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A-LevelBiologyInfectious diseases9700/12 · May/June 2010 · Q331 Mark

What are the causative agents of cholera, malaria and TB?

Acholera: bacterium; malaria: insect; TB: virus
Bcholera: bacterium; malaria: protoctist; TB: bacterium
Ccholera: virus; malaria: insect; TB: virus
Dcholera: virus; malaria: protoctist; TB: bacterium

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B: cholera: bacterium; malaria: protoctist; TB: bacterium

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Infectious diseases, A-Level Biology (syllabus 9700). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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A-Level Biology, May/June 2010 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 33.

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