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A student has a sore throat caused by a virus. The student takes paracetamol. What effect does the paracetamol have?

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A

It relieves the symptoms but does not kill the virus

B

It relieves the symptoms and slowly kills the virus

C

It kills the virus but does not relieve the symptoms

D

It kills the virus and also relieves the symptoms

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3.1 Communicable diseases Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Biology
  3. /3.1 Communicable diseases

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.

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