Biology 9700 · AS & A Level · Infectious diseases

Infectious diseases — practice question

(a)[1]

State which organism causes cholera.

(b)[3]

NQR is a key respiratory enzyme found in the cell surface membrane of the bacterium that causes cholera. A student proposed that an inhibitor of the enzyme NQR could be used as a drug to prevent and control cholera. Suggest and explain how this inhibitor would work.

(c(i))[2]

Calculate the overall cholera fatality rate for 2008. Show your working.

(c(ii))[4]

Other than differences in total population size in each region, suggest reasons for the differences shown in Table 5.1.

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This 10-mark question has a full step-by-step worked solution and mark scheme. One marking point: Correctly names the pathogen as Vibrio cholerae

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