Why is the emergence of antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria of great concern?
Antibiotics will start to have harmful side effects on human tissue
Resistant bacteria are able to reproduce faster than other bacteria
Resistant bacteria are able to change into viruses over a long time
Infections that can be cured today could begin to kill people again
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.