Robert Koch developed a set of criteria (postulates) for conclusively demonstrating the aetiology (specific cause) of an infectious disease. Which of the following is not a postulate?     The infectious agent must be isolated and cultured in vitro     The disease is reproduced when a pure culture of the infectious agent is inoculated into a new susceptible host     The infectious agent can be recovered from the experimentally-infected host     The infectious agent is present in most cases of the disease

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Robert Koch developed a set of criteria (postulates) for conclusively demonstrating the aetiology (specific cause) of an infectious disease. Which of the following is not a postulate?

   

The infectious agent must be isolated and cultured in vitro

   

The disease is reproduced when a pure culture of the infectious agent is inoculated into a new susceptible host

   

The infectious agent can be recovered from the experimentally-infected host

   

The infectious agent is present in most cases of the disease

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