A Levels Biology (9700)•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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