Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

Koch's third postulate states that when a pathogen from the pure culture is placed in a healthy host, it __________.

  1. must cause the disease

  2. must cure the disease

  3. must stop an epidemic

  4. must spread the disease to other organisms while not infecting the host
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Explanation

Koch's third postulate states that the pathogen must be isolated from a diseased host and grown in pure culture, then when introduced into a healthy host, it must cause the same disease. This establishes the microbe as the causative agent.

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