Edexcel GCSE Biology · 1BI0

Common Infections

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Describe cholera (bacteria) and its symptom of diarrhoea.
Describe tuberculosis (bacteria) and its effect of lung damage.
Describe Chalara ash dieback (fungi) and its symptoms of leaf loss and bark lesions.
Describe malaria (protists) and its damage to blood and liver.
Describe HIV (virus) and its destruction of white blood cells leading to AIDS.
Describe stomach ulcers caused by Helicobacter (bacteria).
Describe Ebola (virus) and its symptom of haemorrhagic fever.

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