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Date November 2018 Marks available [Maximum mark: 1] Reference code 18N.1.SL.TZ0.26
Level SL Paper 1 Time zone TZ0
Command term Deduce Question number 26 Adapted from N/A
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18N.1.SL.TZ0.26

Why are antibiotics effective in curing diseases against some pathogens but not others?

I.   Antibiotics interrupt processes found in some but not all pathogen cells.

II.  Some pathogens have no metabolic processes to interrupt.

III. Some pathogens have developed genetic resistance to specific antibiotics.

A.  I only

B.  II only

C.  III only

D.  I, II and III

 

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