Common cold differs from pneumonia in, that:
1. | Pneumonia is a communicable disease, whereas common cold is a nutritional deficiency disease |
2. | Pneumonia can be prevented by a live attenuated bacterial vaccine, whereas the common cold has no effective vaccine |
3. | Common cold is caused by a virus, while Pneumonia is caused by a bacterium. |
4. | Pneumonia pathogen infects alveoli whereas common cold affects the nose and the respiratory passage but not the lungs |
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NEET MCQ Books for XIth & XIIth Physics, Chemistry & BiologyWhich one of the following options gives the correct matching of a disease with its causative
organism and mode of infection:
Disease |
Causative Organisms |
Mode of Infection |
|
1. |
Malaria |
Plasmodium vivax |
Bite of male Anopheles mosquito |
2. |
Typhoid |
Salmonella typhi |
With inspired air |
3. |
Pneumonia |
Streptococcus pneumonia |
Droplet infection |
4. |
Elephantiasis |
Wuchereria bancrofti |
With infected water and food |
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