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Common cold differs from pneumonia in, t...

Common cold differs from pneumonia in, that

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Pneumonia is a communicable disease whereas the common cold is a nutritional deficiency disease

B

Pneumonia can be prevented by a live attenuated bacterial vaccine whereas the common cold has no effective vaccine

C

Pneumonia is caused by a virus while the common cold is caused by the bacterium Haemophilus influenzae

D

Pneumonia pathogen infects alveoli whereas the common cold affects nose and respiratory passage but not the lungs

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