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Cambridge AS & A Level Geography

14.2Pathogenic diseases, their spread and impacts

Pathogenic diseases, their spread and impacts in Cambridge AS & A Level Geography: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Learning objectives

What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.

  1. 14.2.1Explain the transmission, distribution and impacts of influenza and one country's control strategies.
  2. 14.2.2Explain the transmission, distribution and impacts of cholera and one country's control strategies.
  3. 14.2.3Explain the transmission, distribution and impacts of malaria and one country's control strategies.

Lessons

  • Cholera: a waterborne bacterial disease

    40 min

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  • Influenza: a viral disease

    40 min

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  • Malaria: a vector-borne parasitic disease

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Pathogenic diseases, their spread and impacts: sample question

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What is the main route of transmission of cholera?

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