CAIE IGCSE Biology 10.1.2 Definition of Transmissible Disease
Practise defining transmissible disease by both pathogen cause and passage from one host to another.
- Syllabus
- 2026–2028
- Course
- Biology 0610
Exam points
- state that a transmissible disease is caused by a pathogen
- state that the pathogen can pass from one host to another
- distinguish cholera from coronary disease, lung cancer or scurvy when selecting a transmissible example
10.1.2—Transmissible disease as a disease question 1
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Meningitis is a transmissible disease. One form of the disease is caused by the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis.
Define the term transmissible disease.
(disease is caused by) a pathogen ; passes from one host to another ;
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