AQA GCSE Combined Science Trilogy · 8464
Specification 4.3.1.5 · Paper 1
Revise: Protist diseasesDifferent diseases are caused by different types of pathogen: malaria is caused by a protist, not a bacterium or virus.
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GCSE Combined Science · key term
A disease caused by protist pathogens and transmitted by mosquitoes, causing recurrent fever and sometimes death.
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Specification 4.3.1.5 · Paper 1
Revise: Protist diseasesDifferent diseases are caused by different types of pathogen: malaria is caused by a protist, not a bacterium or virus.
Distinguish the pathogen from the vector: a protist causes malaria; a mosquito carries and transmits it.
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