Biology 0610 · IGCSE · Diseases and immunity

Diseases and immunity — practice question

(a)[1]

State the name of the pathogen type responsible for cholera.

(b(i))[1]

Suggest what the cholera vaccine has to include to be effective.

(b(ii))[3]

Explain why the people were not protected from cholera straight after they received the vaccine.

(b(iii))[1]

Suggest the reason.

(b(iv))[2]

Using the information in Fig. 4.1, discuss how well the vaccine was at preventing the symptoms of cholera.

(c(i))[4]

Explain how cholera leads to diarrhoea.

(c(ii))[2]

Describe how diarrhoea can be treated.

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