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case88 · 16 Oct 2006, 10:47 PM

in response to the question, i'd probably go yes and no.
going through koch's postulates, the pathogen can be identified. however, viruses multiply by invading the host cell and can often produce dissimilar symptoms within individuals. they're also susceptible to mutations, and so it would not always be possible to easily identify the pathogen.

that's probably a whole lot of hooey (i.e. crap-full-of-shit) but that's probably what i would go for.

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case88 Assistant Member HSC: 2006 Gender: Male Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 74 Last Activity: Yesterday, 12:02 PM	Re: The Search for Better Health Challenge Question 2! in response to the question, i'd probably go yes and no. going through koch's postulates, the pathogen can be identified. however, viruses multiply by invading the host cell and can often produce dissimilar symptoms within individuals. they're also susceptible to mutations, and so it would not always be possible to easily identify the pathogen. that's probably a whole lot of hooey (i.e. crap-full-of-shit) but that's probably what i would go for.