Zoonoses - Any disease that can be transmitted from vertebrate animals to humans.⏎
Virus - An infectious agent that is only capable of replicating itself inside the living cells of other organisms.⏎
Tissue Culture - The process by which tissues are intentionally grown under controlled conditions.⏎
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.⏎
Suburbanization - The process of land conversion and development around the periphery of major cities.⏎