Viral pathogens cause colds, flu, and chickenpox.
The common cold is a viral upper respiratory tract infection which mainly affects the nose. The most common pathogen are rhinoviruses.
Bacteria
A cold is a air born pathogen ... despite common misconceptions you can not catch it by simply being in cold weather ...
Usually Rhino Virus Causes the flu, and some bacteria from felines, kanines, molds, etc.
Cold sores are not caused by organisms, they are caused by a virus called oral herpes.
Sometimes bacteria is the pathogen involved.
Tetanus is caused by a bacterium, Clostridium tetani, so the pathogen type is bacterial.
pathogen
virus
A pathogen causes infectious disease. For instance, influenza virus is the pathogen that causes flu.
No because an antibody is produced for that specific pathogen. An antibody produced against influenza will not lock onto a common cold virus because the binding site on the virus is different compared to that of an antibody.
The common cold is caused by a VIRUS not a microbe (a microbe is a bacteria).