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Answer 1

Some microbes enter through your nose and mouth, e.g. the microbes which cause tuberculosis and influenza.

Your skin is another of the body's defences. It acts as a barrier preventing the entry of microbes.

Some diseases e.g. tetanus, enter through puncture wounds caused by nails, bites, burns, etc.

Some microbes enter the gut when you eat infected food. Name a type of food poisoning caused by a bacterium. Salmonella

Acid is produced by the stomach - it kills some bacteria.

Give an example of a disease which can be passed from a mother to her foetus across the placenta. AIDS