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The common cold is a viral upper respiratory tract infection which mainly affects the nose. The most common pathogen are rhinoviruses.
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What type of pathogen is the common cold?
Viral pathogens cause colds, flu, and chickenpox.
What diseases are common?
Colds
What type of pathogen causes chickenpox measles and mumps?
Colds, influenza and measles are all three caused by different kinds of viruses.
What are the common questions about cough and colds?
-What are the symptons? -What can you do to get rid of them?
How common are colds?
Cold sores are common; 80% of us are infected with the virus.
What is the causative agent of common colds?
rhinovirus and coronaviruses
What is the most common type of pathogen in the planet?
Bacteria
What is the most common disease in the US that is not caused by a pathogen?
arthritis
Why it is difficult to produce immunity to common cold?
It's difficult to produce immunity to a common cold because the common cold is not one virus - it is over 700 viruses at last count. Rarely are more than 200 local to any particular area, but that is still, in effect, 200 different colds you can catch. Children tend to get the most colds, as all colds viruses are "new" to them. The amount of colds a person gets as they get older tends to decline, for that same reason - they've already had most of the indigenous colds viruses.
What can a rhinovirus cause?
Strains of Rhinoviruses are the frequent causes of the common cold. Colds are usually caused by the rhinovirus (up to 40% of colds), or Coronaviruses (about 20%), but there are more than 200 viruses that can cause the common cold.
What is a common name for a harmful microbe?
The most common name for harmful microbes is germs.
What is the bacteria found in the common cold called?
Bacteria do not cause the common cold. It is caused by a virus.
