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A Levels Biology (9700)•9700/11/M/J/19
Question 38 from 9700/11/M/J/19

Explanation

Verifying disease transmission and characteristics

Steps:

  • Identify cholera as bacterial infection from Vibrio cholerae via contaminated water.
  • Confirm HIV/AIDS transmission routes include breast milk from infected mothers.
  • Recognize global malaria eradication programs led by WHO since 1955.
  • Classify measles as a viral infection from paramyxovirus.

Why A is correct:

  • Each statement matches established epidemiology: cholera bacterium, HIV breast milk transmission, malaria eradication efforts, measles virus.

Why the others are wrong:

  • B: Cholera transmission is fecal-oral via water, not "eaten raw"; malaria eradication ongoing, not unsuccessful; measles blindness rare, not usual.
  • C: HIV not vector-borne; malaria caused by Plasmodium parasite, mosquito is vector; incomplete for measles.
  • D: Measles has effective MMR vaccine, contrary to "no effective vaccination."

Final answer: A

Topic: Infectious diseases

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