Answer to Question #144123 in History for mia

Question

read the etiology of tuberculosis and characterize Koch’s strategy of proving the cause of tuberculosis. Refer to Koch’s postulates, how are they applied here?

Answer 1

Koch's postulates were invaluable at the time they were developed and remain largely valid for a relatively small number of defined circumstances in which bacteria can be precisely tied to the cause of a particular clinical syndrome. But in a world in which viruses cause cancer and noncultivable bacteria can be demonstrated by molecular probes, Koch's postulates are no longer fit for purpose. What is more, used uncritically they have the potential to mislead.