Biology A-Level
Animal communicable diseases
What Animal communicable diseases means in Biology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Animal communicable diseases
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Reference: OCR
In animals the key groups are bacteria, viruses, fungi and protoctists, for example tuberculosis, HIV, ringworm and malaria.
Topics that use Animal communicable diseases
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