Strain - A genetic variant or specific subtype of a microorganism, such as a virus or bacteria.⏎
Sterilization - The process of destroying all forms of life, including infectious agents, from a surface, fluid, or biological medium with the use of heat, chemicals, irradiation, high pressure, filtration, or some combination of these methods.⏎
Zoonoses - Any disease that can be transmitted from vertebrate animals to humans.⏎
Symptom - A subjective indication of the presence of disease or a departure from the body’s normal state of functioning.⏎