3.1 Communicable diseases

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HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is a communicable viral disease. How is the HIV virus primarily transmitted from one person to another? Select one option:

  • By droplets released during coughing or sneezing
  • By direct exchange of bodily fluids, such as through shared needles
  • Through the consumption of water contaminated with sewage
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b.

The table below shows the annual number of new HIV diagnoses recorded in a specific urban clinic.

YearNumber of new HIV diagnoses
20141200
20171550
2020450

Describe what happened to the number of new HIV diagnoses from 2014 to 2020.

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c.

What could cause a significant decrease in the number of new HIV transmissions in the future? Select one option:

  • A decrease in the distribution of sterile needles to drug users
  • A rise in the consistent and correct use of condoms in the population
  • An increase in the rate of international travel
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d.

Vaccines can be developed to prevent the spread of viral pathogens. The statements below outline the sequential stages of how a vaccine stimulates active immunity in a person.

  • A - The produced antibodies bind to the antigens on the inactive pathogen.
  • B - Memory cells remain so that if the live pathogen enters the body in the future, antibodies are produced extremely rapidly.
  • C - A weakened or dead form of the pathogen is introduced into the body.
  • D - White blood cells detect the foreign antigens and produce specific antibodies.

Write the stages A, B, C, and D in the correct sequence to show how vaccination works. The first stage has been completed for you:

C→‾→‾→‾\text{C} \rightarrow \underline{\quad\quad} \rightarrow \underline{\quad\quad} \rightarrow \underline{\quad\quad}C→​→​→​

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e.

Before any new antiviral drug or vaccine is approved for clinical trials on humans, it must undergo preclinical testing. After testing on laboratory-grown human cells and tissues is complete, what is the next stage of preclinical testing? Select one option:

  • Testing on healthy human volunteers
  • Testing on live animals
  • Testing on volunteers who are already suffering from the target disease
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f.

Many modern drugs are synthesized by chemists but were originally discovered in plants or microorganisms. Match each medicine to the correct source from which it was originally derived:

  • Digitalis
  • Penicillin

Sources:

  • Foxglove plants
  • Willow bark
  • Penicillium mould
  • Deadly nightshade
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