Biology 9700 · AS & A Level · Infectious diseases

Infectious diseases — practice question

Infectious diseases are produced by pathogens and are classified as transmissible diseases.
(a)[1]

Explain what the term transmissible means.

(b)[2]

Fig. 5.1 shows a transmission electron micrograph of \textit{Vibrio cholerae}. A student wants to find the actual length of the flagellum visible in Fig. 5.1. State the information needed for the student to calculate the actual length of the flagellum.

(c(i))[1]

Complete Table 5.1 by working out the case-fatality rate for Yemen.

(c(ii))[5]

Suggest why major cholera outbreaks happened in the countries named in Table 5.1, while most of the other countries had very few cases.

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