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A-LevelBiologyInfectious diseasesOct/Nov 2017Paper 2 Q412 Marks

Malaria is a disease transmitted by a vector. In 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that 3200 million people were at risk of malaria. This was almost half of the world population in 2014. Table 4.1 shows the number of cases of malaria and the number of deaths from malaria between 1998 and 2013. The table shows numbers for all the countries of the world and for the countries in the WHO African region. The table also shows the numbers in the African region as percentages of the numbers for all countries. [Table 4.1]

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About This A-Level Biology Question

Topic

This structured question tests Infectious diseases in A-Level Biology (syllabus code 9700). It is worth 12 marks.

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This question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Biology Oct/Nov 2017 examination, Paper 2 Variant 3.

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