Disease prevention and control
What Disease prevention and control means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Reference: AQA
Control measures target the mosquito vector, for example using mosquito nets and insecticides, rather than relying on antibacterial drugs.
The disease can be treated by using fungicides and/or removing and destroying the affected leaves.
Topics that use Disease prevention and control
- Fungal diseases (AQA GCSE)
- Protist diseases (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Prevention and control of disease
- Protist diseases
- Vectors and transmission
- Life cycles of pathogens
- Pathogens and disease
- Photosynthesis and plant growth
- Plant disease symptoms
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