| °C | Degree Celsius |
| µl | Microlitre |
| Ae. | Aedes |
| Bti | Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis |
| CDC | Centres for Disease Control and prevention |
| CHIKV | Chikungunya virus |
| CI | Cytoplasmic incompatibility |
| CRISPR | Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats |
| DDT | Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane |
| DENV | Dengue virus |
| DENV-1 | Dengue 1 virus |
| DENV-2 | Dengue 2 virus |
| DENV-3 | Dengue 3 virus |
| DENV-4 | Dengue 4 virus |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| EFSA | European Food Safety Authority |
| EIP | Entrinsic incubation period |
| ELISA | Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |
| FISH | Fluorescence in-situ hybridisation |
| g/ha | Gramme per hectare |
| Gb | Gigabases (= 109 base pairs; genome size unit) |
| GE | Genetically engineered |
| HEGs | Homing endonuclease genes |
| ICTV | International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses |
| IGR | Insect growth regulator |
| IIT | Incompatible insect technique |
| IRM | Insecticide resistance management |
| IRS | Indoor residual spraying |
| ISS | Indoor space-spraying |
| IVM | Integrated vector management |
| kdr | Knockdown resistance |
| km | Kilometre |
| LGT | Lateral gene transfer |
| LLIN | Long-lasting insecticidal netting |
| m | Metre |
| Mb | Megabases (= 106 base pairs; genome size unit) |
| MDT | Mean distance travelled |
| MEB | Midgut escape barrier |
| MG | Midgut |
| MIB | Midgut infection barrier |
| MITE | Miniature inverted repeat transposable element |
| ml | Millilitre |
| mm | Millimetre |
| NADH | Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide |
| ND4 | NADH dehydrogenase subunit 4 |
| NVA | Neovolcanic axis |
| PAHO | Pan American Health Organization |
| PCR | Polymerase chain reaction |
| piRNA | Piwi-interacting RNA (ribonucleic acid) |
| QTL | Quantitative trait locus [plural form: Q. t. loci] |
| RAPD | Random amplified polymorphic DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) |
| RFLP | Restriction fragment length polymorphism |
| RNAi | RNA (ribonucleic acid) interference |
| SIT | Sterile insect technique |
| SNP | Single nucleotide polymorphism |
| STS | Sequence-tagged site |
| TE | Transposable elements |
| UBH | Uriah Butler Highway (in Trinidad Island, Trinidad and Tobago) |
| VC | Vector competence |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| WHOPES | World Health Organization Pesticide Evaluation Scheme |
| YFV | Yellow fever virus |
| ZIKV | Zika virus |
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