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Koch's Postulates are:
- The microorganism must be found in abundance in all organisms suffering from the disease, but should not be found in healthy animals.
- The microorganism must be isolated from a diseased organism and grown in pure culture.
- The cultured microorganism should cause disease when introduced into a healthy organism.
- The microorganism must be reisolated from the inoculated, diseased experimental host and identified as being identical to the original specific causative agent.
yes they are applicable to all humans and even higher animals and plants
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ProfessorKoch's postulates are not applicable to all Infectious Diseases, particularly those caused by viruses or organisms that cannot be cultured in a laboratory setting. Additionally, the use of molecular techniques and advanced diagnostics has led to new criteria for establishing causation in infectious diseases beyond Koch's postulates.
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