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A Levels Biology (9700)•9700/12/M/J/19
Question 36 from 9700/12/M/J/19

Explanation

Hygiene practices prevent fecal-oral transmission diseases

Steps:

  • Analyze advice: Focuses on food safety (cooking, peeling) and handwashing with boiled water to avoid contamination.
  • Identify transmission: Targets ingestion of pathogens from unclean water/food, indicating fecal-oral route.
  • Match to options: Cholera spreads via contaminated water/food; others use different routes.
  • Confirm: Advice aligns with WHO guidelines for cholera prevention.

Why A is correct:

  • Cholera, caused by Vibrio cholerae, transmits through fecal-oral route in contaminated food/water, directly prevented by boiling water, cooking food, and hand hygiene.

Why the others are wrong:

  • B: Malaria spreads via Anopheles mosquito bites, not food/water.
  • C: Measles transmits through respiratory droplets/airborne, unaffected by food hygiene.
  • D: Tuberculosis spreads via airborne droplets from coughs, not ingestion.

Final answer: A

Topic: Infectious diseases

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