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Koch's postulates  

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  • Koch's postulates, also known as Henle-Koch postulates, were published by Robert Koch in various forms between 1878 and 1884 to set forth a method of demonstrating that a bacillus causes a particular disease. These postulates follow the process that Koch went through in demonstrating that anthrax and tuberculosis bacilli cause disease. [Source: Encyclopedia of Epidemiology; Koch's Postulates]

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