The timeless legacy of Robert Koch

Tyagi, Jaya S. (2006) The timeless legacy of Robert Koch Resonance - Journal of Science Education, 11 (9). pp. 20-28. ISSN 0971-8044

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Abstract

Robert Koch was a German physician and scientist who I made wide-ranging contributions to the study of infectious diseases. He is credited with developing medical microbiology as a new and independent discipline. He is most j renowned for deciphering the etiology of tuberculosis (TB), anthrax and cholera. He laid down rigorous guidelines for establishing the link between a pathogen and a particular disease that came to be known as Koch’s postulates. To this day these postulates serve as benchmarks in the study of infectious diseases.

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Keywords:Koch’s postulates; Tuberculosis; Anthrax; Medical Microbiology
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