Common cold differs from pneumonia in that

  • A
    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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