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Common cold differs from pneumonia in th...

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

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

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

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

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