Communicable diseases
What Communicable diseases means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA, OCR.
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Reference: AQA
Diseases caused by pathogens such as bacteria, viruses, fungi and protists, and can be transmitted from person to person or from other organisms.
Infectious illnesses caused by biological pathogens that can be transmitted between host individuals via air, direct contact, water, or vectors.
Diseases caused by pathogens that can pass from one organism to another.
Topics that use Communicable diseases
- Communicable (infectious) diseases (AQA GCSE)
- Health issues (AQA GCSE)
- Monitoring and maintaining health (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Pathogens
- Health
- non-communicable diseases
- Vectors
- AIDS
- airborne droplets
- Antibiotics
- antibiotics versus antivirals
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