A communicable disease caused by a bacterium is spreading quickly through a large town. The bacterium is spread through the air and by direct contact. A vaccine against the bacterium is available.
A public health team has been asked to reduce the spread of the disease in the town.
Explain how the public health team could reduce the spread of the disease, and why each method you give would work.
176 exam-style questions on AQA GCSE Biology 3.1 Communicable diseases, covering 3.1.1 Communicable (infectious) diseases, 3.1.2 Viral diseases, 3.1.3 Bacterial diseases, 3.1.4 Fungal diseases, 3.1.5 Protist diseases, 3.1.6 Human defence systems, 3.1.7 Vaccination, 3.1.8 Antibiotics and painkillers, and 3.1.9 Discovery and development of drugs. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.