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A-LevelBiologyImmunityMay/June 2018Paper 1 Q371 Mark

Why do people with HIV/AIDS have a higher occurrence of malaria than people without HIV/AIDS?

AHIV/AIDS and malaria are both diseases where the pathogen travels in blood.
BHIV/AIDS and malaria are both transmitted in blood.
CHIV/AIDS infects T-lymphocytes which are used by the malaria pathogen.
DHIV/AIDS suppresses the immune response to the malaria pathogen.

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This multiple-choice question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Biology (9700) May/June 2018 examination, Paper 1 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Immunity and is worth 1 mark.

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