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1. (a) Tuberculosis is caused by the bacterium,Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Describe howMycobacterium tuberculosis enters the human body.
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The graph shows the death rate from tuberculosis in England and Wales.
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(b) The population of England and Wales in 1860 was 20 066 000. alculate thenumber of people who died of tuberculosis that !ear. "how !our wor#ing.
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2. (a) The graph shows the number of new cases of two diseases which occurred intwo different human populations.
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E%plain the shape of the cur&e for
(i) Salmonella food poisoning'
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(b) ndi&iduals with food poisoning often suffer from diarrhoea. E%plain how theeffects of diarrhoea on the bod! can be treated.
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3. (a) Whooping cough is a childhood respirator! disease caused b! a bacterium.The graph shows the incidence of whooping cough in entral Europe from 1*6*to 1***.
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(i) alculate the percentage change in the incidence of whooping cough from1*82 to 1***. "how !our wor#ing.
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(ii) "uggest one reason for the trend in the number of cases of whooping
cough since 1*82.
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(b) Whooping cough bacteria pre&ent the normal functioning of cilia in the respirator!tract. E%plain how this effect is lin#ed to the persistent coughing associated withthe disease.
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4. The table shows the results of some blood tests carried out on a patient admitted tohospital suffering from a suspected m!ocardial infarction (heart attac#).
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(a) $ m!ocardial infarction results in damage to the muscle of the heart.
(i) E%plain how a blood clot ma! cause damage to the muscle of the heart.
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(ii) actate deh!drogenase is an en!me found inside health! heart musclecells. "uggest wh! the concentration of this en!me in the blood can beused to confirm that this patient had suffered a m!ocardial infarction.
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(b) +se the table to e%plain what is meant b! a risk factor.
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5. (a) The graph shows the number of deaths from influena per !ear in a de&elopedcountr!.
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(i) "uggest an e%planation for the change in the number of deaths frominfluena during the first 10 !ears.
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(ii) "uggest an e%planation for the large increase in the number of deaths frominfluena in !ear 11.
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(b) The diagram shows some of the structures on the outside of an influena &irus.
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/aemagglutinin and neuraminidase are protein molecules. /aemagglutinin bindsto receptor molecules on the surface of epithelial cells in the breathing s!stem.euraminidase is an en!me which brea#s down molecules in the surfacemembrane of epithelial cells and allows the &iruses to be released from the cells.
(i) escribe how T l!mphoc!tes recognise and respond to the influena &irus.
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(ii) escribe how l!mphoc!tes respond to the influena &irus.
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(c) ew drugs ha&e recentl! become a&ailable for treating influena. 3ne t!pe is aneuraminidase inhibitor. E%plain how this t!pe of drug would act as a treatment
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$. 4eople considered at ris are o$$ered a accination a+ainst in$luen*a each year. The bar chartshows the number o$ #eo#le in the 67 #o#ulation a+ed !5 and oer and the #ercenta+e o$ those
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(a) "uggest one reason to e%plain the change in the percentage of people aged 6,and o&er being &accinated.
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(b) (i) alculate the change in the total number of people aged 6, and o&er being
&accinated between 1**05*1 and 2000501. "how !our wor#ing.
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(ii) $ student suggested that some people aged 6, and o&er were being&accinated e&er! !ear. E%plain how the information in the bar chartsupports this suggestion.
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(iii) "uggest wh! it is ad&isable for people to be &accinated against influenae&er! !ear.
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(c) $n influena &irus consists of a protein coat surrounding nucleic acid. The
influena &accine consists onl! of the protein coat of the &irus. E%plain how theinfluena &accine produces immunit! in the bod!.
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