What is the correct order for the application of Koch's postulates?
I.Inoculate suspect agent into test subject and observe that subject develops disease of interest.
II.Isolate and culture suspect agent in the laboratory.
III.Find suspect agent is every case of disease of interest but not in healthy hosts.
IV.Recover and isolate suspect agent from test subject.
A) III, I, IV, II
B) IV, I, III, II
C) I, II, III, IV
D) III, II, I, IV
E) IV, I, II, III

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Koch's postulates are a series of criteria established by Robert Koch to identify the causative agent of a particular disease. The correct order is: III. Find the suspect agent in every case of the disease but not in healthy hosts, II. Isolate and culture the suspect agent in the laboratory, I. Inoculate the suspect agent into a test subject and observe that the subject develops the disease of interest, IV. Recover and isolate the suspect agent from the test subject.

What Is the Correct Order for the Application of Koch's