A spirit of scientific rigour: Koch's postulates in twentieth-century medicine

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 885-892

  Gradmann, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Disease causation; Koch's postulates; Medical microbiology

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICIAN; SHORT SURVEY; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; WRITING; HISTORY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84919464318     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2014.08.012     Document Type: Short Survey

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