What was the First Disease Shown to Be Bacterial in Origin

Question

What was the first disease shown to be bacterial in origin?
A) yellow fever
B) cholera
C) anthrax
D) malaria
E) tuberculosis

Accepted Answer

Anthrax was the first disease shown to be bacterial in origin by Robert Koch in 1876. He used microscopy and culture techniques to isolate and purify the bacterium responsible for causing the disease.