Infectious Diseases - exam practice
Infectious Diseases
Question 1 of 7
1 of 7
Bacteria that infect skin wounds can become resistant to the antibiotic commonly used to kill them.
What explains how these bacteria could become resistant to the antibiotic?
Question 2 of 7
2 of 7
Which diseases can be cured by the use of antibiotics?
Question 3 of 7
3 of 7
What could cause an outbreak of malaria in a country where it had been eliminated?
1 - mosquitoes became resistant to insecticides
2 - migration of population due to war
3 - malarial parasites became resistant to quinine
Question 4 of 7
4 of 7
Which disease is notlikely to be passed directly from parents to child?
Question 5 of 7
5 of 7
Which of the following increases the risk of contracting cholera?
1 - drinking unpasteurised milk
2 - eating shellfish which have fed on raw sewage
3 - living in overcrowded conditions
Question 6 of 7
6 of 7
Which of the following increase the risk of contracting TB?
1 - drinking unpasteurised milk
2 - eating shellfish which have fed on raw sewage
3 - living in overcrowded conditions
Question 7 of 7
7 of 7
Some antibiotics work by binding to ribosomes and preventing protein synthesis.
Which statement explains why these antibiotics kill bacterial cells but not human cells?