV | Human immunodeficiency virus |
| MERS-CoV | Middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus |
| SARS-CoV | Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus |
| FIPV | Feline infectious peritonitis virus |
| CCoV | Canine coronavirus |
| ECoV | Equine coronavirus |
| SIV | Simian im-munodeficiency virus |
| BLV | Bovine leukemia virus |
| MARV | Marburg virus |
| BDBV | Bun-dibugyo virus |
| IAV | Influenza A virus |
| MV | Measles virus |
| HPIV3 | Human parainfluenza virus type 3 |
| CDV | Canine distemper virus |
| PPRV | Peste des petits ruminants virus |
| RSV | Respiratory syncytial virus |
| PRRSV | Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus |
| FMDV | Foot-and-mouth disease virus |
| SVV | Seneca Valley virus |
| CSFV | Classical swine fever virus |
| HCV | Hepatitis C virus |
| BDV | Border disease virus |
| DENV | Dengue Virus |
| WNV | West Nile virus |
| BVDV | Bovine viral diarrhoea virus |
| HNoV | Human no-rovirus |
| RHDV | Rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus |
| FCV | Feline calicivirus |
| LCMV | Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus |
| CHIKV | Chikungunya virus |
| ASFV | African swine fever virus |
| PCV-2 | Porcine circovirus type 2 |
| CMV | Cytomegalovirus |
| MDV | Marek’s disease virus |
| HSV | Herpes simplex virus |
| FPV | Feline parvovirus |
| CPV | Canine parvovirus |
| CTL | Cytotoxic T lymphocyte |
| ADCC | Antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity |
| AICD | Activation-induced cell death |
| TCR | T cell receptor |
| DC | Dendritic cell |
| pDCs | Plasmacytoid dendritic cells |
| TUNEL | TdT-mediated dUTP nick-end labeling |
| TRAIL | TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand |
| CD95L | CD95 ligand |
| IFNs | Interferons |
| HPC | Haematopoietic precursor cells |
| APCs | Antigen presenting cells |
| CTLA-4 | Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 |
| PD-1 | Programmed death 1 |
| TIGIT | T cell immunoreceptor with Ig and ITIM domains |
| LAG-3 | Lym-phocyte activation gene-3 |
| Tim-3 | T cell immunoglobulin mucin 3 |
| PI3K | phosphoinositide 3-kinase |
| ERK | Extracellular-signal regulated kinase |
| PLCγ | Phosphoinositide phospholipase C-γ |
| IGF1 | Insulin-like growth factor 1 |
| ICU | Intensive care unit. |