The spitting habit became the target of public health authorities after the discovery of the tuberculosis bacillus in 1882 by the German biologist Robert Koch.

随地吐痰的习惯成为公共卫生机构的根除目标，是在1882年德国生物学家科赫发现了肺结核杆菌之后。

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In 2003, the Robert Koch Institute interviewed more than 8000 private persons in the course of a telephone health survey (GsTel03).

在2003年，罗伯特·科赫进行了一项电话健康调查(GsTel03)，此项研究采访了超过8000人。

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On the same day in 1882 Robert Koch, a German bacteriologist, presented his discovery of MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS to a meeting in Berlin.

就在1882年的这一天，德国细菌学家罗伯特·科赫在柏林生理学会上发表了他发现结核杆菌的论文。

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He collaborated with a team of pathogen hunters, including Fabian Leendertz of the Robert Koch Institute in Germany and Stephen Rich of the Laboratory of Medical Zoology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

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