Common cold differs from pneumonia because

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Pneumonia is a communicable disease, whereas the common cold is a nutritional deficiency disease

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

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

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

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Pneumonia is caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae which affect the alveoli of the lungs.

On the other hand, the common cold is caused by a variety of viruses, most commonly by rhinovirus (RNA virus), and affects the upper respiratory tract, but not the lungs.

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