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What are Koch's postulates for identification of the causative pathogen in a disease?

1. Organism must be present in all cases of the disease (absent in healthy people) 2. Organism must be able to be isolated from host & grown as pure culture 3. Disease must be reproduced by inoculation of experimental host with pure culture 4. Organism must be able to be isolated from experimentally infected, diseased host

What is a sporadic disease?

One that occurs occasionally at irregular intervals

What is the epidemiological definition of an outbreak?

A sudden unexpected occurrence of disease, above usual number

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