IB Biology SL C3.2.15 Zoonoses Questions

Learn to recognize zoonoses as diseases that pass from animals to humans, using rabies, tuberculosis and Japanese encephalitis as examples in IB Biology SL.

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Recognize zoonoses as infectious diseases transferred from animals to humans.
Identify rabies, tuberculosis and Japanese encephalitis as examples of zoonoses.

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The electron micrograph shows the Japanese encephalitis virus.

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Why are some diseases, such as Japanese encephalitis, known as zoonoses?

They can be directly transferred from an animal to humans.

They are transferred from human to human.

They are only found in animals in captivity (zoos).

They can directly transfer antigens into animal cells.

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