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Infection and response

AQA GCSE Combined ScienceTopic 3 of 249 lessons

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  1. Communicable (infectious) diseasesPathogens are microorganisms that cause infectious disease.
  2. Viral diseasesMeasles is a viral disease.
  3. Bacterial diseasesSalmonella food poisoning is spread by bacteria that are eaten in food, or that get onto food prepared in unhygienic conditions.
  4. Fungal diseasesRose black spot is a fungal disease of plants.
  5. Protist diseasesThe pathogens that cause malaria are protists.
  6. Human defence systemsThe body has non-specific defences that try to stop any pathogen getting in.
  7. VaccinationVaccination protects a person from a disease before they ever catch it.
  8. Antibiotics and painkillersAntibiotics, such as penicillin, are medicines that help to cure bacterial disease by killing infective bacteria inside the body.
  9. Discovery and development of drugsTraditionally, drugs were extracted from plants and microorganisms.

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