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Biology Paper 1 · B3 · Lesson 3.3

Bacterial diseases

Salmonella and gonorrhoea: symptoms, spread and control.

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Salmonella food poisoning

Salmonella bacteria can be swallowed in contaminated food. The bacteria and their toxins can cause fever, stomach cramps, vomiting and diarrhoea. Poor food hygiene helps them spread.

Bacteria release toxins that can damage tissues.

A toxin is a poison made by a pathogen.

Next: Plant diseases: TMV and rose black spot →
Topic resources and sources

Daily 5 · Exam practice · Download the A4 revision sheet

Core content is shared by Foundation and Higher Tier. Challenge questions ask you to explain and apply it.

AQA Combined Science Trilogy specification · 4.3.1.3. Notes, questions and diagrams are original teaching material.

Rose leaf: LiquidGhoul / Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Mosquito: CDC / Jim Gathany, PHIL 5814, public domain. This photograph shows a vector species; it does not establish that this individual carries malaria.