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Inquiry question: How can the spread of infectious diseases be controlled?
- hygiene practices
- quarantine
- vaccination, including passive and active immunity (ACSBL100, ACSBL123)
- public health campaigns
- use of pesticides
- genetic engineering
- antivirals
- antibiotics
- mobility of individuals and the portion that are immune or immunised (ACSBL124, ACSBL125)
- Malaria or Dengue Fever in South East Asia
- bush medicine
- smoke bush in Western Australia
Extract from HSC Biology Stage 6 Syllabus. © 2017 Board of Studies NSW.