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Date
- 24th Mar 1882
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143 Years ago
Robert Koch discovered the ‘Mycobacterium tuberculosis’, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis.
On March 24, 1882, German physician Robert Koch announced to the Berlin Physiological Society his discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB), a date now commemorated as World TB Day.