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What did Agostino Bassi demonstrate in 1835?
What did Agostino Bassi demonstrate in 1835?
- The role of microorganisms in fermentation
- The relationship between microorganisms and the development of immunology
- The connection between microorganisms and illness (correct)
- The cause of the great Potato Blight of Ireland
What was the primary belief about the causes of disease before the recognition of the role of microorganisms?
What was the primary belief about the causes of disease before the recognition of the role of microorganisms?
- Disease was caused by poisonous vapors called miasmas
- Disease was due to supernatural forces (correct)
- Disease was caused by microbial infections
- Disease was related to the development of immunology
What field was born as a result of examining how hosts defended themselves against microorganisms?
What field was born as a result of examining how hosts defended themselves against microorganisms?
- Immunology (correct)
- Virology
- Epidemiology
- Fermentation studies
Who demonstrated that the great Potato Blight of Ireland was caused by a fungus?
Who demonstrated that the great Potato Blight of Ireland was caused by a fungus?
What did Fracastoro and a few others suggest about disease causes before the recognition of the relationship between microorganisms and disease?
What did Fracastoro and a few others suggest about disease causes before the recognition of the relationship between microorganisms and disease?
Agostino Bassi first showed that a microorganism could cause disease when he demonstrated in 1835 that a silkworm disease was due to a viral infection.
Agostino Bassi first showed that a microorganism could cause disease when he demonstrated in 1835 that a silkworm disease was due to a viral infection.
The field of immunology was born as a result of recognizing the role of microorganisms in disease.
The field of immunology was born as a result of recognizing the role of microorganisms in disease.
Recognition of the germ theory of disease began to accumulate in the late nineteenth century.
Recognition of the germ theory of disease began to accumulate in the late nineteenth century.
M. J. Berkeley proved that the great Potato Blight of Ireland was caused by a bacterium.
M. J. Berkeley proved that the great Potato Blight of Ireland was caused by a bacterium.
Most people believed that disease was caused by supernatural forces and poisonous vapors before the recognition of the relationship between microorganisms and disease.
Most people believed that disease was caused by supernatural forces and poisonous vapors before the recognition of the relationship between microorganisms and disease.
