Cambridge IGCSE Biology, topic 10
Diseases and immunity
Diseases and immunity explains what causes infectious disease, how pathogens pass from one person to another and how the body and public health measures stop them. For Extended candidates it goes on to antibodies, vaccination, passive immunity and how the cholera bacterium makes people ill.
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Worksheet
FlashcardsSubtopics
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- 1Pathogens and transmission Spec 10.1.1–10.1.5, 10.1.16–10.1.17What pathogens are, how they spread, the body defences, hygiene and sanitation, and cholera.NotesQuestions 8Flashcards 12
- 2Immunity SupplementSpec 10.1.6–10.1.15Antigens, antibodies, active immunity, vaccination and passive immunity.NotesQuestions 8Flashcards 12
Whole topic
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