KnowraGerm theory of diseaseLinked fromLinked fromThe 42 pages that link to Germ theory of disease, each with the reason it gives.All 42Broader topic 1Related 20Narrower topic 12Compared with 9PasteurizationNarrower topic: Pasteurization grew from evidence that microbes drive spoilage and can also cause illness.AntisepticNarrower topic: Antisepsis became intelligible as infection prevention once microbes were recognized as causes of disease.Robert KochNarrower topic: Koch’s experiments supplied strong evidence for this broader account of infectious disease.Koch's postulatesNarrower topic: The postulates supplied experimental support for germ theory's claims about specific diseases.AnthraxNarrower topic: Anthrax research provided influential evidence for this account of infection.AntisepsisNarrower topic: Antisepsis became scientifically coherent as germ theory explained wound infection.Antiseptic surgeryNarrower topic: The theory supplied an explanation for why antiseptic precautions could prevent wound infections.Ignaz SemmelweisNarrower topic: Semmelweis inferred contagious material before microbes were widely accepted as the cause of infection.Pasteur InstituteNarrower topic: The institute organized research and public-health work around Pasteur’s demonstration that microbes cause disease.BiogenesisNarrower topic: Biogenesis helped displace spontaneous explanations of microbial appearance within disease theory.Charles Louis Alphonse LaveranNarrower topic: Laveran’s finding supplied direct evidence for a specific microbial cause of malaria.Mary MallonNarrower topic: It underpinned the search for a bacterial source of typhoid outbreaks.