| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyse |
| QUADAS-2 | Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies-2 |
| (RT-)(q-)PCR | (Reverse Transcriptase) (quantitative)Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| SARS(-CoV-19) | Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Coronavirus-2019) |
| DIF | Direct Immunofluorescence |
| NPS | Nasopharyngeal Swab |
| NTL | Naso-tragal Length |
| NA | Nasal Aspiration |
| NW | Nasal Wash |
| PROSPERO | International prospective register of systematic reviews |
| WHO | World Health Organisation |
| Rayyan QCRI | Rayyan Qatar Computing Research Institute |
| RevMan | Review Manager |
| 16S-rRNA | 16S-Ribosomal Ribonucleic Acid |