Germ Theory of Disease
"Germ Theory of Disease" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The fundamental tenet of modern medicine that certain diseases are caused by microorganisms. It was confirmed by the work of Pasteur, Lister, and Koch.
Descriptor ID |
D060755
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MeSH Number(s) |
K01.752.667.555
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