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Cold flu and AIDS are all diseases caused by?
Cold and flu are caused by viruses, while AIDS is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which attacks the immune system.
Does azithromycin help with a severe cold or flu?
No. Antibiotics do not help viral infections such as the cold or flu. Antibiotics are specifically for helping with treatment of bacterial infections or for preventing bacterial infections and do nothing to an inanimate virus.
Does the flu virus live in cold or warm air?
The temperature of the air is not relevant, it is believed to be the absolute humidity level in the air that might affect the virus's ability to infect you more easily in one season than another. Cold and flu viruses thrive when dry. This is why the flu has a season, see the related question for more detail. More: Viruses are not really alive or dead like animals and plants, they are active or inactive. They are not cellular and do not function like a living organism.
Is the flu caused by a bacterial or viral infection?
Influenza is caused by a virus. its straight up a virus...
Does cold weather cause the flu?
It is thought that the common cold virus has no seasonal preference, and that the only reason more people get it in winter is because they spend more time indoors with other people, making it easier to pass from person to person.I don't think a winter cold is any longer lasting than a summer cold.
If cold and flu are spread by a virus why does one get sick when one goes out in the cold?
Cold weather may cause a runny nose, and occasional sneezing, and both colds and the flu can be airborne. Therefore, its all in the bodys reaction to cold weather.
What disease is not caused by virus cold flu polio typhoid?
flu
What are the common cold and flu examples of?
A virus.
How is the flu virus pervasive?
The flu virus is pervasive in that it is a common virus which is spread from person to person generally in the cold months. There are several sub-categories of the flu virus, and the flu shot will usually contain 2 or three of these variations annually.
Why are flu jabs given out in winter when really catching the flu or the cold has nothing to do with being out in cold weather?
The flu has a lot to do with the weather. When it is cold out people tend to stay inside and pass diseases around. The flu is one of those.
How do you protect from cold and flu?
from not going in out in cold weather and not drinking cold drinks from not going in out in cold weather and not drinking cold drinks
What is an example of active virus?
The common cold is a great example of an active virus. Also, the flu and the herpes virus are also considered to be active viruses.
Cold flu and AIDS are all diseases caused by?
Cold and flu are caused by viruses, while AIDS is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which attacks the immune system.
What is something you can catch but can't throw?
virus, epidemic, cold, the flu
If you already have a cold can you catch swine flu?
Yes, it's a different virus.
What is a example of a virus?
HIV, rinovirus (aka. common cold), influenza (the flu)
What is the virus before HIV?
There were plenty of viruses known before hiv. cold virus, flu virus, herpes virus, polio virus, hepatitis virus to name a few.
