A doctor does not prescribe antibiotics to a patient who has malaria. Why not?
Antibiotics relieve the symptoms but do not kill any pathogen
Antibiotics damage red blood cells, which malaria already destroys
Antibiotics kill protists only while they are outside body cells
Antibiotics kill bacteria, and malaria is not caused by bacteria
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.