IGCSE Biology (0610)

Diseases and immunity

In short The Diseases and immunity topic in Cambridge IGCSE Biology (0610) covers pathogens, transmission, defences and the immune response. A pathogen is an organism that causes disease. A transmissible disease is one where the pathogen can pass from one host to another.

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