Principia ætiologica: Taking causality beyond Koch's postulates

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1419-1422

  Inglis, Timothy J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM; CHOLERA; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INNATE IMMUNITY; MELIOIDOSIS; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION;

CAUSALITY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES;

EID: 36448974114     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47179-0     Document Type: Review

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