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Descriptor English: Germ Theory of Disease
Descriptor Spanish: Teoría del Gérmen de la Enfermedad
Descriptor teoría de los gérmenes como causantes de enfermedad
Scope note: El principio fundamental de la medicina moderna que ciertas enfermedades son causadas por microorganismos. Que fue confirmado por los trabajos de Pasteur, Lister y Koch.
Descriptor Portuguese: Teoria do Germe da Doença
Descriptor French: Théorie microbienne des maladies
Entry term(s): Disease Germ Theories
Disease Germ Theory
Tree number(s): K01.752.667.555
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D060755
Scope note: The fundamental tenet of modern medicine that certain diseases are caused by microorganisms. It was confirmed by the work of Pasteur, Lister, and Koch.
Allowable Qualifiers: HI history
Public MeSH Note: 2012
History Note: 2012
DeCS ID: 54832
Unique ID: D060755
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2012/01/01
Date of Entry: 2011/06/24
Germ Theory of Disease - Preferred
Concept UI M0555381
Scope note The fundamental tenet of modern medicine that certain diseases are caused by microorganisms. It was confirmed by the work of Pasteur, Lister, and Koch.
Preferred term Germ Theory of Disease
Entry term(s) Disease Germ Theories
Disease Germ Theory



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